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U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 1.3% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell 17% from a year ago as freight demand declined.

An index of leading economic indicators improved for a ninth straight month in December, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia expanded in January for the fifth consecutive month, but at a lower pace than December, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims jumped by 36,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

CSX Corp.’s fourth-quarter earnings rose 23% from the same period last year but shipping volumes continued to fall, the Associated Press reported.

Millions of Americans turn their personal goals into New Year’s resolutions. In a sense, trucking CEOs also make New Year’s resolutions for their firms: the annual operating plan. But while failing to keep individual resolutions is disappointing, when a trucking company leader fails to “make plan,” the financial results can be catastrophic.

The rate of truck-involved fatalities in the United States dropped 12.3% in 2008 to a record low, American Trucking Associations said Wednesday.