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The U.S. trade deficit expanded by 10.4% in November as exports declined to a four-month low, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing an earlier restructuring.

Economic activity expanded at a “modest to moderate pace” in late November and December as holiday retail sales showed “significant gains” from a year ago, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Several key air and ground transportation issues are pressing before Congress, but lawmakers have only a few working days this month in which to address them.

Representatives of the bus travel industry told federal regulators Monday that hours-of-service rules for interstate bus drivers need not be changed, while drivers asked for more restrictions, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

A federal advisory committee studying electronic onboard recorders did not reach a consensus on the best way to transmit hours-of-service data from the truck cab to roadside inspectors, but did offer recommendations on items including safeguarding carrier and driver privacy.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector increased in December, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Trucking executives said the industry could see some benefits of the recently announced U.S.-Canadian trade agreement as early as this year.