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A panel has denied the United States Postal Service’s request to increase the cost of first-class postage, the Associated Press reported.

Consumer confidence declined in September, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 18.8% in July from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said.

The U.S. gross domestic product rose at a revised 1.7% annual rate in the second quarter, up slightly from the previously estimated 1.6%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Five major trucking companies said Wednesday they have endorsed legislation by two U.S. senators that would require electronic onboard recorders in all trucks to verify drivers’ duty status.

New York will begin closing six of its state highway rest stops beginning Nov. 1 in an effort to deal with severe budget problems.

Paul Landry will leave his position as president and CEO of the British Columbia Trucking Association by June 30, the group said Tuesday.

Backers of a proposal for a new publicly owned bridge across the Detroit River to Ontario said the Michigan State Senate will vote on a bill before year’s end to allow a public private partnership to build the span.

Consumer confidence dropped in September to the lowest level in seven months, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.