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An index of leading economic indicators improved slightly in February, marking the 11th straight increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

The consumer price index was unchanged in February, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 0.6% in February, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Swift Transportation Co. has ordered 3,100 dry van trailers from Wabash National Corp., with deliveries scheduled to be spread over 12 months, the companies said.

I’ve just returned from my third trip to China in the past five years and continue to be amazed by — and envious of — the high-growth economy there.

President Obama signed a jobs bill into law Thursday that will give a $20 billion infusion to highway and transit programs, following the Senate’s approval of the measure in a 68-29 bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

Third-party logistics firm Ozburn-Hessey Logistics said that it has hired Greg Sanders as president of transportation services within its North American unit.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell in February for the first time in seven months, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

While the air at the Port of Los Angeles is cleaner, the owners of than two-thirds of the 2,200 drayage trucks purchased with $20,000 in port emissions reduction incentive grants face financial penalties because their trucks will not make the required minimum 300 gate moves during their first year of operation, port officials said.

Congress should include comprehensive funding policies in the upcoming transportation reauthorization bill both to modernize freight transportation and reduce diesel emissions, an environmental group said in a new report.