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With President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress pressing for new stimulus legislation — now called a jobs bill — it’s time to pose this question: If we are going to invest federal money in projects with the stated aim of creating jobs, where is it best spent?

The consumer price index dropped 0.1% in June, the third consecutive decline, the Labor Department said Friday.

Are carriers generally immune from exercising sound business practices? It’s really not that difficult to gather solid credit history and information on a broker, whereas getting accurate relevant information on a shipper is much more difficult.

Preliminary results from an independent review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA safety monitoring system are raising questions about its ability to accurately identify high-risk carriers.

Carrier earnings for the second quarter started off on a positive note last week, with truckload carrier Landstar System Inc. reporting a 37% increase in net income and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announcing a 52% rise in profit.

American Trucking Associations said Wednesday it was endorsing EBE Technologies’ CSA 2010 Dashboard as an effective system to help trucking companies manage upcoming CSA 2010 regulations.

The U.S. trade deficit widened 4.8% in May to the highest level in a year and a half, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

President Obama Tuesday nominated Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as the new head of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Massachusetts has indefinitely suspended a 2% biodiesel mandate for fuel and heating oil that was to take effect this month, saying that without the federal tax credit for the producers, the cost of biodiesel would be too high for consumers.