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The successful application of just-in-time delivery requires every link of the supply chain to remain unbroken. Trucks and their cargo must arrive within a very precise, predetermined period of time — often only hours before the cargo is needed on the assembly line.

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region slowed in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

Existing home sales fell 0.8% in April, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

An index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in April after nine months of gains, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell 29,000 to 409,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Canadian transporter TransForce Inc. said its first-quarter net earnings fell to C$14.9 million, or 15 Canadian cents a share, from C$26.1 million, or 27 cents, in a year earlier.

In an unusual display of unity, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has joined forces with the two largest trucking trade associations to support anti-fraud legislation that would raise the freight broker surety requirement to $100,000 and require separate broker and carrier licenses.

Two West Virginia charities that aid children and families secured much needed supplies, thanks to a partnership between American Trucking Associations and nonprofit Good360.

Wal-Mart Stores said its first-quarter net income rose 3.8%, boosted by higher international sales.