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Initial jobless claims fell by 13,000 last week to 313,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The U.S. economy grew by 0.7% in the first quarter, the slowest growth in four years, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Con-way Inc. said Thursday it was lowering its earnings guidance for 2007 to include costs for a vehicular casualty claim.

General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business to two private firms for $5.6 billion.

For the eight straight time, the Federal Reserve on Thursday voted to keep the benchmark U.S. interest rate at 5.25%.

We have had many examples of questionable DOT inspections — including two we had last month in Idaho on the same owner-operator’s tractor-trailer that were clean, but not Level 1s, which are the most thorough standardized inspections.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration earlier this month announced a change to its rule regarding the use of auxiliary lights on heavy-duty trucks.

A convoy of 100 diesel trucks motored slowly along the Harbor Freeway from South Los Angeles to the Port of Long Beach Wednesday as part of a push for cleaner air and better working conditions for drivers, television station KTLA reported on its Web site.

New cable barriers in Interstate 85 in Georgia are preventing deaths from highway cross-over wrecks, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday.

Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said DHS will consider allowing use of secure driver’s licenses as a means of identification at the U.S. border, the Associated Press reported.