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Western freight railroad Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 64% to $390 million or $1.44 per share, from $233 million or 88 cents a year earlier.

Rush Enterprises, the nation’s largest dealer of Peterbilt trucks, said late Wednesday its second-quarter net income rose to $14.9 million or 59 cents a share, from $11.2 million or 45 cents a year earlier.

First-time jobless claims fell by 30,000 to 304,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Federal Reserve officials saw “significant uncertainty” in June over future interest-rate decisions and expressed concern about higher inflation while expecting it to decline, according to minutes of the Fed’s June 28-29 meeting that were released Thursday, Bloomberg reported.

Western freight rail line Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corp. said Thursday it will increase its quarterly dividend by 5 cents per share to 25 cents.

Truckload carrier Landstar System Thursday reported record second-quarter net income of $29.5 million or 50 cents a share, up from $22.4 million or 37 cents a year earlier.

Navistar International Corp. late Wednesday again reaffirmed that it expects to earn at least $5.38 per share this year.

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. Wednesday reported its second-quarter net income rose to $45.5 million or 60 cents a share, up from $29.8 million or 40 cents a year earlier.

Transportation firm Con-way Inc. reported second-quarter net income of $74.1 million or $1.40 a share, up from $66.8 million or $1.20 a year earlier.

Eastern freight rail line CSX Corp. late Tuesday reported its second-quarter profit more than doubled and it announced a 2-for-1 stock split.