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The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.8% in August on higher oil, natural gas and metal costs, the Labor Department said Thursday.

U.S. retail sales jumped 0.2% in August, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 308,000 last week, down from a revised level of 313,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

National Distribution Centers has acquired third-party logistics company Crum & Crum, NDC said Wednesday.

Covenant Transport has acquired Nashville, Tenn. truckload carrier Star Transportation, the company said late Thursday.

Crude oil futures fell 70 cents to close at $63.27 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

German truck manufacturer MAN AG may buy Swedish rival Scania AB, a deal which would make it Europe’s largest truck maker, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

David Mullen, former vice president of the Mullen Group Income Fund’s Mullen Trucking L.P. truckload unit, has been named chief executive officer of Cordy Oilfield Services Inc.

Navistar International Corp., the parent company of truck manufacturer International Truck and Engine Corp., again affirmed that its profits will exceed $5.38 a share in 2006, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

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