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Critics Say Air-Cargo Screening Procedures Need Improvement

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ongressional critics of air cargo security fault the Transportation Security Administration for lax oversight of air cargo, saying TSA screeners will see only a fraction of the 23 million pounds of cargo shipped on U.S. passenger and cargo planes each year, Bloomberg reported.

November 29, 2005

October Durable Goods Orders Rise More Than Expected

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. orders for durable goods rose 3.4% in October, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

November 29, 2005

Ahold Grocery Chain Settles U.S. Stockholder Suit

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. etherlands-based Royal Ahold NV agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a U.S. class-action suit over the company’s falsification of earnings, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

November 29, 2005

Delphi Delays Legal Move to Void Union Contracts

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. arts manufacturer Delphi, which has filed bankruptcy, will delay asking a bankruptcy court to terminate its union contracts for at least a month, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

November 29, 2005

Ports Giant P&O Agrees to $5.7 Billion Takeover

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. orts operator Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. said Tuesday it is recommending a $5.7 billion takeover bid by a Dubai-based company in a deal that would create the world's third-largest port operator, the Associated Press reported.

November 29, 2005

Fleets Adding New Services to Counter Shortage of Drivers

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Stymied by a shortage of drivers and worried about the effect of rising costs for fuel and equipment, trucking companies are increasingly looking to add transportation services, such as freight brokerage, air and ocean forwarding, rail intermodal and warehousing as they expand and diversify their service.

November 29, 2005

U.S., Europe Clear Deutsche Post Purchase of Exel

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. and European antitrust officials have cleared Deutsche Post AG's acquisition of Britain's Exel Plc, which does about a third of its logistics business in the United States, Reuters reported.

November 29, 2005

October Truck Tonnage Index Rises 0.3%, ATA Says

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verall for-hire trucking freight volumes rose 0.3% in October from a month earlier, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

November 29, 2005

Nafta Surface Trade Reaches Record for Second Straight Month

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 11.4% in September from a year earlier to $61.2 billion, a second straight all-time monthly record, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

November 29, 2005

Daimler to Shift Sprinter Van Assembly to South Carolina

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. aimlerChrysler AG plans to open a new plant in South Carolina as it shifts where it assembles its Sprinter vans in the United States, the Associated Press reported Monday.

November 28, 2005