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Segmentz Inc. on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $557,000 or 2 cents a share, compared with a loss of $4.65 million or 17 cents last year.

The price of goods imported to the United States jumped 2.1% in April, reflecting higher petroleum costs, the Labor Department said Thursday.

American Trucking Associations late Thursday revised its March for-hire truck tonnage index to a 2.9% decline, compared with an earlier 3.2% reported drop.

Intermodal growth rose 6.3% in the first quarter, marking the 16th straight quarter of growth, the Intermodal Association of North America said late Thursday.

Canadian transportation firm Trimac Income Fund Friday reported it earned C$3.7 million or 7.2 cents per unit in the first quarter, compared with C$1.7 million or 3 cents a year earlier.

Business inventories rose 0.7% in March from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales also rose by 0.7%.

Financial firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. is proposing to expand Interstate 285 to add truck-only toll lanes on the western side of Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday.

Retail sales rose 0.5% in April, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims fell by 1,000 last week to 324,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

For one major parcel courier an important technique for moving packages is truck-rail intermodal, the placement of truck trailers or cargo containers on flatcars for the linehaul segment of transportation.