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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy has continued to grow in recent weeks, supported by gains in manufacturing, housing and services including trucking, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its regional survey.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eating oil prices — which often parallel diesel in winter months because both are distillate fuels competing for stocks — will rise by about 31% this winter compared to the 2004-2005 winter, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ust when many of us thought that fuel prices couldn’t get much worse, Hurricane Katrina proved us very wrong.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>As residents and officials struggled to cope with the widespread destruction of Hurricane Katrina, freight transportation in the Southeastern United States came to a virtual standstill last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. edEx Freight said Tuesday it will limit its fuel surcharge for 30 days to help customers hit by high fuel prices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. tung by steeply rising prices for fuel, labor and equipment, trucking executives say they are examining how they can redesign business processes to lower operating costs and increase worker and fleet efficiency.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. echnology companies are offering money, equipment and expertise to help with the recovery effort and reconnect survivors in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. f the same type of consent decree approved by the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island were to be applied to other jurisdictions, trucking companies charged with emission violations could be required to spend millions of dollars to help make air cleaner in the areas where they operate, a federal official said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. key index of U.S. services rose to 65 in August, from 60.5 in July, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ith retail fuel prices soaring at record levels in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, crude oil prices fell lower Tuesday following international pledges to boost U.S. supplies, Bloomberg reported.