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Truckload carrier Celadon Group late Wednesday reported it earned $4.3 million or 42 cents a share in its fourth fiscal-year quarter ended June 30, up from $2.4 million or 26 cents in last year’s fourth quarter.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urface trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 8.9% in May to $57.9 billion from May 2004, the Department of Transportation reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. aimlerChrysler AG said chief executive officer Juergen Schrempp, whose 1998 takeover of Chrysler Corp. wiped out half of the company's market value, will step down Dec. 31, more than two years before his contract was to have expired, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Crude oil prices gained for the fourth session in five Thursday, climbing 83 cents to close at $59.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ouse and Senate negotiators late Wednesday agreed to a compromise six-year, $286.4 billion highway bill, and President Bush withdrew a veto threat even though the measure is above spending levels the White House had wanted, news services reported.

U.S. new home sales rose 4% to a record in June, boosted by low mortgage rates, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.U.S. orders for durable goods rose 1.4% in June, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Trucking industry officials told Transport Topics they hoped recently announced changes at the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security would improve coordination on freight and trucking security issues.

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