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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. orders for durable goods rose 1.3% in December, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of workers filing initial unemployment claims climbed 11,000 last week to 283,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. RC Worldwide said late Thursday it earned $79.8 million or $1.34 a share for the fourth quarter of 2005, compared with $63.3 million or $1.24 a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. olvo Trucks North America said Thursday that it will initiate a voluntary safety recall on about 42,000 trucks because of potential flaws in an emissions-reduction system in the trucks’ engines.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. RC Worldwide, formerly Yellow Roadway Corp., said Thursday that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Zollars agreed to a new five-year contract with the company.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. orfolk Southern Corp., which operates an eastern freight railroad, Wednesday reported it earned a record $362 million or 87 cents a share for the fourth quarter, compared with $264 million or 65 cents in 2004's fourth quarter.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. utomobile transporter Performance Transportation Services said Wednesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy “in order to re-align its capital structure [and] resolve its operational issues.”

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. CS Transportation late Tuesday reported record earnings per share for 2005 and said it earned $10.7 million or 73 cents in the fourth quarter, up from $4.6 million or 30 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ovenant Transport said late Tuesday reported its net income for the fourth quarter rose to $4.4 million or 32 cents a share, from a loss of $6.5 million or 32 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ransportation firm CNF Inc. reported record fourth-quarter 2005 net income late Tuesday, as its profit rose to $51.2 million or 92 cents a share, compared with $32.2 million or 58 cents a year earlier.