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Orders placed with factories rose 0.9% in April, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

U.S. workers’ productivity grew at a 2.9% annual rate in the first quarter, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in two months, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported net income of $2.7 million or 23 cents a share for its third quarter 2005 ended April 30, up from $2.3 million or 20 cents a year earlier.

Large fleets also accounted for a greater share of new truck registrations in 2005’s first quarter, compared with last year, said Gary Meteer, director of the commercial vehicle group at Polk in Detroit.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices surged past $55 a barrel Thursday before receding, following a Department of Energy report that showed distillate demand, which includes diesel, rose 7.7% last week.

April construction spending rose 0.5% to a record $1.067 trillion annual pace, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace in May than a month earlier..

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he average price of U.S. retail diesel fuel rose 0.4 cent to $2.16 a gallon, turning around four straight weeks of declines, the Energy Department reported Tuesday.