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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eavy rains left over from Tropical Storm Tammy caused flooding along the East Coast from North Carolina to New Hampshire over the weekend, forcing some evacuations, knocking out power and making many roads impassable, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. innesota has become the first state to require that diesel fuel contain a blend of 2% biodiesel — a mandate that has trucking worried about the cost and performance of the blended fuel, said John Hausladen, president of the Minnesota Trucking Association.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. powerful snowstorm in Colorado has closed an 80-mile stretch of a major highway and trigged rock slides, the Associated Press reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. wholesale inventories rose 0.5% in August, the most in four months, the Commerce Department said Friday.

FedEx Corp. on Thursday said it has asked for federal mediation assistance to oversee contract talks with the union representing its pilots that began in March 2004.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. igh energy prices, a lack of pricing power and a steady rise in interest rates have contributed to reduced business optimism among chief executive officers of large multinational companies, according to a survey released Thursday, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. rail freight and intermodal traffic rose for the week ended Oct. 1 compared with a year earlier, and traffic for the month of September also increased over last year despite two big hurricanes, the Association of American Railroads said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. new study by a market research firm, recommends moving 25% of freight truck traffic onto intermodal freight trains by 2025, the Orlando (Fla.) Business Journal reported.

Delphi Corp. is asking the United Auto Workers for wage cuts of more than 50% and wants to eliminate pay for laid-off workers as part of the auto supplier's effort to stave off bankruptcy, the Associated Press reported.