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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. usiness inventories rose 0.1% in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The producer price index for June was unchanged from May, while prices excluding food and energy fell 0.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. roduction at U.S. factories, mines and utilities rose 0.9% in June, twice as much as expected, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported record second-quarter earnings Friday, with its profit rising to $54.6 million or 33 cents a share, from $45.6 million or 27 cents a year earlier.

Sirva Inc. said Friday that through its North American Van Lines subsidiary it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its transportation solutions business, Sirva Logistics, to an affiliate of Lake Capital Partners LP.

Truckload carrier Landstar System Inc. said Thursday that it earned a record $23.5 million or 39 cents a share in the second quarter, compared with $17.6 million or 29 cents a year earlier.

Retail sales rose 1.4% in June from the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Prices paid by consumers remained static in June, reflecting lower energy prices compared with May, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits rose 16,000 to 336,000 for the week ended July 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. pponents of Washington’s fuel tax increase turned in the last of more than 420,000 signatures, nearly double the number needed to force the issue onto a November ballot, the Associated Press reported.