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DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday its first-quarter net income fell but its truck sales surged.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Thursday reported first-quarter net earnings of $321 million or 83 cents a share, up from $193 million or 52 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% in the first quarter, down from a revised fourth-quarter rate of 3.8%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits rose by 21,000 in the week ended April 23, reversing three straight weeks of declines, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Target Logistics Inc. reported net income for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31 was $264,894 or 1 cent per share, compared with $114,981 or 1 cent a year earlier.

Short-rail line RailAmerica Inc. reported first-quarter earnings of $6.2 million or 16 cents a share, up from $1.3 million or 4 cents a year ago.

Truck maker Paccar Inc. increased the company’s regular quarterly cash dividend 5% to 21 cents a share, payable June 6 to stockholders of record as of May 19.

Landstar System Inc. said late Thursday its board had authorized the company to buy up to an additional 2 million shares of its stock “from time to time in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions.”

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. reported its first-quarter income jumped to $579 million or $2.56 a share, up from $30 million or 14 cents a year earlier.

Surface trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 11.3% in February to $53.6 billion, the Department of Transportation reported Thursday.