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Jobless Claims Rise By 30,000 in Latest Week

The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 30,000 in the week ended April 10 to 360,000, the biggest increase in more than a year, the Labor Department reported Thursday..

April 15, 2004

Opinion: International Sourcing: What’s In It for You?

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Two shoe salesmen traveled to a new land. Upon discovering that the natives didn’t wear shoes, one called his manager to request a ticket home because there was no market.

April 15, 2004

News Briefs - April 14

J.B. Hunt's Profits Surge in 1Q • XRG Completes Purchase of Two Truckload Carriers • Trade Gap Narrows in February • Eaton's Profit Rises 86% • And more...

April 14, 2004

Energy Costs Boost Consumer Price Index in March

Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose 0.5% in March, boosted by rising energy costs, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

April 14, 2004

EPA Considers Deadline Delay for Oil-Spill Containment Plans

The Environmental Protection Agency may delay an August deadline for trucking companies to detail how they plan to contain oil spills on their property, David Evans, the head of the agency’s oil program, said last week.

April 14, 2004

Brokers Scramble to Match Loads With Trucks

Freight broker VHI Transport got a last-minute call late in the day in March from one of its regular customers, a beverage bottler. Because a motor carrier had backed out of an agreement, the shipper had a load of empty bottles that had to be delivered 200 miles away by the next morning or the manufacturer would incur extensive penalties.

April 14, 2004

Security Briefs - April 8 - April 14

Railroads to Start Sending Electronic Manifests in July • Distribution of Security Funds Upsets Some States • Ridge: Private Sector Must Help Fund Security Efforts • Coalition: 11 States Lag in License Security

April 14, 2004

News Briefs - April 13

Business Inventories Rise 0.7% in February • Vitran Raises Guidance After CN Strike Ends • Goodyear Reduces Profits by $65 Million • C.H. Robinson Alters Method of Accounting • And more...

April 13, 2004

Retail Sales Rise 1.8% in March

March sales at retailers rose 1.8%, the largest increase in a year, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

April 13, 2004