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Central Freight Earns $2.2 Million in 4Q • OPEC Likely Maintain Output Quotas Next Week • DaimlerChrysler Says Truck Sales Rose 3% in 2003 • And more...

Ryder's Profits Rise in 4Q • Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 356,000 • Mineta: Veto Highway Bill If It Raises Taxes • Chicago's Budget Chief Resigns Over Trucking Contracts • And more...

U.S. worker productivity grew at a 2.7% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2003, well below the pace of the previous quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Fewer trucking companies failed during 2003, as the industry gained few new members and existing players did a better job of recouping high fuel costs and raising freight rates, according to market analysts.

Sales of knockoff and counterfeit parts are causing losses in the aftermarket industry and generating potential reliability problems for customers that buy them, said an industry report and manufacturing executives interviewed by Transport Topics.

Report: 'Fallen Angel' Also Sent Ricin to White House • ���ϳԹ���land Security Gets Big Boost in Bush's Budget • Study: Thousands of Fake Licenses Issued in 2003 • Radiation Detectors to Be Installed at Seaports, Borders

Orders placed with U.S. factories rose 1.1% in December, the third increase in four months, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.