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Price of Oil Posts Largest Weekly Gain Since January 2000 • Knight to List on the NYSE • Seven More Charged in Chicago Trucking Scandal • Rail Intermodal Volume Post Third-Highest Weekly Total • And more...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday its manufacturing index rose to 29.6 in December, a five-month high, from 20.7 the month before.

Led by a steady surge in demand for Class 8 trucks, registrations of new Class 4-8 vehicles increased about 26% in the first nine months of 2004.

Housing starts in the United States plummeted 13.1% in November, the biggest decline in almost 11 years, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he data on transportation construction have been very strong almost all year. Through August, the value of construction work performed on transportation projects totaled more than $58.7 billion, up 8.5% over last year.

Diesel engine maker Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday it reached a tentative six-year contract agreement with the United Auto Workers.

FedEx Earns $354 Million in Fiscal 2Q • Kansas City Southern Agrees to Buy Mexican Railroad • Jobless Claims Post Largest Drop in Three Years • Teamsters Approve New Contract With UPS Canada

Arkansas Best Corp. said Thursday Robert Davidson would become president and chief operating officer on Jan. 1.

New rules issued by the Food and Drug Administration last week that require companies to maintain records of food transportation should not have much effect on food haulers as they closely resemble regulations already required by another part of the federal government, an industry representative said.