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Retail Sales Jump 1.4% in July
Retail sales in the United States rose 1.4% to $317.2 in July, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, led by purchases of automobiles and clothing.
August 13, 2003
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
TSA Awards $100,000 Grant for ATA's Highway Watch
The Transportation Security Administration has granted American Trucking Associations $100,000 from funds aimed at improving highway security to expand its Highway Watch program and continue developing a proposal for a national communications center to process information from truck drivers about unsafe and suspicious activity on the nation’s highways.
August 13, 2003Ohio Seeking to Get Heavy Trucks Back on Turnpike
Ohio transportation officials said they were expecting the Federal Highway Administration to decide soon whether to fund a study that could help get heavy trucks back onto the state’s turnpike and off secondary highways.
August 13, 2003Business Inventories Rise for First Time in Three Months
Inventories at U.S. businesses rose in June for the first time in three months as retailers replenished supplies, the Commerce Department reported..
August 13, 2003Security Briefs - Aug. 7 - Aug. 13
Report Criticizes Terror Alert System • FBI Arrests Man in Missile Sale Plot • Checks on Hazmat Drivers Could Lead to Higher Prices • Landstar Receives C-TPAT Approval
August 13, 2003News Briefs - Aug. 12
EGL’s Profits Rise on North American Ground Activity • Trailer Bridge Narrows Loss • UPS, FedEx Charging Extra for Remote Deliveries • Global Economies Appear to be Picking Up • And more...
August 12, 2003Bush Picks Leavitt to Head EPA
President Bush late Monday selected Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt to succeed Christie Whitman as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
August 12, 2003Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday voted to keep the benchmark U.S. interest rate unchanged, encouraged by signs that the lowest borrowing costs in 45 years may be helping the economic expansion to accelerate.
August 12, 2003Diesel Price Jumps 3.9 Cents a Gallon, DOE Says
The national average price of diesel fuel rose 3.9 cents a gallon to $1.492, the Department of Energy reported Monday.
August 12, 2003Schneider’s Duley Warns Of New Costs For ’07 Trucks
CHICAGO — A senior truck fleet executive warned that his company is concerned about its ability to afford trucks that will comply with 2007 federal emissions rules because of extra costs for both routine engine maintenance and onboard diagnostic systems.
August 11, 2003