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The number of orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August for the second time in three months, the Commerce Department said Thursday, putting a gloomy top on a series of mixed economic signals from several different reports on recent economic trends.

Another day passed without a resolution to the Pacific Maritime Association's lockout of dockworkers and some factories said they were beginning to feel the pinch.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas Gov. Bill Graves urged groups interested in federal highway programs to work closely together to build support for federal spending and to avoid elbowing each other out of the process.

Morgan Group Halts Transportation Operations • Hurricane Weakened, But Still Dangerous • Hussein Ouster May Lower Oil Price, Analysts Say • Navistar, Union Agree to Recess • And more...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Bill Stalled in Senate • Oshkosh Delivers Launch Platforms to Army • TSA Imposes Hiring Freeze •

Representatives of the West Coast dockworkers union walked out of a meeting with the Pacific Maritime Association and a federal mediator Tuesday, taking the shutdown of 29 Pacific ports into its fourth day, Bloomberg reported.

WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee considered $27 million in new trucking security funding for 2003 last week, as Congress wrangled over appropriations that could freeze spending at 2002 levels.

After so many articles have been written about the new EPA Engines, it is difficult to know who to believe. One thing is for sure, the consumer is going to pay for the R&D costs that are being passed on by the engine companies.

Mullen Transportation Buys 4 Smaller Companies • Navistar Seen Asking Supplier to Share Recall Cost • House Committee Rejects 15% Hike in Highway Spending • FedEx Not Planning to Resume Profit Sharing • And more...

WASHINGTON — The Clean Diesel Independent Review Panel, whose members have attempted to evaluate industry compliance with upcoming heavy-duty engine emission standards, concluded last week that more work is needed on emerging technologies to cut smog-forming emissions to government-mandated levels.