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LAX May Get $9.6B Makeover • DHL Cargo Plane Crashes in Europe • Layoff Announcements Up 12% in June • Old Dominion Announces Rate Increase • And more...

Minn. Launches ‘511’ Traveler Info Service • DOT Takes Highway Bill Comment on Web • Velocity Express Develops Electronic Proof of Delivery • Ryder Says OmniTRACS’ Features Popular Since 9/11 • And more...

The Institute for Supply Management said its factory index rose to 56.2 in June, up from 55.7 in May. The rise in the index indicates more rapid expansion in the manufacturing sector.

Railroad company CSX Corp. has found a new source of freight for its intermodal arm, CSX Intermodal. As part of an effort to develop new business, CSXI employees are surfing Internet freight-matching boards to pick off truckloads brokers post for highway moves.

Port Talks Seen Continuing Past Deadline • W.Va. Gov. Wise Receives Coal Truck Recommendations • Economists Upbeat on Economy, Journal Poll Finds • U.S., Amtrak Agree on Deal to Keep Running • And more...

The price of diesel fuel edged higher for the second week in a row, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday, rising 0.8 cent per gallon to a nationwide average of $1.289.

Airplane loadings of domestic cargo rose in May to 927,397 revenue ton miles, a 3.4% increase from May 2001, the Air Transport Association said Monday.

In the final revision of its consumer sentiment index, the University of Michigan said Friday that U.S. consumers felt slightly worse about the economy in June than they did in May.

Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday that it has submitted an engine design to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval under new emissions guidelines that are set to take effect this fall.

Contract talks between West Coast port operators and longshoremen went nowhere this week, both sides said as their old contract neared its July 1 expiration.