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In the latest version of a closely watched report on factory-sector activity, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Thursday that manufacturing contracted in January for the sixth straight month.

A newly formed group with ties to the trucking industry wants government and the trade community to work together to make West Coast seaports more efficient and technologically up-to-date.

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Former Teamsters President Ron Carey pled not guilty Thursday to charges that he lied to a federal grand jury investigating fund raising for his 1996 re-election bid.

New figures from the U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday confirm that trucking firms and factory operators knew what they were talking about when they warned that the economy was slowing fast toward the end of the year.

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Jr. said the Bush administration will review diesel sulfur and clean engine standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, postponing the regulation’s effective date for 60 days.

As Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta cruised through his Senate confirmation hearing last week, he said he would review proposed changes to the hours of service for truck drivers and re-examine the potential economic effect of the regulations as well as how they might promote highway safety.

Elaine Chao, President Bush’s nominee for secretary of labor, declined to say whether she would enforce, change or revoke recently imposed ergonomics rules, as she was quizzed on the topic at her Senate committee confirmation hearing Jan. 24.