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The number of new homes being built in the United States dipped 1.3% in October, pushing construction levels to their slowest pace of 2001, according to a government report.

With lawmakers grappling with tough security and economic issues, a push by the trucking industry for tax relief appears to be on legislative hold.

Amid all the news last week about falling prices for crude oil and motor fuels, President Bush scored a direct hit by announcing he will fill the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its limits.

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Government reports released Friday showed that industrial production continues to be a casualty of the post-Sept. 11 economy and that there is still little or no inflation in the economy.

espite a slight recovery Friday in international oil prices, gasoline prices in the United States continue to slip, prompting some industry watchers to predict that oil prices could dip below 80 cents a gallon in some areas of the country, news services said.

An estimated $30 million a year in trucking industry costs for traveling through a Bullhead City, Ariz., detour around the Hoover Dam has some Arizona Department of Transportation officials unwilling to force truckers farther south on a third route.

Traffic managers have evolved from hourly workers, who combed through volumes of tariff guides looking for the right rate and service combinations for their company’s freight, to become supply chain professionals with whiz kid computer knowledge and a seat in the corporate boardroom.