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The price of goods imported to the United States rose 1.7% in November, the most in five month, the Labor Department said Friday.

Retail sales rose 1.3% in November, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Caterpillar Logistics Services said it will open a new parts distribution center in Clayton, Ohio.

In a local newspaper, I recently read an editorial titled: “Truckers Should Not Be Texting While Driving.” The writer improperly quoted statistics and singled out the trucking industry as the problem.

This has been a year when so-called “good news” actually has come in the form of less-bad news, as in “freight levels fell less last month than they did the month before” or “fewer jobs were lost last week than the week before.”

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October, declining 7.6% from September, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims increased last week after the previous week’s one-year low, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Two recent surveys have shown that chief executive officers, supply managers and small business leaders are optimistic that sales will increase next year, but they do not predict hiring to increase, Bloomberg reported.