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Former Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta will be among a handful of recipients of the 2006 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S civilian award, the White House said.

Los Angeles-area port officials are planning to study whether magnetic levitation trains could be used to ferry cargo containers moving through the nation’s largest port complex, the Associated Press reported.

UPS Inc. said Monday it offered a voluntary separation agreements to about 650 employees as part of the company’s ongoing effort to eliminate redundant positions.

Insurance company American International Group bought six U.S. container ports from the United Arab Emirates’ state-owned DP World, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Deutsche Post logistics division reiterated its 2006 forecast and said it will outperform the market and post “strong growth” next year as more acquisitions are integrated, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Ohio has delayed enforcing its new smoking ban until specific rules and regulations are written, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index fell 1.9% in October, more than an earlier 1.8% reading, the group said late Friday.

U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.8% in October as sales posted their first consecutive declines in more than three years, the Commerce Department said Monday.

UPS Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Eskew said the company may see its biggest Christmas season yet, because Thanksgiving came early this year, leading to more shopping days before Christmas, the New York Times reported.

U.S. consumer confidence in December fell from close to a 15-month high, the University of Michigan said Friday.