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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. payrolls rose by 56,000 jobs in October and the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 5% from 5.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he soaring price of fuel is bad news for the entire transportation industry, and with recent prices for crude oil topping $68 a barrel, the days of $3 per gallon fuel appear to be here to stay. So what are the options?

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eorgia’s tax on gasoline in will increase temporarily by 2 cents a gallon starting Dec. 1, though the hike is unlikely to last for more than a month, the Associated Press reported.

Canadian firm Mullen Group Income Fund, which has trucking operations, said late Thursday that it plans to make an offer to acquire Pe Ben Oilfield Services Ltd.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. read that citizen groups are appealing to Congress not only to reject the latest iteration of the hours-of-service regulations, but to restrict the hours available for driving even more.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ail freight traffic fell for the week ended Oct. 29 but intermodal volume levels continued to climb, reaching the sixth-highest weekly volume ever, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Postal Rate Commission has approved the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed 5.4% rate increase, the first increase since 2002, according to Ken Hoexter, an analyst with Merrill Lynch.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. factory orders fell 1.7% in September to $390 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Transportation and logistics firm EGL Inc. reported Thursday that its third-quarter net income was $19.2 million or 40 cents a share, up from $16.6 million or 34 cents for the same quarter last year.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Institute for Supply Management’s services index rose in October, ISM reported Thursday.