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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he initial response to Hurricane Katrina’s widespread damage on the Gulf Coast was “not acceptable,” President Bush said Friday.

Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath in the Gulf Coast region has left transportation supply lines, imports and exports stalled, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. andstar System’s chief executive officer said Thursday that the carrier had more than 1,000 pieces of equipment moving to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

American Trucking Associations has launched a Web page keep motor carriers apprised of road closures, changes to operating regulations, fueling updates and other critical information related to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that its manufacturing index slowed in August to 53.6 from 56.6 in July.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. construction spending held steady at a $1.099 trillion annual rate in July, stemming four straight monthly declines, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Personal spending jumped 1% in July as consumers continued to take advantage of automakers’ discounts, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits rose 3,000 to 320,000 for the week ended Aug. 27, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves Thursday urged motor carriers and truckers to tell Congress how rising fuel costs are hurting their businesses, illustrating the dramatic impact skyrocketing fuel prices are having on the movement of freight.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. holesale gasoline prices continued to rise in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and retail outlets in many states already were feeling a supply pinch and raising prices well above $3 a gallon, news services reported Thursday.