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D.C. Mayor Wants Trains Carrying Dangerous Chemicals Out of City • Bill Would Allow Fence at U.S.-Mexico Border to be Completed

Orders for durable goods rose 0.2% in September, driven by demand for military equipment and computers, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

federal regulation on the safety and maintenance of intermodal container chassis, originally planned for late this year, will be delayed until early 2005 because of “other rulemaking activities,” according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

WASHINGTON — For cargo security to be effective, the entire supply chain from production to delivery must be protected and screened by both private enterprise and the government, speakers at the North American Cargo Security Forum said here Oct. 18 and 19.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Speakers at a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “listening session” here said federal safety policy should focus more on drivers and less on equipment, and they suggested ways to improve the agency’s fleet review and rating processes.

Economic activity expanded in September and early October, but was constrained by high energy costs, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

Fed's Ferguson Says Business Spending Picking Up • Celadon Earns $2.8 Million in Latest Quarter • Overnite Reports Higher Profits in 3Q • Earnings Falls at BNSF Due to Asbestos Claims • And more...

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence fell to 92.8 in October from a revised 96.7 the month before, the third straight decline and the lowest in seven months..

Canadian customs workers stopped picketing at the U.S.-Canadian border last week, where the action, part of a broader public employee strike, had caused traffic delays.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal hours-of-service rules for drivers have become a problematic issue that has concerned many of us for the last 60-plus years. hese hours driven are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but, in fact, they cannot really be controlled when a driver falsifies his or her logbook.