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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.I am writing in response to the letter titled “Drop in Supply" (from the Nov. 3 print edition).

New ���ϳԹ��� Sales Fall 3.5% in October • Initial Jobless Claims Lowest Since January 2001 • Roadway, Yellow Announce Cash Election Deadline • Crude Oil Prices Steady Near $30 a Barrel • And More ...

Consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than a year and a half, but consumer spending remained flat, according to two recent economic reports.

The Department of ���ϳԹ���land Security unveiled anti-terrorism rules requiring cargo handlers to report electronic information before reaching the U.S. borders, prompting American Trucking Associations to express concern over how the plan would work without causing delays.

The number of orders for long-lasting goods placed with U.S. manufacturers rose in October, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. A separate report showed that manufacturing in the heavily industrial Midwest soared to its highest point in nearly nine years.

Trailer makers could see a jump in sales next year as motor carriers buy more trailers to offset anticipated productivity losses caused by new federal rules regulating driver work time, industry officials said.

Trucking industry security professionals at a recent conference urged minimum federal prison sentences for cargo theft, heard security experts outline the seriousness of theft and terrorism, and participated in an exercise on identifying threats, the sponsoring American Trucking Associations’ council said..

In its final summary of U.S. economic activity, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday it saw “broadly based” growth in most of its districts noting growth in “a number of industries.

The Commerce Department said Tuesday the U.S. economy grew at an 8.2% annual rate in the third quarter, faster than the 7.2% rate it initially estimated a month ago..

Consumer confidence rose in November to the highest in more than a year, the Conference Board said Tuesday..