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Security Briefs - Sept. 11 - Sept. 17

Administration Unveils Terrorist Database • ATF Modifies Explosive-Hauling Rule • U.S. Wants Canadian Travelers to Have High-Tech Passports • Navy Might Enlist Blimps to Fight Terrorism

September 17, 2003

News Briefs - Sept. 17

FedEx Earnings Fall on Early Retirement Costs • Pony Express, True-Way Sign Transportation Deal • EU to Levy Tariffs on U.S. Stainless Steel Makers • NationaLease Picks Grainger for Presidency • And more...

September 17, 2003

Consumer Price Index Rises 0.3% on Higher Gasoline Prices

Led by higher costs for gasoline, consumer prices rose for the third straight month in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday..

September 16, 2003

News Briefs - Sept. 16

East Coast Prepares for Hurricane Isabel • Meridian Acquires U.S. Operations of GPS Logistics • Report: Fewer Trucks Being Repossessed in 2003 • Pacer Shifts Cartage Operation • And more...

September 16, 2003

Truckers See Less Freight From Maquiladoras

For the past three years, Rafael Del Barrio has watched the ebb and flow of truck freight crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.

September 16, 2003

Federal Reserve Keeps Interest Rates Steady

The Federal Reserve voted Tuesday to keep the benchmark U.S. interest rate unchanged, saying the economy appeared to be improving but the "minor" risk of deflation remained.

September 16, 2003

Industrial Production Rises for Second Straight Month

Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.1% in August, the first back-to-back gain since February, the Federal Reserve reported Monday..

September 15, 2003

Business Inventories Fall 0.1% in July as Demand Increases

Inventories at U.S. businesses declined 0.1% in July as companies used stockpiled goods to meet an increase in demand, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

September 15, 2003

CARB to Consider Retrofits for 1993-98 Truck Engines

The state agency that regulates air quality in California planned a public hearing Oct. 23 to consider requiring that all heavy-duty truck engines built between 1993 and 1998 include computer software to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions, even if the trucks are not registered in the state.

September 15, 2003

Urea Systems Advocates Say They’ll Meet With EPA

Advocates of using a chemical additive to help control heavy-duty truck engine emissions met in Chicago Sept. 10 and said afterward that they intended to meet with the Environmental Protection Administration by the end of this month.

September 15, 2003