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Orders placed at U.S. factories rose 2.1% in January, their largest increase in six months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Companies in the United States were more efficient in the fourth quarter, a revised report by the Labor Department said Thursday. The department's quarterly report on productivity was revised upward to an annual rate of 0.8%.

EIA Predicts Record Gas Prices in April • UPS Suspends Plan to Furlough 100 Pilots • Crude Oil Price Rises on Possible Second UN Resolution • MAN AG Increases 4Q Profit 13% • And more ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security, a massive new federal agency that President Bush requested in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, officially opened its doors last week, with transportation security one of its major missions.

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration still lacks the ability to ensure unsafe trucking companies are not allowed to enter the business, despite new rules it put in place this January.

With some motorists paying more than $2 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, industry experts sounded alarms that low fuel inventories could lead to record prices and possibly even shortages during the peak driving season.

Dynamex Boosts 2Q Net Income • Fed Says Growth 'Remained Subdued' Early in 2003 • U.S. Services Economy Sees Slower Growth in February • FedEx Freight Expands Next-Day Service • And more ...

ATA Issues Alert to 'America's Trucking Army' • Con-Way LTLs Approved for C-TPAT • Arrest May Bolster Anti-Terrorism Efforts • U.S. Lowers Terror Alert to Yellow

President Bush said he intends to nominate Annette M. Sandberg to the administrator position of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, where she has been serving as acting administrator in recent months.

Graves Reiterates Call to Tap SPR • Canadian Truckers Protest Fuel, Insurance Costs • Pacer Unveils New U.S.-Mexico Intermodal Options • Postal Service May Seek Early Rate Hike • And more ...