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Led by a decline in work on single-family homes, U.S. home construction declined 2.2% for the third straight month in August to an annual pace of 1.609 million units, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed at its Osaka, Japan meeting Thursday to leave production limits at their current 11-year low, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n unprecedented string of criminal prosecutions of truck drivers and trucking companies related to hours-of-service violations undercuts the notion that these are merely regulatory infractions carrying civil penalties.

Daimler to Take Mitsubishi Stake Sept. 20, Reuters Says • Western Ports Accuse Workers of Slowdown • Jobless Claims Decline, but Higher Than Expected • Bush Not Seeking New Tax Cuts This Year, Paper Says • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he closing of the Consolidated Freightways system came as a complete shock to the vast majority of employees, with absolutely no advance notice. The bankruptcy courts should never allow a filing without compliance with the federal plant-closing warning act.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s general economic index rose to 2.3 in September, recovering form August’s reading of –3.1.

Senate Panel Likely to Vote on Airport Screening Delay • Delphi Launches New Security Technology • Senate Democrats Trying to Forge Security Compromise • Senate Committee Questions Transportation Security.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Sept. 6 it will give high-tech firms $2.5 million to test technologies aimed at preventing a truck carrying hazardous materials from being used in a terrorist attack.

WASHINGTON — An official of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey said that even though much of the new attention to port security has focused on containers coming off ships, keeping a close eye on truckers hauling those containers is also important.

U.S. consumer prices, led by rises in the prices for clothing, tobacco and energy, recorded in August the largest gain since April, the Department of Labor said Wednesday.