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Freight broker BirdDog Logistics Services said that it has acquired Churchill Transport Group, a third-party logistics firm.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Lubricant maker Valvoline and technology firm tiwi have unveiled a program for over-the-road fleets that they guarantee will boost fuel efficiency by at least 4%.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services said that it has reached a multi-year deal with Norfolk Southern Corp. in which the railroad will provide intermodal service for the carrier in the eastern U.S.

The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10.2% in October, a 26-year high, from 9.8% in September, the Labor Department said Friday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in response to a legal challenge to the current hours-of-service regulations, will completely rewrite the 2008 HOS regulations, issue a proposed rulemaking within nine months and a new final rule in less than two years.

U.S. intermodal rail traffic fell 11.1% in the week ended Saturday compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Qualcomm Inc.’s profit fell 9% in its fiscal fourth quarter, the Associated Press reported.

Third-quarter worker productivity jumped to an annual rate of 9.5%, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell by 20,000 to 512,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.