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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

BusinessGovernment

Business Inventories, Sales Rise

U.S. business inventories rose 0.4% in April as sales rose, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

June 13, 2007
BusinessGovernment

Retail Sales Jump 1.4% in May

Retail sales rose by the most in more than a year last month, gaining 1.4%, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

June 13, 2007
Business

VW Wants Talks with MAN, Scania

Volkswagen AG wants to being official talks on closer cooperation between its truck division and fellow European manufacturers MAN and Scania by next month, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

June 13, 2007
BusinessGovernment

Import Prices Rise 0.9%

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.9% in May for a fourth straight gain, the Labor Department said Wednesday

June 13, 2007
BusinessSafety

Share the Road Drivers to Host Mass. Event Friday

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray (D) will open a safety presentation Friday to be given by American Trucking Associations’ Share the Road program.

June 13, 2007
BusinessAutonomous

NYPD Checking Trucks for Radioactive Material

The New York City Police Department has stepped up truck inspections to protect against any radioactive, biological or chemical bombs entering the city, the New York Post reported.

June 12, 2007
BusinessTechnology

GE Introduces VeriWise in Mexico

General Electric said Tuesday it has introduced here its VeriWise trailer-tracking technology in Mexico.

June 12, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel

Congress Eyes Boosting Fuel Economy

Stronger fuel-economy rules stand their best chance in years of passing Congress, amid heightened concern about gas prices and global warming, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

June 12, 2007
FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment

Diesel Dips 0.7¢ to $2.792; Gas Plunges 8.1¢ to $3.076

Diesel fuel’s national average retail price dipped 0.7 cent $2.792 a gallon and gasoline's pump price plunged, the Department of Energy said Monday.

June 12, 2007