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Ceva Secures EGL Financing

The private-equity parent company of Ceva Group has received a commitment of $2.95 billion in debt financing to fund the buyout of air freight forwarder EGL Inc., Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

June 6, 2007
FuelGovernmentBusiness

Fuel Inventories Rise for Week

Inventories of crude oil, gasoline and distillate fuel all rose last week, and oil prices receded slightly in early trading Wednesday, Bloomberg reported.

June 6, 2007
BusinessSafety

ATA Warns on ‘Hypermiling’

American Trucking Associations is recommending that fleet safety directors warn their drivers and owner-operators of a dangerous practice among automobile drivers of drafting behind tractor-trailers.

June 6, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Roadcheck ’07 Wraps Up Thursday

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour Roadcheck truck-inspection blitz wraps up its three-day run on Thursday.

June 6, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafety

1Q Productivity Climbs Less Than Originally Reported

First-quarter U.S. worker productivity rose 1%, down from an earlier estimate, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

June 6, 2007
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Border Measures Boosting Costs

Security measures at the Canada-U.S. border introduced since 9/11 have not slowed the flow of goods into the United States but have added to costs for Canadian companies, according to new report, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported.

June 5, 2007
BusinessSafetyGovernment

May ISM Services Index Rises

The economy’s service sector growth rate improved in May to the highest level in a year, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.

June 5, 2007
FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment

Diesel Dips 1.8¢ to $2.799; Gas Falls 5.2¢ to $3.157

Diesel fuel’s national average retail price fell 1.8 cents to $2.799 a gallon, while gasoline dropped more than a nickel to $3.157, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

June 5, 2007