Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico grew in December from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said.
March 3, 2010BusinessGovernmentSafety
Fourth-Quarter Productivity Revised Upward
Worker productivity jumped 6.9% in the fourth quarter, capping the largest one-year gain since 2002, the Labor Department said Thursday.
March 4, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
Fed Notes Modest Improvement in Transport Activity
The U.S. economy improved in nine of the Federal Reserve’s 12 districts early this year, with transportation levels improving modestly, the Fed said Wednesday.
March 3, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
Obama Signs Measure Restoring Transportation Funds
President Obama signed a bill reinstating transportation funding and ending a two-day furlough of 2,000 U.S. Department of Transportation employees.
March 3, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Services Index Improves
The U.S. economy’s service sector improved in February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
March 3, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Manufacturing Index Expands for Seventh Month
U.S. manufacturing activity expanded for a seventh straight month in February, the Institute for Supply Management said.
March 3, 2010BusinessGovernmentSafety
States Scrambling Following Transport Funding Shutdown
ARLINGTON, Va. — State transportation officials said the sudden shutdown of the federal highway program is putting them at risk of abandoning projects and cutting safety programs unless Congress reaches a deal to extend the now-lapsed reauthorization.
March 2, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Senate Expected to Pass Biodiesel Tax Credit Bill
Senate Democrats expect to pass an unemployment benefits bill soon that includes a provision retroactively reinstating a biodiesel tax credit through the end of the year, according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
March 2, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
Senate May Not Approve DOT Funds Until Next Week
With about 2,000 federal workers on continued furlough at key Department of Transportation agencies, the Senate may not pass a bill reinstating funding for them until next week, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 2, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT Furloughs Under Way as Funding Flap Continues
The Department of Transportation is furloughing nearly 2,000 employees without pay starting Monday and is temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of a Senate impasse over federal transportation funding.
March 1, 2010