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An index of leading economic indicators improved for a tenth straight month in January, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for December fell 4.1% from a year earlier but did not change from November, DOT said Thursday.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said its fourth-quarter profit grew to $10 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with a $64 million loss, or $1.83 cents, a year earlier.

Housing starts rose 2.8% in January while building permits fell 4.9%, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

A new economic index based on diesel fuel purchasing in the trucking industry fell in January after an increase in December, the index’s authors said.

John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died Saturday, the company said. He was 96.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region grew this month at the fastest pace in four months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

NEW YORK – After a trial run that began last spring, a section of Broadway in New York City will remain permanently closed to traffic.

A group including motor carriers, businesses, several members of Congress and a conservative public interest legal foundation has filed a lawsuit in federal appeals court challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s formal finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health.