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Consumer prices were unchanged in September, kept in check by falling fuel prices, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Truckload carrier USA Truck said Thursday its third-quarter profit jumped to $2.4 million, or 23 cents a share, from $16,000, or zero cents, a year ago.

Manufacturing growth in New York state declined in October to the lowest level since the index started in 2001, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Wednesday.

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 0.4% in September, while the rate excluding food and energy rose, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Retail sales fell 1.2% in September, the biggest drop in three years, led by a steep drop in automobile sales, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The $700 billion bailout plan (and this is just the beginning) is not for mortgages and homeowners; it’s for mortgage-backed securities. Hedge funds are the main holders.

People often ask me how it is that, as a farmer, I stumbled into trucking. I grew up involved in the day-to-day operations of my family’s Indiana farm, but in 1972, I decided it was time to devote my energies to agribusiness.

NEW ORLEANS — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the final stages of preparing its Driver Information Resource for use by trucking companies, an agency official said here.

The national average price of regular gasoline plunged 35 cents in the two weeks ended Friday, to $3.31 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Navistar International Corp. said Tuesday it is unveiling a new hybrid truck, the International DuraStar Hybrid tractor, which it is targeting to general freight haulers and food and beverage distributors.