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Facing long delays in deploying Transportation Worker Identification Credential biometric card readers at U.S. ports, federal officials will soon allow transportation workers to extend their expiring TWIC cards for three years at half the normal enrollment cost.

Michigan and Canada have agreed to build a second bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded in June at the slowest rate in seven months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday.

Consumer confidence dropped in June to the lowest level this year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Arkansas Best Corp. on Thursday announced it will purchase Panther Expedited Services from a private equity firm for about $180 million.

A new law signed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley in May took effect immediately to protect truckers from having to choose between accepting loads and signing contracts that indemnify them.

The Midwest-based intermodal trucking company formerly known as Universal Transportation Services has changed its name to Calhoun Truck Lines, the company announced.

The U.S. trade deficit shrank by 4.9% in April as a drop in imports more than offset the first exports decline in five months, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace in April and May as manufacturing improved, and trucking and transportation activity were generally higher, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.