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Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund earned C$1.1 million, or 3 cents per unit, in the second quarter, compared with C$2.6 million, or 9 cents, a year ago,

Retail sales fell 0.1% in July, the first decline in three months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell 0.7% in July, the first decline in six months, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Intermodal trailer traffic fell 26.9% in the second quarter of 2009, the Intermodal Association of North America reported.

DHL Express will pay the U.S. government $9.4 million in fines to settle a dispute that it made shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria in violation of U.S. embargoes, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. trade deficit widened 4% in June, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

As the recession deepens, there is growing awareness in the transportation industry of the role dispatchers play in keeping third-party logistics firms and freight brokerages competitive, particularly in the areas where dispatch and customer service collide.

Wholesale inventories fell in June for the tenth consecutive month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

U.S. workers’ productivity surged in the second quarter to an annual rate of 6.4%, the fastest in almost six years, the Labor Department said Tuesday.