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Companies hired 213,000 workers in September as the labor market continued to strengthen, a private report based on payrolls showed.

Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival at risk, the head of an oil industry trade group said.

Confidence among U.S. consumers declined in September to a four-month low as Americans’ views of the labor market deteriorated.

Liquefied natural gas will gain a “significant” market share in the transport sector by 2035, led by demand from trucking, the International Center for Natural Gas Information said.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes declined in August as tighter credit and limited wage growth weigh on potential buyers.

Consumer spending in the U.S. rebounded in August as further job gains encouraged households to loosen their purse strings.

Consumer confidence climbed in September to a 14-month high as Americans’ outlooks for the economy improved.

Tommy Walters, hauling lawnmowers to Rhode Island from Maryland with his Boston terrier Daisy riding shotgun, is feeling flush these days after the biggest raise of his 17-year trucking career.

Deutsche Post AG, Europe’s largest postal service, is about to begin deliveries of medication and other urgent goods to the island of Juist using unmanned helicopters after securing approval from state and federal transport ministries and air traffic control authorities to operate in a restricted flight area.