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Improving North American trucks sales led parts maker Accuride Corp. to post a fourth-quarter profit but a net loss for the year, the Evansville, Ind., company said.

Construction spending slipped 0.1% in January, the first decline since July, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims decreased last week, matching the lowest level in nearly four years, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.2% in January following little change the previous month, the Commerce Department said.

Aperion Management has teamed with the management of Sprint Logistics to acquire that company’s municipal solid waste transfer station management and transportation business.

The U.S. economy expanded at a “modest to moderate pace” in January and early February as factories boosted production, while transportation service showed mixed results, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

TransForce Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income rose to C$41.7 million, or 41 cents a share, from C$34.8 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier, the Montreal-based trucking and logistics company said Wednesday.

An index of manufacturing activity in the Chicago area increased in February, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Wednesday.