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Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported an improved fiscal fourth-quarter profit and said it was searching for a new chief executive officer.

Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia region improved and moved into positive territory this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

The new Interstate 35W bridge opened Thursday in Minneapolis, a little more than a year after the previous bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River, the Associated Press reported.

An index of leading economic indicators fell 0.5% in August, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims rose by 10,000 last week to 455,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Oil prices remained under $100 a barrel Thursday after earlier rising over $102, Bloomberg reported.

Seat-belt use in the United states has risen to a record 83% in daylight hours this year, up from 82% last year, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

We are pleased and relieved that the Senate finally agreed to support the restitution of $8 billion to the faltering Highway Trust Fund from the U.S. Treasury to undo an old wrong.

New home construction plunged 6.2% in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.