Mack Trucks Wednesday introduced a large new diesel engine and a new truck, which it said was the most powerful truck the company has ever made.
March 14, 2008BusinessGovernment
Consumer Confidence Falls to 16-Year Low
U.S. consumer confidence fell to a 16-year low this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index, released Friday.
March 14, 2008BusinessGovernment
CPI Unchanged in February
The consumer price index was unchanged in February, the Labor Department said Friday.
March 14, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
EPA Sets New Ozone Standard
The Environmental Protection Agency reduced its primary eight-hour ozone standard to 0.075 parts per million from 0.084 ppm to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
March 14, 2008BusinessGovernment
Retail Sales Decline 0.6% in February
Retail sales fell 0.6% in February, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
March 13, 2008BusinessGovernment
Import Prices Rise 0.2%
The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.2% last month, the Labor Department said Thursday.
March 13, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT’s Freight Transport Index Rises
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for January rose 2.7% from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
March 12, 2008GovernmentBusiness
Pilgrim’s Pride to Close Warehouses, Cut 1,100 Jobs
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the world’s biggest poultry processor, said it will close a U.S. chicken-processing plant, six distribution centers and cut 1,100 jobs.
March 12, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Senators Question DOT on Mexican Trucks Program
Senators and Bush administration officials clashed at a hearing Tuesday about the legality the Department of Transportation’s pilot program allowing Mexican trucks into the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported.
March 12, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
NAFTA Truck Trade Rises for 2007
Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 4.9% last year compared with 2006, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
March 11, 2008