The national average price of diesel fuel fell another 3.3 cents to $2.186 a gallon, while gasoline rose for the sixth time in seven weeks, Energy Department said.
February 18, 2009Government
Producer Price Index Rises 0.8%
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.8% in January, the largest gain in six months, the Labor Department said Thursday.
February 19, 2009Government
Producer Price Index Rises 0.8%
February 19, 2009
EditorialGovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsAutonomous
Trucking’s Growing Job Losses
Trucking suffered the greatest loss of jobs in history during January, excluding the month of the national drivers’ strike in 1994.
February 19, 2009Government
Housing Starts Plunge to New Low
New housing starts fell to a record low in January, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
February 18, 2009BusinessGovernment
Import Prices Fall for Sixth Straight Month
The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a sixth straight month in January on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
February 18, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Hearing to Come on Calif. Emissions Waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.
February 17, 2009BusinessGovernment
New York Factory Index Drops to Record Low
Manufacturing growth in New York state contracted this month at the fastest pace on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
February 17, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Test Drive Helps Kenworth Refine Its New Truck, Trailer Designs
RENTON, Wash. — In the struggle to squeeze a few more miles out of each tank of fuel, truck makers are designing tractors with the aid of computer models and wind tunnels more generally used to tweak race cars or airplanes.
February 16, 2009BusinessGovernment
Supplier Groups Explore Aid to Sustain Vehicle Production
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association and Original Equipment Suppliers Associations are discussing the plight of the automobile industry with President Obama’s administration, the Treasury Department and members of Congress as the federal government advances plans to disburse funds from emergency financial relief legislation approved last year.
February 16, 2009