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Chrysler LLC and the United Auto Workers union ended a brief strike after agreeing on a contract similar to one signed recently between the UAW and General Motors Corp., Bloomberg reported.

Forward Air Corp., a contractor to the air cargo industry, said late Wednesday it expects to earn 35 cents 37 cents for the third quarter, down from a year ago.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 2.4% in August as exports rose to a record for a sixth straight month, the Commerce Department said Friday.

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Wholesale inventories rose 0.1% in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

BAX Global said it is expanding its overnight distribution capabilities between the United States, Mexico and Canada by adding an additional air cargo flight into Mexico, starting next Monday.

Several new regulations expected from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be delayed and others, including a long-awaited regulation encouraging the use of electronic onboard recorders, could fall even further behind schedule because of a recent court ruling scrapping part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s driver-hours rule, DOT said.