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Crude oil prices reached an all all-time high Friday on concerns that rising demand may outstrip refinery production during peak demand season this summer, news services reported.

The Commerce Department said Friday that construction spending rose 0.4% in February to a record $1.05 trillion annual pace.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group Inc. said Friday it expected its first-quarter earnings to be in the range of 24 cents to 26 cents per share.

Orders placed with factories rose 0.2% in February, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Manufacturing in the Chicago area increased in March, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Thursday.

Personal spending increased for an eighth straight month in February, rising 0.5%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Trailer Bridge Inc., a provider of integrated trucking, intermodal and marine freight services, reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.3 million or 11 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $1.9 million or 19 cents a year earlier.

The number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 20,000 in the week ended March 26, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

U.S. corporate profits rose 13.5% in the fourth quarter, buoyed by steady economic growth, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Navistar International Corp. said late Thursday that supply constraints would not result in excessive inventory in its second fiscal quarter which ends April 30 and should have no impact on the company’s full-year earnings.