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The nation’s oldest labor union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said Wednesday that it is considering a merger with the Teamsters union, Reuters reported.

A unit of FedEx Corp. is handling mail shipments between the U.S. Postal Service and two offsite irradiation facilities until the national mail carrier sets up its own equipment for destroying anthrax and other iological contaminants, FedEx officials confirmed.

Most Air Cargo Still Not Being Inspected • Unplugged Machine Shuts Down LAX • Conn. Man Charged with Helping Terrorists Get IDs • Electric Companies Told to Upgrade Security • And more...

Manufacturing in the Chicago area grew in February, a survey by the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday, marking the first expansion in 19 months.

If terrorists tried to commandeer a truck hauling a potentially lethal load - fuel or chemicals, for example - what could be done to stop them? In the search for answers to that and related questions, carriers, shippers, regulators, researchers and systems vendors are exploring how information technology can help provide or enhance security in trucking.

The gross domestic product, the total value of all goods and services produced in the United States, rose at a revised 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2001, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Sale of LTV Steel Approved • Arkansas Purchases IR Inspection System for Trucks • Roadway Says More Sleeper Teams Improve Delivery Times • NITLeague, ARC Form Coalition to Seek Rail Competition • And more...

Failing to match 2001’s record performance, sales of new homes plummeted 14.8% in January compared with December, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. It was the biggest single-month decline in eight years.

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Orders for durable goods increased 2.6% in January, the Commerce Department reported – marking the second monthly increase in a row and suggesting that the manufacturing sector may be pulling out of its nearly 18-month slum.