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Four senators took the first step toward cleaning up the language of the wide-sweeping USA Patriot Act, designed by Congress and the White House to protect the nation from future terrorist attacks.

Hope Seen for Stimulus Package • Fed’s Kelley to Resign at End of Year • Fed Reports Show Factory Sector Struggling • Import Prices Fall 1.6% in November • And more...

Cell Phones May Get Own Area Codes • Motorola to Offer Instant Messenger • Intelligent Transport May End Traffic Jams

Following two days of talks led by U.S. 91ÊÓƵland Security Director Tom Ridge and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley, an agreement on a border action plan between the two nations was reached on Wednesday, news services reported.

Cell Phone Free Minutes Drying Up • @Track Earns an ISO 9001 Registration • Network Connects Shippers, Carriers • And more...

U.S. wholesale inventories declined 1% in October to $294.2 billion, the largest monthly dip since the Commerce Department began keeping track of this data in 1992.

he Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut the overnight bank lending rate a quarter-percentage point to 1.75%, the lowest since July 1961, saying economic activity remains soft and that underlying inflation is likely to edge lower from its already modest levels.

FedEx Pilots May Merge With Larger Group • Major Round of Cuts Expected at Ford • Oregon to Use Checkpoints to Enforce Chain Rule • Rep. Shaw Files New Port Security Bill • Manufacturers Upbeat About Second Half in '02 • And more...

The Department of Transportation said last week that the U.S. border with Mexico won’t be opened to Mexican truckers on Jan. 1, as the Bush administration had wanted.

The Department of Transportation acknowledged last week that President Bush’s pledge to open the border by Jan. 1 won’t be met because of requirements placed by Congress.