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As rescue crews sift through rubble in Manhattan and Washington, D.C., U.S. passenger airlines are picking up the pieces of their industry and preparing to face an anticipated slowdown in air travel.

A poignant ceremony to re-open the New York Stock Exchange gave way to a more than 700-point drop in the Dow Jones index, pushing it below the 9,000 mark for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years.

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While last week’s terrorist attacks triggered tremendous short-term dislocations of U.S. freight systems, trucking activity will suffer much more if the events of last week push the broad U.S. economy into a hard recession as many analysts now fear.

The Federal Reserve cut the overnight bank lending rate a half-percentage point to 3% on Monday morning.

Officials Watch Movement of Hazardous Materials; UPS, Landstar to Buy Back Shares; UPS Reinstates Air Guarantees; Attacks Mean an Uncertain Future for OPEC; European Markets Fall, Then Rise; and more...

Transport Topics invites all readers to offer comments on last week's tragic events in the form of Letters to the Editor that will be considered for possible publication. In particular, comments on how these events affect the trucking industry would be appreciated. A href="http://www.ttnews.com/contact/letters.asp">Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.

The terrible sights that our sometimes too-efficient communications system brought into our living rooms and offices last week, and that are now burned into our memories, have affected all of us.

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In trucking, there’s a time-honored tradition of learning on the job. But as the industry has grown in size and complexity, the need for executives with broader knowledge and sharper management skills appears to be increasing exponentially.