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Former Teamsters President Ron Carey pled not guilty Thursday to charges that he lied to a federal grand jury investigating fund raising for his 1996 re-election bid.

In the latest version of a closely watched report on factory-sector activity, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Thursday that manufacturing contracted in January for the sixth straight month.

Shipments of truck trailers in November continued to follow heavy truck sales on a downward spiral, with vans — the most popular kind of trailer — still leading the descent.

A newly formed group with ties to the trucking industry wants government and the trade community to work together to make West Coast seaports more efficient and technologically up-to-date.

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would create new money fast enough to bring down overnight U.S. lending rates by half a percentage point more, in an effort apparently aimed at trying to prevent or shorten a recession.

The Fed's own policy statement explains why it thought rate cuts were necessary, and why it still sees risks from economic weakness.

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Jr. said the Bush administration will review diesel sulfur and clean engine standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, postponing the regulation’s effective date for 60 days.

New figures from the U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday confirm that trucking firms and factory operators knew what they were talking about when they warned that the economy was slowing fast toward the end of the year.