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U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in February to $345.1 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.’s audit committee decided to change accountants for the truckload carrier, hiring Ernst & Young and firing KPMG, the Springdale (Ark.) Morning News reported Thursday.

OPEC oil producers may produce more oil to cope with surging world demand and the cartel’s ministers will meet in June with European Union officials, news reports said Thursday.

Logistics firm Stonepath Group reported a net fourth-quarter loss of $6 million or 15 cents a share, compared with net earnings of $1.7 million or 4 cents a year earlier.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell by 19,000 in the week ended April 2, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Lawmakers Working to Revamp Patriot Act • FHWA Urges Caution Near Construction Areas • DHS Holds Mock Attack Drill • ‘Minuteman’ Border Scouts Draw Mixed Reviews

The Department of Transportation said Wednesday its transportation services index rose 1.9% in January from the previous month.

A federal judge proposed to broker a compromise between the Washington, D.C., government and CSX Transportation Inc. in an ongoing dispute over the city’s pending ban on rail shipments of hazardous materials, the Washington Post reported.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the debt rating of General Motors Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

U.S. citizens will be required to show their passports when they re-enter the United States from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean by 2008 under new federal rules, news services reported Wednesday.