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Factory orders rose 0.5% in October, the fifth increase in the past six months, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

UPS Inc. said it would pay $100 million to take control of the operations of freight forwarder Sinotrans in 23 Chinese cities by the end of 2005..

SAN ANTONIO — Less-than-truckload carriers Yellow Transportation and Roadway Express may now be jointly owned, but they continue to compete, a Yellow executive said, even while cooperating on issues such as technology integration.

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The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that 11 of its 12 district banks reported expanding economic activity in October and November.

Manufacturing activity in the United States during November increased for the first time in four months, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday..

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said on its Web site it reached a reached a tentative contract with striking toll collectors late Tuesday night.

The Transportation Security Administration offered some long-awaited guidance on its proposed background check program for hazardous materials drivers, but industry officials said TSA still left many aspects of its program unclear.

The federal government agency responsible for hazardous materials safety, the Research and Special Programs Administration, unveiled an online system for reporting of hazmat incidents.