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Construction Spending Unchanged in October • N.J. Proposes Adding More Truck Lanes to Turnpike • Personal Spending Rises Again in October • Economic Group Cuts Growth Forecast Due to High Oil Prices • And more...

DOE Application for Yucca Site Behind Schedule • Bridgestone, Continental to Make Tire-Pressure Monitor

91ÊÓƵland Security Secretary Tom Ridge submitted his resignation in writing to President Bush on Tuesday morning, news services reported.

The Conference Board said Tuesday its index of consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November.

Just as some trucking companies have veered from strictly asset-based work into third-party logistics services, tire manufacturers, too, are trying to earn a dollar from peddling knowledge and not just using machinery.

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.9% annual pace in the third quarter, faster than previously estimated, the Commerce Department said Tuesday..

Manufacturing in Chicago Area Expands at Slower Pace • Kentucky Judge Defers Decision on Overweight Trucks • Snow Falls on Central United States • XRG's Board Approves Reverse Stock Split • And more...

The national average price of diesel fuel held steady at $2.116 a gallon, remaining nearly 10 cents below the all-time record high price set in October, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Some oil deliveries to refineries on the U.S. East Coast have been halted since the Coast Guard closed the Delaware River on Nov. 26 to clean up an oil spill near Philadelphia, Bloomberg News reported.

The largest U.S. pipeline operator, Colonial Pipeline, said it plans to ban diesel fuel with lubricity additives from its system, which would require the oil industry to spend millions of dollars to equip their terminals to add the chemicals. Others are likely to follow.