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Business inventories rose 0.3% in September, the first increase in six months, the Commerce Department reported Monday..

WASHINGTON — The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week approved a 6-year, $255 billion transportation bill that would fund increases in federal highway spending.

Ford Motor Co. said it would introduce a light-medium truck designed for commercial urban and suburban delivery markets in 2005.

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The Federal Reserve said Friday that industrial production rose 0.2% in October after increasing a revised 0.5% in September.

Retail sales declined in October as Americans bought fewer automobiles and paid less for motor fuels, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.8% in October, led by higher costs for food and vehicles, the Labor Department reported Friday.

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First-time claims for unemployment benefits rose 13,000 to 366,000 in the week ended Nov. 8 from a revised 353,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday.