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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Friday it planned to sell subsidiary McLane Co. Inc., a wholesale distributor of groceries and nonfood items, to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The deal is worth about $1.45 billion, Bloomberg reported.

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. Inc. has agreed to purchase refrigerated carrier Merit Distribution Services for $50 million, the companies said Friday..

The U.S. jobless rate rose in April to 6%, tying an eight-year high, as the economy lost jobs for a third straight month, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Frozen Food Narrows 1Q Loss • Factory Orders Rise 2.2% in March • Report: Senators Want Postal Service Inspector General Fired • Price of Crude Oil Increases Again • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The new hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has unveiled are a vast improvement over the previous attempt at reform, and ones worthy of trucking’s support.

U.S. manufacturing contracted in April for the second straight month, the Institute of Supply Management reported Thursday, leaving the index at its lowest point since October 2001.

U.S. worker productivity rose at a 1.6% annual pace in the first quarter of 2003, the Labor Department reported Thursday, which was more than twice the pace of the previous three months but below expectations.

NAPLES, Fla. — Shippers gathered here for the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference annual meeting heard that the market for expedited cargo moves this year would probably not be as strong as previously expected.

Louisiana Begins Zero-Tolerance Policy on Seat Belts • Price of Crude Oil Rises After U.S. Inventory Report • Drivers Avoiding Delaware River Bridges • ATA Endorses American Towing

DHL Airways Inc. said its new chairman and chief executive officer, John Dasburg, has agreed to acquire the cargo carrier, a move that could complicate a dispute involving United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp.