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Productivity Growth Revised Upward to 1.5% Rate in 2Q

Productivity of U.S. workers rose in the second quarter at a faster pace than initially reported, the Labor Department said Thursday.

September 5, 2002

News Briefs - Sept. 5

GMTA Offers to Help Ex-CF Employees 鈥 UPS Looks to Double Non-Package Business 鈥 ISM Services Index Shows Slowing Growth 鈥 Con-Way Unveils Cheaper Intermodal Option 鈥 And more...

September 5, 2002

Opinion: Protecting Our Food Supply -- A Team Effort

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ast September, our nation and the trucking industry were shaken by the realization of our vulnerability to terrorist attacks.

September 5, 2002

Zollars Sees More Consolidation After CF Collapse

The bankruptcy of Consolidated Freightways amounts to a 鈥渟ea change鈥 for the less-than-truckload freight business that will bring greater yields but demonstrates the need for still more consolidation, the chairman of Yellow Corp. said.

September 4, 2002

Cargo-Box Makers Looking for Freight Recovery

Two years of collapsing trailer sales have driven weak manufacturers from the market and left the remaining companies with far more dominant market shares than a decade before.

September 4, 2002

Editorial: For Security鈥檚 Sake, Lock Your Trailers

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he top federal official in charge of cargo security sent a clear signal last week that his agency is turning its attention to trucking. This is a significant, and welcome, event for our industry.

September 4, 2002

Construction Spending Level in July, Commerce Says

Construction spending in the United States was nearly unchanged in July, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, with an overall value of $834 billion, compared with a revised figure of $833.8 billion in June.

September 4, 2002

News Briefs - Sept. 4

EPA Study Links Diesel Exhaust to Cancer 鈥 Detroit Diesel Names Morrow President 鈥 Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Ambassador Bridge to Commemorate Sept. 11 鈥 Peterbilt Bars Union Workers From Tennessee Plant 鈥 And more...

September 4, 2002

Security Briefs - Aug. 29 - Sept. 4

New York Adds Border Officers 鈥 TSA Still Developing CAPPS II 鈥 Senate Comes Back to Work on Security Bill 鈥 Congressman Seeks Air Marshal Hearings 鈥 And more...

September 4, 2002

Diesel Price Rises Another 1.8 Cents to $1.388

The average price of diesel fuel continued its climb, pushing up another 1.8 cents a gallon to $1.388 on Monday, the Department of Energy said.

September 3, 2002

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