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As the Labor Department reported a 15,000 drop in the number of first-time unemployment benefit filings Thursday, a debate erupted over whether the Federal Reserve should follow up 11 cuts in short-term interest rates with an increase.

The attack of Sept. 11 created a new reality in America. The awareness of terrorism has spread from the living room to the boardroom. Business is suddenly acutely aware of terrorism as a major threat to profitability.

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ATLANTA - Soaring insurance costs may prove to be the main source of price pressure when new less-than-truckload freight rates are released in August or September, according to an analyst with a prominent industry rate bureau.

Florida officials say they hope to purchase two mobile scanning systems this year to inspect the contents of trucks coming across the state’s northern border.

Investments in information technology boosted productivity in the 1990s more than had been previously reported, the White House said Tuesday, and a report released Wednesday showed a productivity surge in the final three months of 2001.

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Orders for transportation equipment drove new orders placed with U.S. factories, as measured by the Commerce Department, to a 1.2% increase in December, with analysts predicting more increases in the months to come, Bloomberg reported.

Before Sept. 11, security in trucking meant protecting equipment and cargo from accident or criminal activity. Since that infamous date, security also has come to mean keeping potential terrorists or other bad guys from turning your truck into a bomb.