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A poignant ceremony to re-open the New York Stock Exchange gave way to a more than 700-point drop in the Dow Jones index, pushing it below the 9,000 mark for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years.

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While last week’s terrorist attacks triggered tremendous short-term dislocations of U.S. freight systems, trucking activity will suffer much more if the events of last week push the broad U.S. economy into a hard recession as many analysts now fear.

The Federal Reserve cut the overnight bank lending rate a half-percentage point to 3% on Monday morning.

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The terrible sights that our sometimes too-efficient communications system brought into our living rooms and offices last week, and that are now burned into our memories, have affected all of us.

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In trucking, there’s a time-honored tradition of learning on the job. But as the industry has grown in size and complexity, the need for executives with broader knowledge and sharper management skills appears to be increasing exponentially.

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Friday that he still believes the stock markets will re-open on Monday, as federal securities regulators finalize special rules to prevent a potential free fall in market value.