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Newsby Evan LockridgeDecember 17, 2014

Spot Market Freight Rates Down Over Past Week

A rally in spot market freight rates seen last week turned out to be short-lived, with across-the-board declines being reported in new numbers from the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeDecember 17, 2014

Economic Watch: Consumer Prices Post Largest Drop in 6 Years

Falling gasoline prices led to a sharp drop in U.S. consumer prices during November, the steepest rate in nearly six years, according to a U.S. Commerce Department released Wednesday morning.

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Articlesby Jim BeachDecember 16, 2014

Big Data & Trucking

Trucking operations generate billions of pieces of information each day, and fleet managers are learning how to put it all to use.

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NewsDecember 16, 2014

Survey: Majority of Respondents Are Optimistic About Industry

A recent survey from Transport Capital Partners took a simple approach to assessing respondents’ industry outlook by simply asking: Is trucking starting to be fun again?

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NewsDecember 16, 2014

CSX Opens New Intermodal Terminal In Montreal

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based transportation company hopes to create opportunities for increased cross-border trade with the new terminal.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeDecember 16, 2014

Economic Watch: New Home Starts Fall

Newly released figures show a drop in housing starts during November, with an even bigger decline in the number of new building permits issued -- but new home building remained above a 1 million unit annual rate for the third month in a row.

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Newsby Oliver PattonDecember 16, 2014

Petri Cleared in Ethics Review

Rep. Tom Petri did not violate House rules and the review of his conduct will be dropped, the House Ethics Committee said in a decision that comes just as Petri ends his 35-year career in Congress.

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NewsDecember 15, 2014

ODFL Raising Rates Early Next Year

The less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. said Monday it will implement a general rate increase averaging 4.5%, effective January 5, 2015.

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NewsDecember 15, 2014

Economic Watch: Industrial Production Surges, Homebuilder Optimism Slips

U.S. industrial production surged in November by 1.3% from the month before, the largest gain since May 2010, according to new U.S. Federal Reserve figures.

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NewsDecember 15, 2014

ATA: New Survey Shows Driver Pay Competitive

Median pay for truck drivers is on par with the national median for U.S. households, while the trucking industry offers drivers “competitive" benefits, according to a new study from the American Trucking Associations.

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