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NewsSeptember 1, 2009

U.S. Manufacturing Shows First Sign of Growth in 18 Months

The manufacturing industry has started to show improvement for the first time in 18 month

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NewsAugust 31, 2009

NAFTA Surface Trade Down for Sixth Straight Month

North American surface transportation trade was down 31.5 percent in June 2009 from the year-ago perio

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NewsAugust 28, 2009

Smaller GDP Drop Positive Sign

Real Gross Domestic Product, the output of goods and services produced by labor and property in the U.S., dropped at an annual rate of 1 percent in the second quarter of 2009, a much smaller decrease from the first quarte

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NewsAugust 26, 2009

Boost in Durable Goods Shipments Offers Hope For Trucking

Shipments of manufactured durable goods were up $3.5 billion, or 2 percent, to $173.1 billion in July, following a 0.7 percent boost in Jun

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NewsAugust 26, 2009

Truck Tonnage Rises 2.1 Percent in July

The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was up 2.1 percent in July, raising the index to 101.

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NewsAugust 24, 2009

Economist: Recession Expected to End This Quarter

An economist speaking to trucking executives last week said three different panels of economists believe the recession will end this quarter. A monthly survey of 51 economists published earlier this month by Blue Chip Economic Indicators say the Gross Domestic Product, the measure of the nation's economic activity, will turn positive in the third quarter

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NewsAugust 17, 2009

Bibby Transportation Assists the Trucking Industry

Bibby Transportation Finance, a subsidiary of Bibby Financial Services, has provided $2.7 million in new credit facilities in June and July to help small- and medium-sized trucking companie

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NewsJuly 30, 2009

Surface Trade With Canada and Mexico Down 35.4 Percent

Land transportation trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in May was down 35.4 percent from May 2008, the largest decline from the same month of the previous year on recor

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NewsJuly 27, 2009

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Down 2.4 Percent In June

American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.4 percent in June

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NewsJuly 24, 2009

Carriers Less Pessimistic About Third Quarter

More trucking companies are not looking back on the first two quarters of this year, as pessimism in the industry subsides somewha

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