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Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit fell slightly to $2.22 million, or 23 cents a share, from $2.3 million, or 24 cents, a year ago.

Worker productivity jumped 6.9% in the fourth quarter, capping the largest one-year gain since 2002, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell by 29,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The U.S. economy improved in nine of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts early this year, with transportation levels improving modestly, the Fed said Wednesday.

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico grew in December from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said.

President Obama signed a bill reinstating transportation funding and ending a two-day furlough of 2,000 U.S. Department of Transportation employees.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rejected plans for a second Ambassador Bridge span connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, the Detroit News reported.

The U.S. economy's service sector improved in February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.

U.S. manufacturing activity expanded for a seventh straight month in February, the Institute for Supply Management said.

ARLINGTON, Va. - State transportation officials said the sudden shutdown of the federal highway program is putting them at risk of abandoning projects and cutting safety programs unless Congress reaches a deal to extend the now-lapsed reauthorization.

Construction spending fell 0.6% in January, the Commerce Department reported.

Diesel fuel rose for the second straight week, gaining 2.9 cents to a national average $2.861 at the pump, the Department of Energy reported.

The Department of Transportation is furloughing nearly 2,000 employees without pay starting Monday and is temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of a Senate impasse over federal transportation funding.

A proposed 5% biodiesel mandate has died in the Iowa state legislature, the Fort Dodge Messenger reported.

Wal-Mart Stores is pushing its suppliers to be more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million metric tons by 2015, the Associated Press reported.

Ryder System said Monday it has signed a joint venture partnership with Cargo Services Far East Limited, an Asia-based logistics provider specializing in export consolidation services.

Truck component maker Accuride Corp. said it has successfully completed a reorganization plan and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after five months.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.5 in January, marking the fourth straight increase, the Commerce Department said Monday.

A procedural maneuver in the U.S. Senate that blocked passage a long-term extension of federal highway funding could shut down several Department of Transportation agencies, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, beginning Tuesday, Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) said Friday.

Bankrupt express package carrier Velocity Express, Westport, Conn., said it has appointed John McAlpin as president and chief operating officer.