New home sales rose 4.4% in November to a two-year high, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
New home sales rose 4.4% in November to a two-year high, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Diesel continued to decline, falling 2.2 cents to $3.923 a gallon from $3.954, its ninth drop in the past 10 weeks, while gasoline increased by 0.3 cent to 3.257, the Department of Energy said.
Sales of Class 8 used trucks and orders for new trailers fell in November from the previous month, according to ACT Research.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted last week to raise tolls for trucks and cars on its six bridges and two tunnels, effective March 1.
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Epes Logistics Services said Friday it has acquired Cargo Masters Inc., a freight transportation and logistics firm based in Charlotte, N.C. Terms were not disclosed.
Durable goods orders rose 0.7% in November, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Consumer confidence fell to a five-month low in December, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.
Personal spending increased 0.4% in November, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Oil finished the trading day Thursday at more than $90 a barrel – the first time it has closed over that level in two months, Bloomberg reported.