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Personal spending rose 0.7% in February, the largest gain in five months, the Commerce Department said Friday.

ABF Freight System said it has agreed to a 30-day extension on its contract talks with the Teamsters union beyond a scheduled March 31 deadline.

The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this week to end any consideration of privatizing operations at its terminals.

The number of carriers using electronic logging devices on all of their trucks jumped to 35% in February from 25% in May of last year, according to a new study from Transport Capital Partners.

UTi Worldwide reported a fourth-quarter loss of $142.8 million, or $1.38 per share, from a profit of $12.4 million, or 12 cents, a year earlier.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago area expanded at a slower pace in March, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Thursday.

Natso, which represents truck stops and other groups, said it has selected Tom Heinz, president of Coffee Cup Fuel Stop & Convenience Stores, as its 2013 chairman.

Initial jobless claims rose by 16,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Daimler Trucks North America will recall about 46,000 Freightliner Cascadia trucks due to a software glitch that may cause the daytime running lights to turn off, the company said in a report released by the federal government Wednesday.