Business

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 0.2% in December, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region contracted in January for a sixth straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it will expand less-than-truckload outbound service at its Philadelphia terminal, which opened last year.

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said it has released its 2013 Pocket Guide to Transportation.

UPS Inc. has abandoned its $6.8 billion bid to buy European package carrier TNT Express NV after European regulators moved to block the deal, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

Livingston International said Monday it has acquired barge freight handling and forwarding company MBLX Inc. Terms were not disclosed.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from American Trucking Associations in ATA’s lawsuit over what it calls “burdensome” requirements the Port of Los Angeles has put on fleets serving the port, the court said.

Import cargo volume at major U.S. ports will increase 2.3% this month from a year ago as retailers continue to urge labor and management to avoid a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, according to a report by the National Retail Federation.

More than 930,000 medium- and heavy-duty natural gas-powered trucks and buses are expected to be sold worldwide by 2019, according to a new report.