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Manufacturing growth in New York state fell off sharply this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 last week to the lowest level in more than a month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The House of Representatives approved a bill that would make it easier for labor unions to organize employees, but President Bush said he would veto the measure if it passed the Senate.

The U.S. Transportation Department’s transportation services index fell 0.6% in January following a one-month increase in December, DOT said Wednesday.

Moving company Sirva Inc. said Wednesday it signed an agreement to sell its moving operations in 11 European countries to European firm Team Relocations for about $10 million.

General Motors Corp. reported its second quarterly profit in two years on increased auto revenue and reduced labor costs, the automaker said Wednesday.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico jumped 8.9% last year over 2005 levels, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), author of the rules Congress set for opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks, told Transportation Secretary Mary Peters she suspected the agency may be stacking the deck in its recently announced pilot program.

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