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World trade could stabilize this year, and industrialized countries could begin to register growth, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said Monday at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, capital of the Uni

Battered by lower energy prices and weakening demand for industrial products, Russia's GDP contracted by 10.5 percent in April, compared with a year earlier, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach sai

Consumer confidence improved two months in a row and in May rose to its highest level in eight months, according to researchers at the Conference Board.

The global economy may be moving in reverse but vendors of software that automates trade compliance processes are rolling out new products and services into what they call an expanding market.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is out of the gate in the highway spending debate with a plan that would redirect federal transportation policy.

The Obama administration’s fiscal 2010 budget proposal includes more than $250 million in transportation spending cuts, but lawmakers and interest groups won’t let the programs go without a fight.

The global financial crisis has put the brakes on merger and acquisition activity in the global transportation and logistics sector, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India fell 28 percent to $2.4 million in the January-March quarter of fiscal 2008-09 ended March 31.

Recovery Act spending launched 545 highway and transit projects worth $2.1 billion by the end of April, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee said, which was about twice the level at

A group of four small western European countries is seeking a free-trade agreement with Russia and other eastern European nations.

States would be effectively barred from launching their own port access identification card programs by an amendment to the $7.6 billion Transportation Security Administration 2010 budget authorizatio

Take a deep breath of that Spring air. It’s a lot cleaner than it was last year.

Airlines and labor unions alike are hoping new Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt can bring new energy to an agency that has been losing altitude.

The contraction in the global economy seems to be slowing, said Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, in a speech May 22.

The public-private partnership concept could be dealt a blow if Congress approves a bill filed Thursday that would prohibit states, private ventures, or public-private combinations from imposing tolls

The Surface Transportation Board is the best small agency to work for in the federal government according to the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Pub

In a burst of sudden activity before lawmakers head out of town for a Memorial Day recess, the Senate filled several important transportation posts for the Obama administration.

An early indicator of the direction of the general economy gave its first positive sign in seven months as the Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increased 1 percent in April.

“As of this week, we’ve made nearly $13 billion available” in Recovery Act funds for infrastructure projects around the country, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The Obama administration does not favor raising the federal tax on motor vehicle fuels as a way to bolster highway spending accounts, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation that will permanently allow trucks to transport overweight freight between the Port of Brownsville and Mexico.

June could be a key time for Congress to act on rail antitrust legislation and perhaps on changes in how economic regulations enforce competition among carriers, said a top official for an activist ra

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to send to the full Senate for confirmation the president’s nominees for deputy transportation secretary and head of the Federal A

House members, fed up with Defense Department unwillingness to put military personnel on U.S.

World trade volume during the first quarter of 2009 fell 11.3 percent below the fourth quarter of 2008, according to an independent research institute.

Powerwave Technologies, which provides wireless coverage and capacity for wireless communications networks, awarded a contract for worldwide forwarding services to CEVA Logistics.

A bill to strip railroads of a limited antitrust immunity could move to the Senate floor for a vote soon after Congress returns from its upcoming Memorial Day recess.

New House legislation would more than triple the Harbor Maintenance Tax to create a fund to enhance goods movement within 40 miles of a U.S. port.

Fear is growing that governments around the world will take measures to restrict trade in agricultural products, some farm industry executives and analysts told the World Agricultural Forum in Saint L

The Overseas Shippers Association selected GT Nexus to provide an integrated transportation management system.

The president’s choices for deputy transportation secretary, the second-highest job at the Department of Transportation, and for the top slot at the Federal Aviation Administration, go to their

The Obama Administration today will propose raising mileage and emissions standards for cars and light trucks, speeding the development of smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles and the development of

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is delaying implementation of changes to certain ISF transaction sets until the end of June.

A bipartisan resolution in the Illinois state senate is pivoting off a controversial rail merger outside Chicago, as it asks President Obama to name a community-minded freight specialist to fill a fed

In a visit likely to strengthen commercial ties between two major emerging nations, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Beijing Monday for three days of trade and investment talks

The impact of the economy had a multiplied effect on non-asset based transportation services company AutoInfo in the first quarter.

The crisis in global financial markets has put a damper on merger and acquisition activity in the global transportation and logistics sector, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Inland waterway groups are rallying to oppose an Obama administration proposal to replace fuel taxes with lock user fees as a way to pay for construction and maintenance on the river system.

The two seated members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission by a split vote have turned down an emergency request by the National Association of Manufacturers to postpone a labeling requirement f

Exports of steel mill products declined 34.4 percent in March, compared with March a year ago, said the American Institute for International Steel.