TTNews.com http://www.ttnews.com Trucking News Throughout the Day. Consumer Confidence Declines in November U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23187 By Transport Topics - Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT Trade Deficit Widens by Most Since 1999 The U.S. trade deficit widened 18% in September, the most in more than a decade, the Commerce Department said Thursday. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23186 By Transport Topics - Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT Wal-Mart's 3Q Income Rises Wal-Mart Stores said that its profit rose 3.2% to $3.24 billion, or 84 cents a share in the quarter ended Oct. 31, compared with $3.14 billion, or 80 cents, a year ago. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23185 By Transport Topics - Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT Second Rock Slide Closes Tenn. State Highway A Tennessee state highway that is close to the site of a recent big rock slide near the North Carolina border will be closed for at least three weeks due to another rock slide, state officials said. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23183 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT DOT Freight Transportation Index Falls 9.9% The Department of Transportation's freight transportation services index fell in September from the previous year, DOT said Thursday. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23181 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT Intermodal Traffic Falls 16.4% in 3Q Intermodal traffic volume fell 16.4% in the third quarter, an improvement over the second quarter's decline of 18.7%, the Intermodal Association of North American said Thursday. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23182 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT State Budgets to Remain Low Through 2012, Report Says States faced with big budget deficits will continue to grapple with diminished revenue until at least 2012, according to a new survey, Bloomberg reported. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23180 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT FedEx Says IRS Won't Require Some Employment Taxes FedEx Corp. said the federal government will not require it to pay employment taxes for contract drivers in its ground-delivery unit for 2004 through 2006, supporting its assertion that they should not be treated as employees, Bloomberg reported. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23179 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 10-Month Low Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 last week to 502,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23178 By Transport Topics - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT Oil Rises to Near $80 a Barrel Oil rose slightly Wednesday but held below $80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23177 By Transport Topics - Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT Trailer Bridge's Third-Quarter Income Improves Trailer Bridge Inc.'s third -quarter profit rose to $1.7 million, or 14 cents per share, from $34,000, or zero cents, a year ago. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23175 By Transport Topics - Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT