U.S. drags down Volvo truck deliveries by 17 pct
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World number two truck maker Volvo  said on Thursday that deliveries of its trucks fell 17 percent in January through April as demand fell sharply in its second biggest market, North America.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices fell to  their lowest level in three months and the cost of diesel fuel  dropped below $2 a gallon for the first time in 12 weeks, the  Energy Department said on Monday.
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Farming supply retailer Tractor Supply  Co. TSCO.O on Monday reported that its earnings fell in the  third quarter because of higher freight costs, higher costs for  steel and other commodities and a shift in sales to lower  margin hurricane-related items.
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New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made manufactured goods tumbled a larger-than-expected 2.8 percent in May on a plunge in civilian aircraft orders and they were also lower than forecast when transportation orders were stripped out, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Swedish truck maker Volvo (VOLVb.ST) said  on Tuesday it would take over Nissan Diesel Motor Co. Ltd.  (7210.T) for $1.1 billion, seeking further growth in Asia and  to capitalize on the Japanese truck maker's expertise.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell by  a smaller-than-expected 0.6 percent in July, lead by sharp  declines in orders for transportation and defense goods.
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WASHINGTON -- Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods were weak for a second consecutive month as the nation's manufacturing sector sent signals it was shifting into a lower gear.
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New orders for costly U.S.-made manufactured goods dropped at the sharpest rate in seven months during August, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday as demand fell across nearly every major category.
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General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday posted weaker US vehicle sales for October due to fewer blow-out incentives as inventories of older model 2004 vehicles declined.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14  â Retail sales, hurt by a big drop in autos, slowed at the start of the year while business inventories had their poorest showing in 17 months.
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Oil fell below $93 per barrel Monday in thin trade as mild weather swept across the key heating regions of the United States, cutting fuel demand.
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Poor demand for aircraft and other transport hurts April's US factory orders, which were lower than expected.
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STOCKHOLM: Swedish truck and construction equipment group Volvo said Monday that it had landed contracts from the U.S. government worth about $30 million to deliver construction equipment to Iraq.
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New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made manufactured goods rose by a much less-than-forecast 0.1 percent during November and a key gauge of corporate appetite for investment also unexpectedly shrank, government data on Thursday showed.
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New orders at U.S. factories rose a  less-than-expected 2.3 percent in December, the steepest gain  since July, on strong aircraft sales, a government report  showed on Monday.
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New orders for U.S. made durable goods fell by a much worse-than-expected 7.8 percent in January as a steep drop in civilian airliner orders helped push orders for nondefense goods to their biggest monthly decline on record, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Trucks carrying freight into the United States must describe their cargo in advance in electronic messages to customs officials beginning in November, the Homeland Security Department said. Truck companies have three separate deadlines -- Nov. 15, Dec.15 ...