• Overall trucking freight volumes rose 0.8% in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, the first increase in four months, American Trucking Associations said late Friday.
  
  

• U.S. railroads moved 8.69 million carloads and 5.67 million intermodal loads, up 1.7 percent and 6.2 percent from a year ago.
  
  

• Canada's housing starts were up 7.2% from a month ago -- the highest rate this year.
  
  

• Mexico recovered 47,360 formal jobs in June, returning its employment to the levels of December 2000, when President Vicente Fox took office and before several years of economic stagnation set in.
  
  

• Starting on Oct 9, the Chicago Board of Trade futures exchange will offer trading on the electronic trading platform from 6 p.m. CDT (1900 EDT/2300 GMT) to 4 p.m. CDT the following day. The trading day currently starts at 7 p.m. CDT.