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2012 Toyota Yaris
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2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
| 2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback Specifications Model: 2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback. Engine: 1.5-liter four-cylinder, 106 horsepower. Transmission: Five-speed manual. Overall length: 12 feet 11 inches. EPA passenger/cargo volume: 85/16 cubic feet. Weight: 2,295 pounds. EPA city...
2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
| 2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback Specifications Model: 2012 Toyota Yaris SE four-door hatchback. Engine: 1.5-liter four-cylinder, 106 horsepower. Transmission: Five-speed manual. Overall length: 12 feet 11 inches. EPA passenger/cargo volume...
Freighter Oversupply Weighs on Shipowners and Banks
The New York Times
| SINGAPORE — The skyscrapers and immaculate beaches of this seaport look out on one of the world’s largest parking lots: mile after mile of empty cargo ships, as far as the eye can see. Danielle Downing for The New York Times | It is one...
Higher rates push freight railroad Norfolk Southern's 4Q profit up 19 percent
Star Tribune
| NORFOLK, Va. - Higher rates and heavier traffic helped freight railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. boost fourth-quarter profit by 19 percent. | Revenue was less than analysts expected, and operating costs rose sharply on higher fuel prices. Sh...
Truck freight jumped nearly 6% in 2011, biggest jump since 1998
The Los Angeles Times
| Freight tonnage hauled by U.S. truckers -- a barometer of economic activity -- rose 5.9% last year, the biggest year-over-year annual gain since 1998. | Monthly truck tonnage jumped 6.8% in December and .3% in November, the American Trucking Assn. ...
Cargo at Tulsa Port of Catoosa drops nearly 5 percent in 2011
Tulsa World
A strong December couldn't quite help the Tulsa Port of Catoosa improve on yearly shipping figures as the water transportation center's annual cargo dropped by nearly 5 percent. | Almost 261,000 tons of cargo came through the port in December on 137 ...
Union Pacific says 4Q profit jumps 24 percent as railroad boosts prices, hauls more freight
Star Tribune
| OMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped 24 percent as the nation's largest freight railroad operator increased prices and hauled more cargo. | CEO Jim Young said he expects the economy and the railroad'...
Beyond oil a gloomier 2012 economy seen in coal, freight
The Times Of India
LONDON: Oil prices may still be riding high but for a more accurate picture of the state of the global economy in 2012, look at recent developments in the non-oil energy, freight and metals sectors. | Coal and power benchmark futures prices have fall...



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