Covenant Transport Authorizes Repurchase of 1.3 Mln. Shares

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ovenant Transport Inc. said Wednesday its board had authorized it to repurchase up to 1.3 million shares of stock.

Under a previous program, the truckload carrier repurchased about 700,000 shares for $11.6 million between May 2004 and this month.

Covenant is ranked No. 29 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.