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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business

Old Dominion Freight Line Posts Higher 1Q Profit, Revenue

Old Dominion Freight Line reported its first-quarter income increased 13.2% and said it posted record revenue for the period despite bad weather.

April 24, 2014

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Business

Truck-Based Shipping Leads February Nafta Trade

Companies involved in international trade in the United States, Mexico and Canada put more of their volumes in trucks in February, the Department of Transportation reported April 24.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
April 24, 2014
Business

UPS Reports Lower 1Q, Citing Bad Weather, Higher Expenses

UPS Inc. reported lower first-quarter income from a year ago, citing severe weather and higher expenses.

April 24, 2014
Business

Landstar’s 1Q Income Rises to $27.6 Million

Landstar System reported its first-quarter net income rose to $27.6 million, or 61 cents per share, from $26.7 million, or 57 cents, a year ago.

April 24, 2014
Business

Orders for Durable Goods Rise in March

Orders for goods meant to last at least three years increased 2.6% in March, the biggest gain since November, after rising 2.1% the prior month, the Commerce Department reported April 24.

April 24, 2014
Business

Jobless Claims Rise by Most in a Month

Jobless claims increased by 24,000 to 329,000 in the week ended April 19, the most in a month, the Labor Department reported.

April 24, 2014
Business

VW’s Scania Bid Gets Backing From Shareholder Group

Volkswagen AG’s $9.2 billion bid to buy the rest of heavy-truck maker Scania AB received a boost after Scania’s fourth-largest shareholder backed the deal.

April 24, 2014
Government, Fuel, Business

N.H. Lawmakers Vote to Increase Fuel Taxes

New Hampshire lawmakers voted to raise the state’s 19.625-cent fuel tax by 4 cents starting July 1.

Michele Fuetsch | Staff Reporter
April 23, 2014
Business

Stoughton Files Dumping Complaint Over Chinese Containers

U.S. equipment manufacturer Stoughton Trailers said it has filed an unfair trade petition that charges Chinese manufacturers of 53-foot domestic containers with dumping their equipment at unreasonably low prices in the U.S. market.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
April 23, 2014
Business

P.A.M. Swings to First-Quarter Profit

P.A.M. Transportation Services reported first-quarter net income of $1.36 million, or 17 cents per share, turning around a loss of $450,000, or 5 cents, in the prior year.

April 23, 2014