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Hub Group Reports Higher 2Q Earnings
Third-party logistics company and freight broker Hub Group’s second-quarter net income rose to $15 million, or 40 cents a share, from $13.8 million, or 35 cents, a year ago.
July 24, 2008Union Pacific’s 2Q Profit Jumps 19%
Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 19%, on higher demand for agricultural transportation.
July 24, 2008Knight Reports Lower 2Q Earnings
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation’s second-quarter profit fell to $12.7 million, or 15 cents a share, from $18.2 million, or 21 cents, a year ago.
July 24, 2008Pa. Submits Revised Plan on I-80 Tolls
Pennsylvania officials have resubmitted an application to install tolls on Interstate 80 and hope to win federal approval to have as many as 10 tollbooths on the 311-mile highway by 2010, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday.
July 24, 2008Qualcomm’s Third-Quarter Earnings Slip
Wireless-services provider Qualcomm Inc. said its fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 6% to $748 million, or 45 cents a share, from $798 million, or 47 cents, a year ago.
July 24, 2008Jobless Claims Reach Four-Month High
Initial jobless claims rose to the highest in almost four months last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
July 24, 2008Volvo’s Earnings Improve; Truck Orders Drop
Volvo AB said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings jumped 28%, as rising sales in Europe overcame a downturn in North America, Bloomberg reported.
July 23, 2008Hurricane Dolly Bypasses Gulf Oil Rigs
Hurricane Dolly made landfall on the South Texas coast Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane, but the storm bypassed most major oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico, news services reported.
July 23, 2008House OKs Additional Highway Funding
The House approved a bill by a lopsided margin Wednesday that would restore $8 billion to the federal Highway Trust Fund to avert an expected revenue shortfall in the coming fiscal year.
July 23, 2008Paccar Sets Executive Promotions
Truck maker Paccar Inc. said that the company’s president, Tom Plimpton, will become vice chairman, and that Jim Cardillo will become its president, effective Sept. 1.
July 23, 2008