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40 min ago | Tajikistan News.Net

Con-Way down 7.3% on earnings miss

The company said adjusted earnings in the period came to 26 cents a share on revenue of $1.32 billion.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Con-Way

4 hrs ago | International Business Times

Jobs Strength Lifts Nasdaq to 11-Year High

More than 450 stocks across all sectors hit 52-week highs, including Apple , United Parcel Service , Yum Brands and MasterCard .

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier

7 hrs ago | Sys-Con Media

House Transportation Committee Delivers for Trucking Industry

"ATA is very pleased that the committee, under Chairman Mica's leadership, has been able to, for the first time in more than six years, advance substantive highway policy legislation.

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7 hrs ago | AmericanBankingNews.com

Landstar System (LSTR) Shares Given New $56.00 Price Target by Analyst at Morgan Keegan

Analysts at Morgan Keegan upped their price target on shares of Landstar System to $56.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday.

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Related Topix: Landstar System, Transportation, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group, Investment Services

10 hrs ago | Bellingham Herald

Lynden-based Homestead bankruptcy reveals grim financial details

The latest documents filed in the Homestead Northwest bankruptcy case indicate that little, if any, money will be available from the failed real estate development firm to pay investors or other creditors.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Transportation, Lynden, WA, Lynden, Mukilteo, WA, us Travel, Travel

14 hrs ago | Freshnews

Old Dominion Freight Line to Automate Processing of Shipping Documents with Brainware Distiller

Brainware, Inc. announced today that Old Dominion Freight Line , a leading less than truckload super regional carrier, has selected Brainware Distiller to automatically extract and validate header and line item detail from tens of thousands of pages of shipping documents per day.

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Related Topix: Brainware, Transportation, Old Dominion Freight Line, North Carolina

18 hrs ago | Motor Age

Michelin renews support for truck dealership's charitable contest

Michelin Americas Truck Tires will continue to sponsor the Arrow Truck Sales dealership's "Back on the Road Program," which provides a deserving truck driver with a new truck and a job driving it.

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Related Topix: Truckers

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Landstar System's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Henry H. Gerkens - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Member of Strategic Planning Committee, Member of Safety & Risk Committee, Chief Executive Officer of Landstar System Holdings Inc, President of Landstar System Holdings Inc and Director of Landstar System Holdings Inc Good afternoon, and welcome to the Landstar System ... (more)

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Related Topix: Landstar System, Transportation, Marketing

Ann Arbor.com

Ann Arbor Township-based Con-way Inc. reports soaring profit for 2011

Ann Arbor Township -based transportation giant Con-Way Inc. reported today that its profit soared from $4 million in 2010 to $88.4 million in 2011.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Con-Way, Washtenaw County, MI

Trailer/Body Builders

Great Dane plant builds 100,000th trailer

Steve Russell, founder and CEO of Celadon Group, took delivery of a special award to commemorate his fleet's receipt of the 100,000th trailer.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Celadon Group

AmericanBankingNews.com

Old Dominion (ODFL) Shares Downgraded to "Neutral" by Zacks Investment Research Analysts

Old Dominion was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Old Dominion Freight Line, Financial Services, Suntrust Banks, Banking

Sys-Con Media

Landstar System Reports 22 Percent Increase in Fourth Quarter Revenue ...

Landstar System Reports 22 Percent Increase in Fourth Quarter Revenue and 40 Percent Increase in Diluted Earnings Per Share to $0.70 per diluted share, for the 2010 fourth quarter.

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Related Topix: Landstar System, Transportation

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Heavier trucks could roll by Congress

Tom Fontaine is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7847 or via e-mail. Pennsylvania's bridges have a weight problem.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Fleet Owner Magazine

Ambitious alliance seeks to spur natural gas conversion

A new business alliance forged between truck maker Navistar and natural gas fuel provider Clean Energy aims to jumpstart a widespread conversion in the U.S. among fleets of all types from using gasoline and diesel fuels to natural gas - with or without the help of government incentives .

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Related Topix: Navistar International, Automakers, Lisle, IL, Transportation, Swift Transportation Co

Global Logistics Media

Dangerous House Bill Will Allow Overweight, Oversized Trucks on Highways

Diverse Coalition of Labor, Law Enforcement, Safety Groups, AAA, Local Government, Victims and Survivors Oppose Bigger Trucks Bill as Deadly Public Safety Threat WASHINGTON, Feb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, St. Augustine, FL

The Journal of Commerce Online

Trucker ODFL Expands Trans-Pacific, Drayage Services

Less-than-truckload operator Old Dominion Freight Line is moving deeper into the drayage business, opening a container drayage facility in the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, NC

The Papillion Times

Earnings: Thai floods batter Honda

Honda stopped making cars at its automobile assembly plant in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, in October after it was damaged in the worst floods to hit Thailand in 50 years.

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Related Topix: Ayutthaya, Thailand Travel, Travel, Thailand Travel, Thailand, Laos Travel, Laos Travel, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Amazon, Jeff Bezos

Reuters

Best Wall St. month since Oct.

Wall Street completes a bullish start to the New Year. Even though stocks posted small moves for the session, January still saw the biggest monthly gain since October.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Amazon, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier

PR-inside.com

Trucking Consulting Firm, Ahern and Associates Develops New Strategic ...

Ahern and Associates further expands its portfolio of services to meet heavy demand in trucking industry to locate equipment for expanding companies or dispose of used equipment for LTL and Truckload carriers.

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Related Topix: Transportation

Tue Jan 31, 2012

The Daily Caller

UPS Posts Banner Year In 'Volatile' Global Economy

The upside may have been baked into the cake for United Parcel Service heading into Friday's fourth-quarter earnings report, which would explain why the parcel shipper was little changed in pre-market trading despite the best profits in its history.

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Related Topix: Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Conservative Political News, US News

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