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8 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Don't overreact over one mistake

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. The Heard Elsewhere on Tuesday from the Philadelphia Daily News states: "The JPMorgan experience shows that unless big banks are prevented by law from making high-risk bets, they won't stop doing it." Who in the government will determine what is "high-risk?" I grew up in Las ... (more)

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Transportation, Boyd Bros Transportation

Fri May 25, 2012

Layover

Trucking Industry Showing Signs of Recovery but Still Has...

The Trucking Industry has been experiencing a "good" recovery recently according to FTR Associates Senior Consultant Noel Perry.

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Related Topix: Transportation, JB Hunt Transport Services

Business Journal

Kansas Star Casino's new owner is...

Boyd Gaming Corp.'s casinos are largely marketed to high-frequency, local visitors, and many of the properties are in smaller markets.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Boyd Bros Transportation, Mulvane, KS

Thu May 24, 2012

Charleston Daily Mail

Business briefs: United elects two new directors

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Related Topix: Transportation, CENTRA, United Bankshares, Banking, Financial Services, West Virginia, Bridgeport, WV, Bunker Hill, WV, Buckhannon, WV

MarketNewsVideo

XLI, ENGN: Big ETF Inflows

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the largest inflow was seen in the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund , which added 7,550,000 shares, or a 9.5% increase week over week.

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Related Topix: Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Video, Business News

Indianapolis Business News

Mexican big rigs shun border, imperiling trucking deal

A cross-border trucking pact that ended a 17-year trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico last year may unravel unless more Mexican big rigs start crossing the border under a U.S. Transportation Department pilot program.

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Related Topix: Mexico, IN, Transportation, Celadon Group, Indianapolis, IN, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Live Charts

Caledonia placates shareholders with divi hike

Investment trust Caledonia Investments has announced a big increase in its dividend as it seeks to mollify shareholders after five years of under-performance. In the 12 months to the end of March the firm saw its net asset value drop 9.9% to A 1.134bn. NAV per share at the end of March was 1977p, down from 2,165p a year earlier.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Celadon Group

Times Herald-Record

Stewart busier in early 2012

Passenger volume at Stewart International Airport is up 1.24 percent for the first four months of 2012, compared with the same period last year.

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Related Topix: Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier

Wed May 23, 2012

Seeking Alpha

4 Large Cap Dividend Stocks With Strong Profits That Analysts Rate As Buy

Are you looking for large-cap companies that still have room to grow? In search of attractive dividend stocks? Do you prefer investing in stocks that analysts have weighed in on? Do you prefer companies with strong profits? For ideas on where to look, we ran a screen you may be interested in.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Lowell Sun

Company: Dracut workers exposed to fumes are unharmed

Three workers exposed to a suspected toxic smell at a trucking company returned to work hours later, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Con-Way

The Wichita Eagle

Illegal immigrants arrested in phony UPS van

In this undated photo released by the U.S Border Patrol on Wed. May 23,2012 showing a fake United Parcel Service delivery vehicle that had been carrying 13 illegal immigrants.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Niland, CA

Trucker

Ferro disputes ATA claims, says FMCSA responsive to trucking concerns

Ferro said nothing had changed from a 2010 commitment by the agency to listen to all compliments, concerns and recommendations about CSA and to make sure that carriers had time to preview changes before they were released for public viewing.

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Related Topix: Truckers

Tue May 22, 2012

Business Journal

Coke, UPS and HD among most valuable brands

Coca-Cola Co. was ranked No. 6 with an estimated brand worth of $74.3 billion in 2012.

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Related Topix: Beverages, CocaCola, Transportation, United Parcel Service, Air Courier

Transport Topics

ATA Pushes for CSA Changes

Trucking industry leaders called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Tuesday to make changes to its safety monitoring system, which they said assigns scores that have little correlation to carriers' crash risks.

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Illawarra Mercury

Cowboys 'damage trucking industry'

Operators of an Illawarra-based trucking company, named one of the country's safest, say the actions of a few unsafe businesses have reflected badly on the industry.

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AmericanBankingNews.com

Arkansas Best Corp Price Target Lowered to $14.00 at Bank of America

The analysts wrote, "Management noted that it typically posts sequential 2Q improvement of 5 to 7 points in its operating ratio, which would indicate a 100.5% to 98.5% operating ratio for 2Q12 from 105.5% in 1Q12.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Arkansas Best

Sys-Con Media

Trucking Industry Showing Signs of Recovery in 2012

The relationship between gross domestic product and freight is one of the main factors driving FTR's confidence in 2012.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Arkansas Best, ABF Freight System

Sys-Con Media

Trucking Industry Showing Signs of Recovery but Still Has a Long Way to Go

The relationship between gross domestic product and freight is one of the main factors driving FTR's confidence in 2012.

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Related Topix: Transportation, JB Hunt Transport Services

NewsandSentinel.com

United Bank increases dividends in 2011

United Bank had another successful year in 2011 through sound business practices and the quality of its people, company officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: United Bankshares, Banking, Financial Services, Parkersburg, WV, Charleston, WV, Transportation, CENTRA

Mon May 21, 2012

Bloomberg

Trucker Shares Seen Ready to Rally in U.S. With Housing Starts Rebounding

Truckload carriers including Celadon Group Inc., which transport goods to retailers such as Home Depot Inc.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Celadon Group, Home Depot, Retail, Household Products, Lancaster, OH

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