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Ryder's 4Q Earnings Dip But Segments' Performance Improves
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. yder System said Friday that its fourth-quarter net income fell to $58.8 million or 92 cents a share, from $62.6 million or 96 cents a year earlier, though the 2004 figures included a tax benefit of $9.2 million or 14 cents a share.
February 3, 2006Universal Truckload Services Buys Four Intermodal Firms
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. niversal Truckload Services said Thursday it acquired four intermodal companies that will operate as part of its Mason Dixon Intermodal subsidiary.
February 3, 2006Payrolls Rise by 193,000; Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.7%
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ayrolls rose by 193,000 jobs in January and the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7% from 4.9% in December, the Labor Department reported Friday.
February 3, 2006Editorial: In Search of ULSD
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Trucking grows increasingly anxious over whether there will be adequate supplies of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel when new low-emission engines start rolling off assembly lines at the end of this year.
February 3, 2006Volvo's Profit Drops; CEO Forecasts Higher Costs
Volvo AB reported an unexpected decline in fourth-quarter profit as costs rose to meet stricter pollution standards, Bloomberg reported Friday.
February 3, 2006Indiana House Approves $3.85 Bln. Toll-Road Privatization Plan
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Indiana House approved legislation Wednesday giving Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) authority to lease the Indiana Toll Road to a Spanish-Australian consortium for 75 years in exchange for $3.85 billion to be invested in road projects around the state.
February 2, 2006President's Alternate-Fuel Plan Would Require More Infrastructure
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. resident Bush’s pitch to run more cars and trucks using alternative fuels like biodiesel and ethanol may be hampered by a scarcity of supply, USA Today reported Thursday.
February 2, 2006Landstar’s Fourth-Quarter Income, Revenue Reach Records
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruckload carrier Landstar System said Thursday it earned a record $43 million or 72 cents a share in the fourth quarter, up from $24.6 million or 40 cents a year earlier.
February 2, 2006Dana Says SEC Opens Formal Investigation
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ehicle-parts supplier Dana Corp. Wednesday said the Securities and Exchange Commission is formally investigating financial restatements that forced the company to restate some earnings, Bloomberg reported.
February 2, 2006Productivity Declines to 0.6% Rate in Fourth Quarter
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. workers’ productivity fell at a 0.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday, the weakest quarter for growth in nearly three years.
February 2, 2006