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Third-party logistics provider Hub Group Inc. reported record first-quarter net earnings late Wednesday, posting a profit of $5.3 million or 51 cents a share, compared with $2.7 million or 33 cents last year.

Business activity continued to expand from late February through early April, but demand for trucking services eased somewhat as firms continued to pass higher fuel costs on to customers, the Federal Reserve said in its latest “Beige Book” report issued Wednesday.

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc. said Wednesday it agreed to sell AirPro, its remaining non-freight business, to a newly created limited partnership company.

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported its first-quarter income dropped 79% to $5 million or 7 cents a share, compared with $24.3 million or 32 cents a year earlier.

The average national price of retail diesel fuel dropped 5.7 cents to $2.259 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday. Gasoline prices also tumbled from four weeks of records, dropping 4.3 cents to $2.237 a gallon, DOE said.

Auto hauler Allied Holdings Inc. reported a net fourth-quarter loss of $33.4 million or $3.75 per share, compared with a loss of $4.3 million or 51 cents per share for the same quarter the previous year.

Celadon Group Inc. reported it earned $2.7 million or 27 cents a share in the first quarter, up from $1.4 million or 18 cents in last year’s first quarter.

Rush Enterprises Inc., the nation’s largest dealer of Peterbilt Motors Co. trucks, reported first-quarter net income of $7.7 million or 31 cents a share, up from $2.2 million or 14 cents last year.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises Inc. said late Monday its net income for the first quarter was $19.9 million or 25 cents a share, up from $15.6 million or 19 cents a year earlier.