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USA Truck Thursday reported a $3 million first-quarter loss, compared with a $1.9 million loss a year ago. Per-share, the company lost 29 cents, compared with 18 cents last year.

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.7% in March, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit jumped 43% from a year ago as volumes increased.

Initial jobless claims fell by 24,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation said its first-quarter profit rose 5.1% to $12.3 million, or 15 cents a share, from $11.7 million, or 14 cents, a year ago.

Forward Air Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $3.4 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a loss of $3.1 million, or 11 cents, a year ago.

Forward Air Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $3.4 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a loss of $3.1 million, or 11 cents, a year ago.

Logistics, intermodal and brokerage firm Hub Group’s first-quarter profit grew to $8.7 million, or 23 cents a share, from $6.2 million, or 17 cents, a year ago.

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. have begun getting flights through their major European hubs, following the slowdown in air traffic this week due to the volcano in Iceland, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a first-quarter profit of $84 million, or 50 cents a share, down slightly from $85.4 million, or 50 cents a share, a year ago.