Ryder System said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 9% to $56.1 million, or 96 cents per share, from $51.3 million, or 84 cents, a year earlier.
April 23, 2008Business
Vitran鈥檚 First-Quarter Income Declines
Vitran Corp. said late Wednesday its first-quarter profit fell to $1.1 million, or 8 cents a share, from $3.4 million, or 25 cents, a year earlier.
April 23, 2008Business
Celadon鈥檚 Third-Quarter Earnings Plunge
Truckload carrier Celadon Group鈥檚 fiscal third-quarter net income fell to $149,000, or 1 cent per share, compared with $3.9 million, or 17 cents, a year ago.
April 23, 2008BusinessGovernmentFuel
Oil Dips from Record, Closing Just Over $118 a Barrel
Crude oil prices fell for the first time in four days Wednesday, a day after setting a closing-price record of more than $119 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.
April 23, 2008BusinessSafetyFuelGovernment
Letters to the Editor: Fuel Prices, Sleep Apnea
I am interested in the feedback on fuel prices displayed in 鈥淟etters to the Editor.鈥 Unfortunately, most of the letters did not focus on two salient facts affecting the price of oil. The first is the dismal exchange rate of the U.S. dollar versus the euro, and the second is world demand for petroleum products.
April 23, 2008Business
UPS鈥 First-Quarter Profit Rises
UPS Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter net income rose to $906 million, or 87 cents per share, from $843 million, or 78 cents, a year ago.
April 23, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
TWIC Enrollment Continues at Ports
The federal government鈥檚 Transportation Workers Identification Credential enrollment began Wednesday at three U.S. ports: Chattanooga, Tenn.; LaPorte, Texas; and Portsmouth, N.H.
April 23, 2008GovernmentBusiness
FedEx Sets International Express Service with Canada Post
Canada Post Corp. and FedEx Express Canada have developed a new priority worldwide international express service, the two said Wednesday.
April 23, 2008BusinessGovernmentSafety
Arkansas Best鈥檚 1Q Income Jumps
Arkansas Best Corp.鈥檚 first-quarter profit jumped 78% to $8.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $4.8 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier.
April 23, 2008BusinessGovernment
N.H. Senate Passes Measure Offering 5% Weight Tolerance
The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill that would require law enforcement to provide a 5% overweight 鈥渢olerance鈥 for most trucks on non-interstate roads.
April 23, 2008