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New York-based trucking company Leonard’s Express said it has agreed to buy Diamond State Warehousing & Distribution.

Several of the country’s largest publicly traded truckload carriers reported a mixture of modest profit declines and some gains for the second quarter, with most citing a soft freight market.

Universal Truckload Services’ second-quarter operating income rose from a year ago.

Universal Truckload Services’ first-quarter income fell from a year ago on a change in tax status, the truckload carrier said.

Investment firm Tepper Holdings said it has acquired a majority stake in Canadian carrier Consolidated Fastfrate from private equity firm Fenway Partners. Terms were not disclosed.

Package carrier Worldwide Express said Thursday that less-than-truckload carrier Ward Trucking will provide Worldwide’s customers with LTL service throughout the eastern United States.

USA Truck reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.1 million, or 30 cents per share, compared with a loss of $4.4 million, or 42 cents, a year ago.