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Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its second-quarter net income rose 30%, boosted by acquisitions.

Consumer confidence dropped in July to the lowest level this year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Universal Truckload Services said Thursday its second-quarter profit improved and that it will buy third-party logistics firm LINC Logistics for $335 million.

Frozen Food Express Industries reported a second-quarter profit, turning around a loss from a year ago, as its brokerage and logistics results improved.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported higher a second-quarter profit, led by improved performance in its logistics operations.

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its second-quarter profit dropped 6%, but income from railway operations rose 7% to $934 million.

In March, when the Senate passed its transportation reauthorization bill by a wide margin, the measure addressed the nation’s total surface transportation system.

Forward Air Corp.’s second-quarter net income rose to $14.2 million, or 48 cents a share, from $12 million, or 40 cents, a year ago.

Hub Group Inc.’s second-quarter profit rose 18% as its intermodal and logistics operations improved.