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Logistics firm EGL Inc. reported Tuesday net first-quarter income of $7.2 million or 14 cents a share, down slightly from $7.3 million or 15 cents last year.

Canadian holding company Clarke Inc. reported first-quarter net income of about $1.6 million or 13 cents a share, compared with $4.4 million or 50 cents a year earlier.

USF Corp. said Tuesday that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent proxy advisory firm, recommended that USF’s stockholders vote in favor the amended merger agreement between USF and Yellow Roadway Corp.

After spending $4.5 billion on screening devices, the Department of 91��Ƶland Security will spend billions more to improve security at borders and ports, the New York Times reported.

UPS Inc. said Tuesday it would build five regional U.S. air hubs to expand its air freight business.

Citing urgent issues that face the trucking industry, Dart Transit Co. said Monday it had joined American Trucking Associations, to support ATA initiatives on current and pending legislative issues.

Scott Niswonger, founder of Forward Air Corp., is leaving the trucking company to focus on his charitable work and other personal interests, the Associated Press reported.

UPS Inc. said Monday its drivers would begin using a new generation of handheld computers that can “talk” with four different wireless communication systems to speed tracking information to customers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. resident Bush nominated Edmund "Kip" Hawley on Friday to be the fourth head of the Transportation Security Administration in as many years, news services reported.

The average price for all grades of gasoline fell 3 cents a gallon in the past two weeks to $2.24, according to the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide.