Business

XPO Logistics Inc. and Hewlett Packard Co. plan to lay off about 70 employees in Iowa on Oct. 31 after the two companies ended a contract and parted ways.

DHL will raise rates in the United States beginning next year, the company announced Oct. 21, while it also won two contracts to haul cars, food and beverages in the United Kingdom and China.

Volvo Group reported third-quarter earnings and sales fell amid excessive Class 8 inventory in North America as orders and sales both dropped by more than 30%, compared with a very strong market in 2015.

Consolidated Fastfrate will expand operations in western Canada, spending $10 million to purchase a facility in Edmonton, Alberta, $1.5 million to expand a building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and $5.5 million to add more than 238 intermodal chassis.

Shell Chemicals Co. will operate a laydown yard in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, to store materials for the construction of its ethane cracker plant, but two local officials are concerned about the route those trucks could take to get to the facility.

In about seven weeks, work should be wrapped up on a new Love’s Travel Stop and IHOP Express restaurant in South Jacksonville, Illinois, bringing a new revenue source to the village.

Before voters in Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District head to the election booths, they can hear from the incumbent Republican and Democratic challenger who have scheduled a debate Oct. 21.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against FedEx Freight in a case involving the National Labor Relations Board and must recognize a drivers-only bargaining unit in Stockton, California.

Covenant Transportation Group and Heartland Express Inc. reported lower third-quarter earnings, citing factors such as a moderate freight market and excess available capacity.