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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Nets $137 Million from Stock Offering

XPO Logistics announced the closing of its public stock offering late Tuesday and said it received about $137 million in proceeds.

March 21, 2012
Business, Safety, Government

P.A.M. Declares Special Dividend

P.A.M. Transportation Services said its board of directors has approved a special dividend of $1 per share.

March 21, 2012
Business, Fuel

Oil Rises Following Biggest Drop in Three Months

Oil rose in early trading Wednesday to just over $106 a barrel following the biggest drop in three months on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported.

March 21, 2012
Business

Mica Seeks Temporary Extension for Transportation Funding

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that a temporary extension will be unveiled as early as Wednesday and voted on next week in order to keep highway projects and public transit from shutting down at the end of March.

Michele Fuetsch | Staff Reporter
March 20, 2012
Business

U.S. Needs $101 Billion Annually to Maintain Highways, DOT Report Says

The United States would need to spend $101 billion per year, plus inflation, to maintain its existing highway system over the next 20 years, the Department of Transportation estimated.

Timothy Cama | Staff Reporter
March 20, 2012
Business, Fuel

Diesel Rises 1.9¢ to $4.142; Price Is Highest Since August 2008

Diesel rose 1.9 cents to $4.142 a gallon, its highest price since the record-setting summer of 2008, while gasoline also rose, the Department of Energy reported.

March 20, 2012
Business

Housing Starts Fall 1.1% in February

Housing starts declined 1.1% in February from a three-year high a month earlier, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

March 20, 2012
Business, Technology

WebTech Wireless' Fourth-Quarter Loss Narrows

WebTech Wireless, a supplier of GPS location-based and fleet telematics services, reported a fourth-quarter loss of C$934,000, compared with a loss of C$8.2 million a year earlier.

March 20, 2012
Business

Early Spring Prompts Secondary Road Bans on Heavy Trucks

Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring, the Associated Press reported Monday.

March 20, 2012
Business

UPS Announces TNT Acquisition

UPS Inc. said Monday it will acquire Netherlands-based TNT Express, after boosting its offer for the Dutch package firm to 9.5 euros per share, from a previous 9 euros per share.

March 19, 2012