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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, Government, Safety

I-90 Reopened in Pennsylvania After 50-Vehicle Crash

State police said wreckage from a 50-vehicle chain-reaction crash was cleared and a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 90 east of Erie, Pa., was reopened shortly after 3 a.m. local time following a big snowstorm, the Associated Press reported.

January 26, 2007
Business

Covenant Transport Takes Loss for Fourth Quarter, Full Year

Covenant Transport late Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $894,000 or 6 cents a share, compared with a profit of $4 million or 28 cents a year earlier.

January 25, 2007
Business

Heartland’s 4Q Earnings Dip; Profit for Full Year Rises

Truckload carrier Heartland Express said its fourth-quarter profit fell to $19.6 million or 20 cents a share, from $21.6 million or 22 cents a year earlier.

January 25, 2007
Business, Logistics

Schneider Reports Higher Revenue for 2006

Truckload carrier Schneider National said Thursday it had $3.7 billion in revenue last year, up from $3.4 billion in 2005.

January 25, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

Swift Reports Lower 4Q Earnings; Full-Year Profit Rises

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. said late Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell from a year earlier due to a “soft freight environment.”

January 25, 2007
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Drop in December

Existing home sales fell 0.8% in December and purchases for the year fell by the most since 1989, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

January 25, 2007
Business, Autonomous

USA Truck’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Plunge on Lower Tonnage

Truckload carrier USA Truck on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter profit plunged to $1.2 million or 11 cents a share, from $4.3 million or 37 cents a year earlier, on lower tonnage and demand.

January 25, 2007
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s Income, Revenue Jump for 4Q, Full Year

Western freight railroad Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped to $485 million or $1.78 a share, from $296 million or $1.10 cents for the same quarter a year earlier.

January 25, 2007
Business, Government, Safety

Ford Posts Big Losses for Fourth Quarter, Full Year

Ford Motor Co. lost $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter amid slumping sales and huge restructuring costs, pushing the No. 2 U.S. automaker’s s loss for the year to $12.7 billion, the largest in its 103-year history, the Associated Press reported.

January 25, 2007
Business

Initial Jobless Claims Rise by 36,000 for Week

First-time U.S. jobless claims rose by 36,000 last week to 325,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

January 25, 2007