Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its second-quarter net income fell to C$18 million, or 21 cents a share, from C$19.3 million, or 22 cents, a year ago.

Existing homes sales rose for the third straight month in June, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

Union Pacific Corp.’s second-quarter profit fell 12% to $468 million, or 92 cents per share, from $531 million, or $1.02, a year ago.

Third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said that it had acquired London-based Walker Logistics Overseas, an international freight forwarder.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a second-quarter profit of $92 million, or 54 cents a share, up slightly from $90 million, or 52 cents a share, a year ago.

Canadian National Railway said late Monday its second-quarter net income fell 16% to C$387 million, or 82 cents a share, from C$459 million, or 95 cents, a year ago.

HOUSTON — During the second half of 2007, when the U.S. economy and stock market were at their respective peaks, a colleague of James Crane said he was — for a brief while — bitter and unhappy. But as gross domestic product and the value of stocks, housing and other assets fell dramatically, the smile returned to Crane’s face as he realized the comfort of cash — hundreds of millions of dollars of it.

Get a group of truckers together anywhere in this country, and Minnesota’s “Fatigued Driving Evaluation Checklist” is bound to come up. The 75-item list gained national prominence when the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sued the Minnesota State Patrol in federal court in an attempt to stop its use.

Third-party logistics firm Carter Logistics said it has opened a new cross-dock facility in Romulus, Mich.