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Ryder System Inc., Miami, Fla., has announced it intends to purchase Ruan Leasing Co., a major privately owned truck leasing, rental and contract maintenance company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa

Restructuring programs affected second-quarter earnings for FedEx Corp., the company said, while revenues of $664 million were up 5% from last year's $634 million

USF Corp., Chicago, has launched an improved web site following input from its clients, on-site testing, and an experienced engineering team

If this year's compressed holiday season has you feeling like you've got 20 million things left to do, then you can relate to the challenge UPS faces on Thursday

Landstar Systems Inc., Prime Inc. and Crete Carriers Corp., all early adopters of truckstop scanning, have signed up with TripPak SCANNING, the cashier-assisted document capture service found at full-service truckstop

American Water Star Inc., located in Las Vegas, has contracted C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. to deliver orders of Hawaiian Tropic beverage in the southwest United States region

The $1-billion Yellow acquisition of Roadway, finalized late last week, brings together two of the strongest brands in transportation and creates an enterprise with more than $6 billion in combined 2003 revenue

Every year around the holidays the City of Virginia Beach Police Department organizes a Driver Appreciation Morning for commercial truck drivers

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Oklahoma-based John Christner Trucking Inc. has honored a number of its drivers, presenting them with safety incentive bonuses

The stockholders of Roadway Corp. voted Tuesday in favor of the merger of Roadway with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Yellow Corp

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. has announced the largest increases for driver pay and contractor compensation in the history of the Chattanooga, Tenn. truckload carrier

FedEx Corp., Memphis, Tenn., has announced rate changes for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground services effective Jan. 5, 2004

November saw eight new members to the Chevron Delo sponsored Midnight Trucking Radio Network Million Mile Club

Roadway Corp. and Yellow Corp. will host a meeting for investors and analysts at 4:30 p.m. EST on Dec. 10 at the Sofitel Hotel, 45 West 44th St. in New York City

CFI, an international truckload carrier based in Joplin, Missouri, has announced its driver award recipients for October 2003

CFI, an international truckload carrier based in Joplin, Mo., has announced an increase of more than six cents per mile in top driver pay. The pay increase will be implemented over a four-month time frame that began Monday

Employees of Wheaton World Wide Moving, the Indianapolis-based provider of worldwide relocation services, recently hosted a presentation by Give Kids The World organization at Wheaton’s Partnership Conference in Indianapolis

Melton Truck Lines, Tulsa, Okla., has announced a new pay package that offers truck drivers hundreds of dollars more per month.

Con-Way Transportation Services, the Ann Arbor, Mich. subsidiary of CNF Inc., has recognized two of its driver sales representatives in California for their safety records and professional driving skills

Roadway Corp. and Yellow Corp. have announced a cash election deadline of Dec. 5, related to the pending acquisition of Roadway by Yellow

Last week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) web site displayed the Swift Transportation Co. Inc. safety rating as conditional. Swift's safety rating is satisfactory and the FMCSA web site is being corrected.

Schneider National Inc., the Green Bay, Wis. transportation and logistics services provider said Monday it is introducing a new driver pay package that will take effect on Feb. 1, 2004

Yellow Corp., Overland Park, Kan., said it will issue an additional $20 million of 3.375% contingent convertible senior notes due 2023