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FREIGHTWAVES' SONAR CHART OF THE WEEK (Dec 23 -Dec 30, 2018)  Chart of the Week: Truckload Carriers' Association Best Practices Group operating ratio (SONAR:OPERAT.CFOO) Asset-based carrier operating ratios are falling into the 4th quarter despite cooling market. (SONAR chart of...

As the retail industry moves into full gear for the Holidays, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) takes center stage by announcing a new hub for its burgeoning air freight fleet. The new freight hub is currently under construction at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Texas and is expected to become operational...

In January 2013, the European competition commission, the European Union's antitrust arm, came out against UPS Inc.'s (NYSE: UPS) US$6.8 billion offer to buy struggling Dutch delivery firm TNT Express. Almost immediately, an angry and frustrated UPS, which complained it was never told...

UPS Inc. has complained for decades that the US Postal Service uses its monopoly on so-called market-dominant products like first-class and marketing mail to subsidize artificially low rates on competitive products like Priority Mail and parcel deliveries. Based on recommendations from the Trump...

Continuing efforts to fight what he says are unfair trade practices, the administration of President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will pull out of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaty. The treaty, agreed to in 1874, sets fees for international shipping of mail and small parcels (under 4.4...

Brand perception is a great and unwieldy thing. It can propel a corporation to market dominance or send it into a tailspin that can be hard — even impossible — to recover from. With that in mind, tools like surveys can be an important part of determining how customers experience a...

Entrepreneurs are living through a critical time of transition in technology, business and globalization, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Executive Chairman Jack Ma said Wednesday in Detroit. The companies that use the internet well in the coming years “will win,” Ma told an...

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) announced on Monday that its UPS Foundation formed a partnership with Zipline, a California-based robotics company and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to jointly explore the use of drones to deliver life-saving medicines, blood and vaccines. The UPS Foundation is...

Three Internet giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). Expectations for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are considerably more...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced on Tuesday that it will be acquiring TNT Express NV – ADR (OTC: TNTEY) in a $4.8 billion deal. Fred Smith, Fedex chairman and CEO, was on CNBC recently to discuss the terms and details of the acquisition. Mutually Beneficial Deal "The UPS...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced Tuesday that it will be acquiring European rival TNT Express NV – ADR (OTC: TNTEY) in a $4.8 billion (€4.4 billion) deal. Don Broughton, Avondale Partners's chief market strategist, was on CNBC Tuesday to explain why the deal makes sense for...

U.S. stocks were mildly higher on Thursday as major indices were little changed at the closing bell. The S&P 500 and Dow both traded at new highs following Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) premarket earnings. Data from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state...