ThinkstockFor the past almost 13 years, the stock market has been mired in a secular bear market. Sure there has been some strong rallies, especially when the market turned in March of 2009. None…
courtesy Boeing Co.There is no hope in sight for Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) as it tries to get its 787 Dreamliner flagship back in the air. Japanese investigators say that an overcharging of the…
ThinkstockEach year, millions of trucks and trains transport $1 trillion in goods into and out of the U.S. through the largest ports of entry across the borders with Mexico and Canada. Of the $580 billion…
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The package delivery service reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39 on…
ThinkstockIn a filing with the SEC this morning, Carl Icahn-owned American Railcar Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ARII) revealed that it has had “conversations” with The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) that could result in American Railcar’s…
ThinkstockRatings and research firm Fitch Ratings reckons that if U.S. policy makers should fail to reach an agreement and the country should plunge over the fiscal cliff, U.S. GDP growth will fall by 2%…
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP) this morning announced that it will take a pretax, noncash fourth-quarter charge of $180 million related to its option to build an extension of its network into the…
Fitch Ratings has a report out this Monday showing its expected impact on the transportation based upon a GDP impact from the coming (and still tentative, hopefully) Fiscal Cliff. The report shows as much…
ThinkstockOverseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG) has just fallen on its sword. We recently named the next penny stocks and this was one of the companies we warned could easily fall into that realm. After…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Postal Service is calling for big gains in holiday shipments this year. You know of course that online shopping is a part of the driving force behind this prediction. This is a…
United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The airline posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.35 on revenues of $9.9 billion. In the same…
United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the package delivery company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.06 on revenues of…
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is looking for the busiest holiday season yet. In a press release this morning the shipping giant said that Monday, December 10, likely will be its busiest shipping day ever. To…
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) reported fiscal third quarter results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the railroad operator posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.44 on revenues of $2.89 billion. In…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) reported fiscal third-quarter results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the trucking and transport company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65 on revenues of…