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• Abrupt closure of trucker now in NLRB hands

  - 2006-02-01

  A federal judge's order has cleared the way for the National Labor Relations Board to consider whether a trucking firm acted properly when it abruptly shut down after a brief strike that started in Philadelphia. "We think it was reprisal against the employees," said Robert F. O'Brien, a Cherry...

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• Yellow Roadway Completes $1.47 Billion USF Acquisition

  - 2005-05-30

  Yellow Roadway closed its $1.47 billion acquisition of USF Corp. May 24, bolstering its standing as the nation's largest less-than-truckload carrier, and unveiling a structure for its new capacity to offer shorthaul deliveries on a nationwide basis.The No. 3 company on the TRANSPORT TOPICS 100 list of the largest U.S....

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• USF to End 13-Year Independent Run

  - 2005-03-07

  Recent Leadership Changes Made Merger PossibleBorn from the Canadian subsidiary of an Australian conglomerate, USF Corp. is expected to end its 13-year run as an independent company this summer, with its last 4 Vi years marked by a series of leadership changes.The most recent of those changes - Richard DiStasio's...

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• Yellow Roadway to acquire USF Corp. for $1.37 billion

  - 2005-02-28

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Trucking company Yellow Roadway Corp. has agreed to buy rival USF Corp. in a deal worth about $1.37 billion, the two companies announced Sunday. The deal, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, also requires Yellow to assume an expected...

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• Yellow Roadway-USF Talks Reported

  - 2005-02-28

  Less than 15 months after Yellow Corp. and Roadway Corp. merged to become Yellow Roadway Corp., the company may be on the verge of buying USF Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported.The potential $1 billion purchase of its less-than-truckload rival would bolster Yellow Roadway's logistics and unionized LTL holdings.Neither company...

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• Local Focus.(Business)

  - 2005-01-22

  USF appoints Sears' Richter to board HOFFMAN ESTATES - Chicago-based USF Corp. appointed Glenn R. Richter, 42, to its board of directors. Richter is executive vice president and chief financial officers of Hoffman Estates-based Sears Roebuck and Co. He also leads Sears strategy, information...

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• USF seeks traction in truck biz; Missing opportunities even as demand rises.(Markets)

  - 2005-01-03

  Byline: BOB TITA Trucking company USF Corp. is trying to shift into higher gear before the industry's recovery passes it by. An upswing in manufacturing in 2004 increased demand for truck hauling like no time since the late 1990s. But Chicago-ba ...

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• Chicago trucking chief suddenly resigns.

  - 2004-11-03

  By James P. Miller, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--Richard P. DiStasio abruptly stepped down from the top posts at Chicago trucking concern USF Corp., apparently under pressure from the board that installed him as chief executive only fourteen ...

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• Directors roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments sponsored by Spencer Stuart

  - 2004-09-22

  THE DIRECTORS & BOARDS Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by the editorial staff of DIRECTORS & BOARDS, and is sponsored by Spencer Stuart. Please forward your directors appointments to mporter@directorsandboards.com. Submissions of new directors and appointments are welcome from all sources,...

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• Regional Trucking Company's Shutdown Hits Workers in Rhode Island.

  - 2004-05-26

  By Andrea L. Stape, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 26--The abrupt closing over the weekend of USF Red Star, a regional trucking company, has left 132 employees at its Cumberland facility out of work. Triggered by...

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