NEW YORK - Shares of less-than-truckload carriers fell Wednesday amid a slide in the broader market, as a Longbow Research analyst said the market for their services continued to deteriorate last month. Analyst Lee Klaskow wrote in a note to clients that weakness appears to be accelerating among LTL carriers, which usually fill their trucks with freight from a variety of sources and re-sort it at terminals along their routes. He said declining volumes and aggressive pricing are pressuring truckers' operating leverage and will continue to affect results in coming quarters. He lowered estimates for Con-way Inc. and YRC Worldwide Inc. for the fourth...
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