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The two large unions say a merger would increase safety risks, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions.

The combined entity would have leapfrogged Sysco at the top of the food service carrier table — serving restaurants, corporate offices, convenience stores, gas stations and truck stops.

Roughly 99% of both railroads’ shareholders voted to support the largest rail merger in history, but the U.S. Surface Transportation Board must still OK it before the deal can be completed.

The Tennessee-based ground transportation and logistics services provider posted a net loss of $23.8 million, or negative 52 cents a diluted share, for the three months ending Sept. 30.

Equipment rental specialist United reported revenue of $4.23 billion in the most recent three-month period, an increase of 5.9% compared with $3.99 billion in Q3 2024.

USA Truck’s business model does not fit DSV’s vision for asset-light North American on-road operations, the company said in a report accompanying the most recent quarter’s results.

The company said the decision would create greater synergies, enhance customer service, improve operational efficiency and accelerate innovation across the specialty vehicle segment.

U.S. Steel approved a $300 million investment to upgrade some of its facilities, advancing part of an $11 billion commitment by Nippon Steel after its takeover of the steelmaker earlier this year.

The proposed merger, which would create a massive single railroad company controlling shipments across the continental U.S., is being weighed by the Surface Transportation Board.

The bill marks a sharp shift from years of regulatory scrutiny by the state’s lawmakers toward its oil and gas industry and decades of declining in-state crude production.