‘State of Freight’ for March: Bullish sign amid mostly bearish news

Just three weeks ago, the monthly FreightWaves “State of Freight” webinar for February didn’t feature many bullish factors that our experts were seeing in the market.  During the March “State of Freight” webinar, the outlook was generally as bearish as earlier. With at least one indicator turning slightly higher, there may have been at least…

Investment firm launches proxy battle against Pitney Bowes, seeks CEO ouster

An investment firm looking to make major changes at parcel technology and shipping company Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) called Thursday for the ouster of longtime CEO Marc F. Lautenbach and non-executive Chairman Robert Dutkowsky, who two weeks ago was named to the role following the departure of then-Chairman Michael Roth. Hestia Capital Partners, which…

Transparent recruiting leads to better hires — Taking the Hire Road

This week on Taking the Hire Road, host Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, sat down with Laura Duryea, manager of recruiting and retention at Boyle Transportation, to talk about being a woman in the trucking industry as well as how transparent recruiting can lead to better overall hires. According to Reymer, American Transportation…