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• Arkansas Best struggles with higher costs in 4Q

  FORT SMITH, Ark.-- Arkansas Best Corp.' s shares slumped Wednesday after the trucking company posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss on modest revenue gains and higher expenses. Arkansas Best posted a loss of $7.9 million, or 31 cents per share, for the quarter.

• JB Hunt shares soar on strong 4th-quarter results

  LOWELL, Ark.-- Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. hit an all-time high Thursday after the trucking company posted fourth-quarter results that beat market expectations, reflecting more business from customers and efforts to rein in costs. Hunt earned $84 million, or 70 cents per share, for the three months ended Dec. 31.

• GM Partially Unveils 2014 Silverado 

  

  Mark Reuss, GM North America president, talks about his company's new pick-up trucks, including a limited "sneek peak" of the 2014 Silverado. (5:25)

• UPDATE 1-US transport companies cash in on Mexico trade boom

  *Kansas City Southern railroad leading charge. Over the past five years, Kansas City Southern has spent about $300 million to lay roughly 90 miles of new track in Texas, buy and update terminals in Mexico and make other network upgrades.

• US Transport Companies Cashing in on Mexico Trade Boom

  

  Every day, about 10 Kansas City Southern trains hauling everything from cars to chemicals crisscross the border between Mexico and the United States at Laredo, Texas, up from about six three years ago.

• ANALYSIS-US transport companies cashing in on Mexico trade boom

  Every day, about 10 Kansas City Southern trains hauling everything from cars to chemicals crisscross the border between Mexico and the United States at Laredo, Texas, up from about six just three years ago.

• Cargo Ships Stack Up as L.A. Port Strike in 7th day

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

• Cargo ships stack up as Los Angeles port strike in 7th day

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload their cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

• Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled for 5th day by strike

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 1- A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night.

• America’s Deadliest Jobs

  

  These 10 jobs have the highest fatal work injury rates in the U.S.