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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: LSTR) Landstar System, Inc., a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, paid tribute to the best and safest of Landstar's owner-operators at a brand new event held in their honor this month. The Landstar BCO All-Star Weekend featured an exclusive second truck giveaway for 2012, plus an awards program inducting 10 Landstar business capacity...

Pure Costumes revamps its entire list of shipping methods to include free shipping and low-cost expedited shipping methods in light of the economy. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 Due to the bleak economy, Pure Costumes has revamped its entire list of shipping methods. Instead of selecting the carrier and form of shipping, customers will now just choose from five different shipping options: Economy, Standard, Priority, Second Day Air, and Next Day Air. To help customers select the...

SALT LAKE CITY, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- C.R. England, a Salt Lake City-based global transportation provider, has recognized Greg Crenshaw and Steven Augsburger as Company Drivers of the Month for June 2012. Crenshaw and Augsburger are two of the top drivers in the C.R. England fleet of more than 7,000 drivers nationwide. "It's a pleasure for us to recognize drivers who show outstanding commitment to their profession," said Brandon Harrison, Vice President, National and...

FAIRFAX, Va., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a leading provider of information technology, supply chain, and intelligence analytic services to agencies in the intelligence, defense, homeland security, and federal civilian markets, announced today it will present their case study on the Common Universal Interoperability Standards (CUIS) Initiative at TechNet Mid-America. This event, held in Collinsville, IL July 16 - 18, will be sponsored by...

KOOL PAK°, LLC announces the opening of its terminal operation in Ontario California to provide transportation and logistics services to businesses throughout Califorinia and the entire west coast. With locations in CA, OR, WA and BC, Kool Pak offers temperature-controlled LTL transportation services across the US and Canada. The new facility includes temp-controlled distribution, logistics, warehousing and transportation. (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 KOOL PAK°, LLC is pleased to...

First International Energy Efficiency Scorecard of 12 Major Economies Also Finds Germany, Japan, and Italy Ranking Highly; U.S. Behind Most Countries, Including China, France, and Australia. WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Kingdom comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world's major economies, followed closely by Germany, Japan, and Italy, according to the first-ever International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published today by the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ-LSTR), a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, announced today it will release its 2012 second quarter results before the market opens on Thursday, July 26, 2012. The Company will hold its quarterly conference call with analysts and investors that same day at 2:00 pm ET to discuss the second quarter results...

HR8438, signed into law by Barack Obama on Friday, will force up to seventeen thousand small businesses to close their doors. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Entrepreneur-Support.com, a web portal built to assist entrepreneurs and small business people, condemns a little-known portion of HR8438 which will force up to seventeen thousand American businesses to close. The provision raises the surety bond requirement for freight brokers and forwarders from $10,000 to $75,000. This is...

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Commuter Benefits Work for Us Coalition today spoke out against Congress' failure to increase the pre-tax monthly limit for the transit commuter benefit to the same level as the parking benefit as part of the "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act" (MAP-21). A provision to restore parity between the transit and parking benefit was included in the Senate version of the legislation, but the language was dropped from...

CreditDonkey.com research infographic explores the hidden savings of public transportation (PRWEB) June 26, 2012 With the start of summer, CreditDonkey.com publishes a new infographic to help Americans see the hidden savings of public transportation. Infographic: http://www.creditdonkey.com/public-transportation.html “When you ride the rails, bus, or carpool, the benefits are far-reaching,” says Charles Tran, founder of CreditDonkey.com, a credit card comparison and financial...