You are aware that INTRASTATE rates are, generally less than INTERSTATE, aren't you? If the revenue does not exceed costs, why would ANYONE haul it. It seems to me you fully accepted the Yellow BS. "If the trailer is full, it's all good".
If Yellow was so financially superior to Roadway, EXPLAIN THIS.
From the NYT 7/9/2003 Article
No. 2 in Trucking, Yellow, Will Buy No. 1, Roadway
"Yellow agreed to pay $966 million, or about $48 a share, for Roadway, whose stock closed on Monday at just $30.02. Moreover, William D. Zollars, the chairman of Yellow who will head the new company, insisted the two would continue to operate separately. Roadway will keep its offices in Akron, Ohio, even though the combined company will be based at Yellow's headquarters in Overland Park, Kan. Each will keep its network of more than 300 terminals where trucks are loaded."
Yellow Corp, nation's second-largest trucking company, will acquire industry leader Roadway Corp for $966 million; Yellow's chairman William D Zollars, who will head new company, insists two will continue to operate separately; Roadway's chief executive James D Staley and Zollars comment; photo (M)
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