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Trucking IPO Will Net Schneider Family $230 Million

Members of the Schneider family will get about $230 million from the sale of stock in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, trucking company that bears their name, a document filed March 24 with securities regulators shows.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 27, 2017
Business

Aggressive Acquisitions Fed Roadrunner Woes

Not long ago, Roadrunner Transportation Systems was speeding down the growth highway.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 2, 2017
Business

Roadrunner Reduces Delivery Times

Facing declining revenue and operating profits, the less-than-truckload wing of Cudahy, Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has cut transit time for about a fifth of its freight by an average of 20%, an executive said Jan. 26.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
January 27, 2017
Business

Roadrunner Rebrands Logistics Wing

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has rebranded its logistics business as Ascent Global Logistics, the trucking company announced Jan. 25.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
January 26, 2017
Business, Logistics

Family May Be Driving Schneider IPO

Underlying the plans by multibillion-dollar Schneider trucking company to go public are likely the varying desires of different family members to cash in on at least some of their ownership interest.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 17, 2016
Business, Technology

Trucking Firms Find Success, Challenges With Driver Cameras

A growing number of carriers are outfitting their trucks with dual-lens cameras that simultaneously capture video of the road ahead and the driver at the wheel.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
August 19, 2016
Business, Logistics

Schneider Truck Driver Wins National Award for 51 Years of Safety on the Road

Bob Wyatt, Schneider's most-decorated and longest-tenured driver, won the 2016 International Driver Excellence Award from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 8, 2016
Government, Business

Financial Woes of Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund Hurt Employers, Too

The 225,000 people facing possible cuts in their retirement benefits are the most numerous and visible victims of the Central States Pension Fund troubles. But the fund's deep financial woes also have left hundreds of companies with large potential liabilities, essentially because they have survived where others failed.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 14, 2015