Top 100 for-hire carriers 2007
Top 100 for-hire carriers 2007
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Top 100 private carriers 2007
Top 100 private carriers 2007
Read MoreFujitsu and Pitney Bowes Announce Nationwide Multi-Vendor Services Agreement
Pitney Bowes Inc. and Fujitsu Transactions Solutions Inc. today announced a new agreement whereby Pitney Bowes will provide on-site maintenance services for third-party office printers for Fujitsu’s U.S. customer base.
Under the terms of the agreement, Pitney Bowes will act as a subcontractor for Fujitsu, offering national on-site repair and maintenance services for Hewlett-Packard(R), Lexmark(R) and Zebra(R) printers. Leveraging the third-party office printer expertise of Pitney Bowes’ multi-vendor services team, more repairs can be completed on-site, which will help maximize productivity, efficiency and lower the cost of maintenance for Fujitsu’s customers.
Read MoreTechRestore Partners with FedEx for Laptop & iPod Repair Dropoffs
TechRestore announced Tuesday a partnership with FedEx that makes the company’s chain of FedEx Kinko’s stores a dropoff location for repairs of Apple laptops, iPods, and iPhones, as well as Sony PSPs and for data recovery. Customers wishing to schedule repairs with TechRestore online or via telephone can choose a dropoff option, and doing so alerts both TechRestore and FedEx with all the relevant information.
TechRestore’s basic business model has been one day turnaround in repairs, with the company sending customers a packing kit, which is then picked up by FedEx, which overnights your broken laptop or iPod to TechRestore. The company would then fix it and overnight it back to you. The new dropoff option allows customers to take the first day out of that process, and takes care of the shipping label on the FedEx side of the process.
Read MoreTarget Logistics, Inc. Agrees to be acquired by Mainfreight Limited
Target Logistics, Inc., a domestic and international freight forwarder and logistics provider, today announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Mainfreight Limited in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately USD 53.7 million.
Under terms of the agreement, holders of Target Logistics’ common stock will receive USD 2.50 in cash per share of common stock, representing a 36.6 pct increase over Target Logistics’ closing price on September 17, 2007, a 38.0 pct premium over the company’s one-month average closing price and a 28.8 pct premium over the company’s three-month average closing price.
The Board of Directors of Target Logistics has unanimously approved the merger agreement, and the merger agreement contemplates that holders of a majority of Target Logistics’ voting stock will execute written consents in favor of adoption of the merger agreement so as to assure the requisite stockholder approval of the transaction without the need for any other stockholder vote. Pending the completion of other closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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