But it didn't work. On Tuesday, Consolidated Freightways, the country's third-largest trucker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The day before, it fired 15,500 people and ceased operations.

Consolidated will put its Calgary-based subsidiary, Canadian Freightways Ltd., up for auction to the highest bidder Aug. 25. A group of senior managers and a financial partner has already offered ...

Taking advantage of the Bay Area real estate run-up, Consolidated Freightways has sold its 2.3-acre Menlo Park headquarters for tens of millions of dollars and will move to Washington state next ...

Cliff Deslippe, proud new owner of Suncoast Vending in Spring Hill, headed to the Tampa office of Consolidated Freightways Corp. on Tuesday morning, eager to pick up six soda and snack machines ...

The country's third-largest trucker, Consolidated Freightways Corp., said yesterday that it will lay off about 15,500 workers, shut down its operations and file for bankruptcy.

About 14,500 Consolidated Freightways employees belong to the Teamsters union. Teamsters spokesman, Brett Caldwell, says the company informed the union all of its members will be laid off. Caldwell ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2002) — Consolidated Freightways Corp. said it has secured $45 million (all figures U.S. dollars) in loans to help fund a turnaround program. The financing is secured by the ...

1935 - The new Consolidated Freight Lines warehouse and office is completed at 126 South Sheridan Street. Spokane was a key stop for the Portland-based Consolidated, sending hundreds of trucks a ...

CFO Tripp Grant provided financial highlights, reporting a 1.8% decline in consolidated freight revenue to $243.2 million, primarily due to underperformance in the managed freight segment.

That’s the Consolidated Freightways logo. Still, the color scheme was appropriate for this 18-wheel sleigh, stacked with boxes of toys to be distributed starting Thursday at the Christmas Bureau.

Fort Bend County has joined Harris County in conducting a study to evaluate feasible alternatives for freight rail movement in Harris and Fort Bend Counties. Last week, Fort Bend County ...

Yellow Corp., a once-dominant US trucking company, has filed for bankruptcy as it winds down its 99-year-old business that employs 30,000 workers. ... Consolidated went out of business in 2002.