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Monday, 03/23/2015 11:28:24 PM

Monday, March 23, 2015 11:28:24 PM

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"We're ready for that this year," Hawkins said.
Hawkins said annual contract negotiations are about 10 percent completed. He said YRC will do business with 125,000 customers this year, with about 4,000 of them representing the large majority of its business. He said the company still is looking for a volume bump related to the falling cost of crude oil.
"I'm anxious to see the economy have a reaction ... other than just stock prices going down," Hawkins said. "I would like to see something happen from a consumer spending standpoint that represents that $65 billion ... in additional discretionary (spending).
"We're in a very good position for March, and we know that lift is coming, but the size of that lift certainly has a lot to do with what happens over the next several weeks."
YRC's executives are making a second presentation at the BB&T Corp. Transportation and Logistics Conference on Wednesday morning.