YRC Freight, regional LTL carriers increase revenue, tonnage in first quarter Troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide narrowed its first quarter operating loss from a year ago while expanding revenue on an year-over-year increase in tonnage. YRC Worldwide lost $48.8 million in the first quarter, including an $8.4 million loss on asset disposals, compared with a $68.4 million loss in the year-ago quarter. The less-than-truckload...

YRC Worldwide inc. said Thursday that it boosted revenues and reduced losses in the first quarter.the Overland Park trucking company lost $79.8 million, or $12.40 a share, in the first three months of the year. Its loss was 19 percent lower than the $98.6 million lost in the same quarter a year ago.Revenues grew by 6.4 percent compared with a year ago, reaching...