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How can you keep your local P&D rates up when everyone’s beating you down?  How can you compete when the national firms enter your last-mile market with tempting lowball prices?

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We received this from our friend Mark Stoyas at Basic Enterprise in Chicago.

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=31986&page=1

There are compelling arguments for maintaining a separate brokerage authority, as summarized here. However, don’t forget the simple fact that, if you don’t have a separate brokerage authority, a brokered load that is involved in a costly accident can bring down the rest of your trucking operation–and we believe that is too high a risk to take.

–The Editors

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