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Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History - Campbell University - Buies Creek, NC Lauren Beagen - The Maritime Professor - CEO of Squall Strategies - Boston, MA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Host of Everything is Logistics - Jacksonville, FL "The New Pay to Play" with Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram joining Linkedin in the monthly revenue model, will users pay to help control content moderation? Twitter is now also requiring anyone who shows up on the For You page (home feed of Twitter) to have a paid account or be an account you follow to "reduce spam". But will users buy it? Or will they move their attention to other apps and services? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alan Adler - Truck Tech Community - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI https://www.freightwaves.com/news/with-1b-in-the-bank-reputationally-dinged-tu-simple-looks-ahead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mary O'Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO What is Small truckload and what are the most common applications of it? How do you determine the best method for shipping small loads, and what factors do you consider? How do you ensure that small loads are properly packaged and labeled for shipping? What are some common challenges you face when shipping small loads, and how do you address them? For the loads that are required to be kept at certain temperatures. How do you guys handle that in the sprinter vans? What measures do you take to ensure the safety and security of small load shipments during transit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mark Solomon - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Atlanta, GA Topic: Study: Parcels expected to go up 5% until 2028. What is the main news for parcel price increases? Is a 5% increase normal and if not, what would a normal increase be? What can you tell us about the financials the main carriers are looking at?  Topic: How aggressive is FedEx with their play to UPS Customers? What’s the play FedEx is making for UPS customers in light of a possible labor strike later on this summer? This isn’t like FedEx - is it just positioning? Any signs that UPS or their customers are buying into this? That deadline is tomorrow.  If this is successful in any way, would you predict FedEx to offer more incentives at later deadlines? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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