Comment / On the wires: Stop it, CH Robinson!

© Piotr Trojanowski

“We continued to make improvements in working capital, which combined with increased earnings, allowed us to generate nearly $200 million in cash flow from operations and increase cash returns to our shareholders. We are pleased with our second quarter results in this soft freight environment.” – Bob Biesterfeld, chief executive officer of CH Robinson (CHRW), 30 July 2019.

Oh, dear: If anybody – myself and a few others, for example – thought that expectations were low heading into the second quarter ...