How Yellow wound up in the red

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 10:13 p.m.

b'Yellow stunned the trucking industry when it filed for bankruptcy this month. The nearly hundred-year old company said it will lay off 30,000 employees and liquidate all of its assets. On today\'s show, a glimpse into Yellow\'s bankruptcy process: who\'s blaming who for what, and an explainer on a specific type of loan - the debtor in possession financing - which promises some rich returns to the lender in this case.

For more on challenges in the trucking industry check out our story on the spot market and the so-called freight recession.

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