Founded in 1983 as LDDS Communications, it became the nation's second-largest long-distance company and the largest handler of Internet data.
Ocean Spray, based in Lakeville, Mass., is the largest handler, with about 66percentt of production.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., the largest handler of freight for other airlines, said its loss widened to $6.7 million in the first quarter as shipping declined.
At the Red Hook Terminal in Brooklyn, Sal Catucci is the owner of American Stevedoring, which moves the bales of cocoa, streaming in daily, that have made New York the largest handler of cocoa in the world in the last two years.
Some of that business slides right into the pocket of a company called Neteller Plc., the largest handler of financial transactions on the site.
Along with giving Dubai Ports operations in China (which in 2003 surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest handler of cargo), Australia, Germany, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, the CSX World Terminals acquisition gave Dubai Ports a pipeline of future contracts, which have the potential to triple its container-handling capacity.
The nation's largest handler of student debt, Sallie Mae is under investigation by at least three federal agencies for allegedly violating borrowers' rights.
Sallie Mae, the nation's largest handler of student debt, has been criticized by federal lawmakers, student advocates, state colleges and teachers' unions for its servicing of education loans.
The group called on Duncan to prohibit Sallie Mae, the nation's largest handler of student debt, from servicing federal student loans until the company complies with government rules.
