( YRWC ) Yellow Roadway Corp. a transportation company , is going to layoff " a couple hundred " employees . Ouch . It 's getting tougher all the time in the transportation sector .

Based on the preceding passage, choose your answer for question What could be a possible reason that this company needs to lay off this number of employees ?
Pick from: (i) The Yellow Railroad Company is planning to merge with Amtrak , so they do n't need their own employees anymore (ii) As the railroad becomes a less common means of transportation , employees are n't needed as much (iii) None of the above choices . (iv) The Yellow Railroad Company is choosing to fire female employees and prefers men
The answer is:
(ii)