( 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 .

Question with options to choose from: What could be a possible reason that this company needs to lay off this number of employees ?
Available choices: * This sector is seeing less business and needs less manpower as an unfortunate result; * None of the above choices .; * The Yellow Railroad Company is choosing to fire female employees and prefers men; * The Yellow Railroad Company is planning to merge with Amtrak , so they do n't need their own employees anymore;
This sector is seeing less business and needs less manpower as an unfortunate result