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...Suntory’s search for pricier brands comes after global rival Diageo snapped up several super-premium tequila and mezcal brands, including Don Julio, George Clooney-backed Casamigos, Mezcal Unión and the...
...Union Pacific and BNSF — a division of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — were the two US railroads most directly affected by the closures, the association said....
...The hedge fund holds a $1.6bn stake in Union Pacific, making it one of the railroad’s largest shareholders....
...Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested and sentenced to two months pre-trial detention on espionage charges. Evan is a journalist, not a spy....
...For what it is worth, Nato is not talking about sending aircraft carriers to the Pacific or making Australia a member....
...After years of cost cutting, operating margins at big rail companies have peaked. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s valuations reflect this....
...Post-it maker 3M, oilfield services company Halliburton, railroad operator Union Pacific and homebuilder DR Horton are also due to publish results....
...Other earnings: Railroad operator Union Pacific could give insight into whether companies shipping products are responding to higher inflation by seeking cheaper alternatives to air freight....
...They include employees of the largest carriers in North America, such as Union Pacific, CSX and BNSF, a business owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway....
...Railroad company Union Pacific added emissions rules to a list of factors that could drive up its costs. General Dynamics declined to comment and Union Pacific did not immediately have a comment....
...Freight rail accounted for an estimated 28 per cent of US freight movements in 2020, according to an analysis of transportation department data by carrier Union Pacific....
...The union representing the longshore and warehouse workers at the west coast ports has been engaged in talks with the Pacific Maritime Association, while railroads have also held discussions with unions...
...US railroad Union Pacific on Sunday said it would replace its chief executive Lance Fritz this year. Investcorp is opening an office in Tokyo....
...Secondly, Lex reported on investors Trillium Asset Management and Impact Shares calling on railroad companies Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to offer paid sick leave to eligible workers....
...“The railroads aren’t throwing money at their workers and their current relationship with the labour unions isn’t what you’d characterise as friendly.”...
...Lane is a director of NextEra Energy and retailer TJX Companies, while Vena recently served as chief operating officer of railroad company Union Pacific Corporation....
...The FT ran a very instructive two-page spread recently about which companies are at particular risk from rising interest rates. Check it out here....
...The financial impact of wildfires and heavy rains on the Union Pacific railway so far this year could top $100m, as intensifying effects of climate change brought cascading disruptions to the company’s 32,000...
...Results from Snap will be closely watched after last month’s profit warning and transport companies American Airlines, Alaska Air and railroad operator Union Pacific, also report earnings....
...In late 1990, a former British cabinet minister reflecting on the end of the Cold War picked an image of consumer goods companies’ inroads into the former Soviet Union to illustrate the transformations seen...
...As an investor in several North American railroad companies, Hohn’s TCI is also pressing Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Union Pacific Railway to seek regulations to cover emissions...
...In El Salvador, Asia-Pacific Xuanhao, a Chinese conglomerate, proposed in 2018 to lease La Union, a port originally built with Japanese money, for 50 years and expand it....
...Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern both say they move a ton of freight 444 miles on a single gallon of diesel. The industry continues to invest to improve its sustainability....
...The Canadian-born executive retired from his post at CN in 2016 and later joined Union Pacific, the largest listed US railroad company, as chief operating officer and then senior adviser....
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