Hints and tips:
...Schiff rivalled John Pierpont Morgan’s standing on Wall Street — his reputation only enhanced when he orchestrated a rescue of Union Pacific Railroad in the late 1890s after Morgan had abandoned the assignment...
...US railroad Union Pacific on Sunday said it would replace its chief executive Lance Fritz this year. Investcorp is opening an office in Tokyo....
...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....
...TCI has recommended Jim Vena, who has worked at CN in the past and at rival Union Pacific, as the person to run the company....
...Both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific operate in the central and eastern US, as do CSX and Norfolk Southern, while Union Pacific and BNSF are present in the west....
...Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, and Union Pacific, the railroad group, are also at risk of failing pay votes in the weeks ahead, according to report last week from Morgan Stanley....
...between large retailers, trucking companies, warehouses, railroads and freight companies....
...(FT) Railroad deal is the biggest of the year Canadian Pacific has agreed to buy Kansas City Southern for $28.9bn, including debt, in the largest takeover so far this year....
...His epiphany came at the age of six, he says, when seeing electric trains at the Union Pacific railroad where his father worked led to the vision of a pure electric freight truck....
...And As You Sow, a San Francisco non-profit that files shareholder petitions with investors, launched a “say on climate” proposal at US railroad Union Pacific too....
...Video of the day Mapping the urban sprawl A new look at antique US railroad maps reveals how cities grew over the past 200 years....
...“This year will mark a turning point in the US market and we will pursue a V-shaped recovery there,” Hyundai said....
...Maja Kocijancic, an EU spokesperson, told reporters on Friday that efforts were continuing to sustain co-operation with Iran in key economic sectors, including oil....
...Mr Pham was a student of geology in Moscow when the Soviet Union was disintegrating....
...Twenty years later, J Cooke & Co, the principal backers of the Northern Pacific Railroad, went bankrupt, setting off a chain reaction that caused the Panic of 1873....
Concern rises as UK prepares to start process of leaving EU
...NS and CSX dominate the eastern US, Union Pacific and BNSF — part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — the west and Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Canada and some lines in US....
...He also suggested that BNSF was considering participating in mergers, although the company — like Union Pacific — has stressed it opposes new mergers....
...The industry’s current structure — with CSX and NS in the eastern US, Union Pacific and BNSF in the west, CP and Canadian National in Canada and Kansas City Southern operating north-south — is widely regarded...
...Union Pacific fell 3.55 per cent to $71.00, after the railroad operator reported fourth-quarter results that missed analysts forecasts amid weakening freight demand....
...railroad and port operator, for access to ports in Rijeka and Ploce as well as its rail and cargo storage assets....
...Peter Hughes, southwest regional secretary for the Unite union, said they had been worried about the future of Honda in Swindon....
...“The railroad takes us to the Pacific coal market; if things go to plan, we might get shipments of South Korean and Japanese containers, which could revive the trans-Siberian railway.”...
...However, Canadian Pacific, one of Canada’s two big railroads, announced on Tuesday that its drivers had given notice of their intention to strike from February 15 if pay negotiations were unsuccessful....
International Edition