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...Mr Corridore remained concerned about carload declines at Union Pacific, saying it would likely lag behind other railroads on its operating ratio while it rolls out an improvement plan....
...North American railroad executives facing pressure to boost results are embracing the principles of Hunter Harrison, an industry legend who died in December last year....
...Copy machines and correction fluid — or, for the more modern bureaucrat, control-c and control-v keys — will not be enough....
...Chemicals company Grupa Azoty, for example, has plans to diversify its operations through acquisitions in the region, while miner KGHM has purchased mines in Chile, and oil company PKN Orlen has moved into...
...But western oil companies are also among the losers....
...chief executive of Union Pacific, the US’s biggest freight railroad....
...Patrick Pouyanné, Total’s president of refining and chemicals, says the company has “tried to develop and bet on the integration of refineries and petrochemicals in order to have large platforms where you...
...Jack Koraleski, Union Pacific’s chief executive, said the company planned to invest more than $250m this year in assets mainly for use by its crude oil business....
...Union Pacific has recovered particularly strongly, bringing its operating ratio – the proportion of revenues consumed by costs – from the 80s into the 60s, in line with the industry’s best performers....
...Union Pacific, operator of the largest US rail network, illustrated the industry’s continued robust earning power in the face of the global downturn when it unveiled record quarterly profits despite a sharp...
...… Deregulation Proponents of deregulation have long argued that loosening government’s hold over industry enhances competition and efficiency, while burdensome regulations overwhelm companies in red...
...Browne, chief executive of BP during the energy company’s golden age from 1995 to 2007, blends science and engineering with history and personal reminiscence in this lucid guide to seven ubiquitous chemical...
...Rob Knight, finance director of Union Pacific, owner of the largest US rail network, is one of many executives to highlight the importance of efficiency improvements since industry deregulation in 1980....
...The twin focus on market niches and exports – even small family-owned engineering companies often sell more than 80 per cent of their production abroad – has left German industry exposed to an amount of...
...Industry should embrace stronger environmental controls, a leading chemicals manufacturer has urged, as ministers from the world’s biggest polluting countries meet in London for the final stages of climate...
...It would seem the four big freight railroad companies that haul much of the industrial output and deliver commodities from coast to coast would be the first to feel the pain of the sharp downturn....
...The stream of high-value products from the factory is one reason why Umicore – a speciality materials company which until 2001 was called Union Miniere and was built 100 years ago on the copper resources...
...Kanoria, Chairman & Managing Director, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd, India Adnan Kassar, Chairman, Fransabank S.A.L, Lebanon Tsunehisa Katsumata, President, The Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated...
...Union Pacific, which serves two-thirds of the US west of the Mississippi river, reported the same earnings per share....
...EU industry ministers this week broke a 10-month stalemate and voted in favour of the new legislation....
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