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...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....
...After years of cost cutting, operating margins at big rail companies have peaked. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s valuations reflect this....
...As it stands, there are two competing big operators in Canada (CP and Canadian National), CSX and Norfolk Southern in the eastern US and Union Pacific and BNSF in the west....
...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....
...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...
...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 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...
...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....
...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....
...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....
..., warehouses, railroads and freight companies....
...Railroad company Union Pacific is likely to rise from 8.7 per cent of the portfolio to 16.7 per cent, according to data from BlackRock and CFRA and, United Parcels Service from 8.3 per cent to 16.5....
...(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....
...Charted waters looks into the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine....
...According to an interview he gave to trade publication Trucks.com in 2019, his father was a manager at the Union Pacific railroad, and his mother died of cancer when he was a teenager....
...The land lies on either side of the Union Pacific railroad, which originally received it from the federal government during the frontier era before its sale to Anadarko....
...Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern and Kansas City Southern — the other big listed US railroads — have since taken precision methods aboard....
...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....
...The average southern California longshore worker earned $131,000 in 2017, according to the Pacific Maritime Association, the terminals’ bargaining group....
...CSX’s eastern rival Norfolk Southern disclosed Wednesday it would adopt precision railroading, meaning a majority of large North American freight rail companies has now embraced it....
...US railroads, notably Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific, also move commodities and merchandise between the two countries....
...The blocking statute risked “putting EU companies on the railroad tracks, frankly”....
...A US state department official this month accused the Europeans of “putting EU companies on the railroad tracks” by forcing them to choose between breaching US and European laws....
...At Union Pacific, the largest listed railroad company, frac sand accounts for 5 per cent of revenue, according to Bernstein Research....
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