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Posts published in “Day: April 26, 2018”

UPDATE 1-Union Pacific beats profit estimates on higher freight revenue

(Adds details, estimates, shares) April 26 (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, as the No. 1 U.S. railroad gained from higher freight revenue. Overall freight revenue rose 6.8 percent in the first quarter, led by a 14.6 percent jump from its energy segment, the company said. Overall volumes, as…

Union Pacific profit rises 22.2 pct

April 26 (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp reported a 22.2 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday as the No. 1 U.S. railroad benefited from higher freight revenue. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said net income rose to $1.31 billion, or $1.68 per share, in the latest quarter from $1.07 billion, or $1.32 per share, a…

EU funding supports ETCS on LGV Sud Est

EU funding supports ETCS on LGV Sud Est 26 Apr 2018 FRANCE: The European Union is to provide €117m from the Connecting Europe Facility to support the installation of ETCS Level 2 on LGV Sud-Est between Paris and Lyon, under a financing agreement signed on April 25 at the TEN-T Days conference in Ljubljana, attended…

UPDATE 1-CP rail conductors and locomotive engineers authorize strike -union

(Adds context, comment from statement) MONTREAL, April 6 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers on Friday voted to authorize a strike action that could have the 3,000 workers walk off the job as early as April 21, Teamsters Canada said in a statement. The workers, whose collective agreement expired late last year,…

UPDATE 2-Canada trade deficit jumps as rail problems cut grain exports

(Recasts leads, adds analyst comment) OTTAWA, April 5 (Reuters) - Canada's trade deficit in February jumped to C$2.69 billion ($2.10 billion) from C$1.94 billion in January as rail transport problems slashed exports of wheat and canola, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The deficit was larger than the C$2.00 billion shortfall predicted by analysts in a…

UPDATE 2-U.S. trucker Knight-Swift’s profit boosted by higher prices, drivers a worry

a worry@ (Adds details on acquisition, taxes) NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc posted a higher quarterly net profit on Wednesday, citing higher charges for the freight it carries and strong volumes, but warned it was struggling to hire and retain enough drivers. North America's largest truckload carrier said freight demand…