Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) is in the Transportation Industry

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• Transportation Stocks Deserve a Better Look

  Investment U submits: Legend has it that Cornelius Vanderbilt began the family fortune with a $100 loan from his mother. He used the money to launch a ferry service across New York Harbor, which eventually turned into a fleet of more than 100 steamboats that traveled as far as...

  External links 2008-09-01

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Knight Transportation Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp., YRC Worldwide Inc.

• Railway Stocks Haul Transportation ETF to Solid Returns

  Don Dion submits: iShares Dow Jones Transport ETF IYT was up 14.5% year to date on Aug. 15—more than the fund returned during each of the last three calendar years, and among the top 25 of all 800-plus ETFs tracked by Morningstar. IYT invests in just 21...

  External links 2008-08-20

  Tags: ETF, Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Con-Way Inc., FedEx Corp., J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Landstar System Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Ryder System Inc., Union Pacific Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc.

• Following Buffett's Railroad Tracks

  Investment U submits: Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest value investor the world has ever seen. His investment holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), has averaged a compounded return of 21% a year since 1965. That turned every dollar into $400,863. By contrast, the same investment in the S&P 500...

  External links 2008-08-11

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Trinity Industries Inc., Union Pacific Corp., Wabtec Corp.

• A Global Transport ETF Strategy

  Mike Havrilla submits: Investors are currently limited to the iShares Dow Jones Transports IYT as a transport ETF option with net assets of $698 million and 20 component stocks (stats as of 8/8/08 from the iShares website). The top five holdings account for 43.2% of invested assets and include the...

  External links 2008-08-10

  Tags: ETF, Transport, AMR Corp., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., FedEx Corp., JetBlue Airways Corp., Southwest Airlines Co., Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Union Pacific Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc.

• A Leveraged Investment Vehicle for the Global Rail Industry

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  External links 2008-08-10

  Tags: ETF, Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp.

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  CLUBS, MEETINGS Daughters of Isabella Little Flower Circle No. 503 luncheon, noon today, Rossiter Hall, 204 S.W. 8th. Bring a covered dish. The After Lunch Bunch of the Topeka PC Users Club, 1 p.m. Monday, Classic Bean, 2125 S.W. Fairlawn. Open to the public....

  Articles 2008-08-24

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  CLUBS, MEETINGS Daughters of Isabella Little Flower Circle No. 503 luncheon, noon today, Rossiter Hall, 204 S.W. 8th. Bring a covered dish. The After Lunch Bunch of the Topeka PC Users Club, 1 p.m. Monday, Classic Bean, 2125 S.W. Fairlawn. Open to the public....

  Articles 2008-08-24

• Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Westamerica Bancorp., Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. and Dendreon Corp

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Westamerica Bancorp. (Nasdaq: WABC), Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL),...

  Articles 2008-08-18

• *Revised* Analyst Reports for AnnTaylor Stores Corporation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Beazer Homes USA Inc., and Cardinal Health Inc.

  MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growingindependent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerouspartnerships with many of the top investment minds in the world, we provideresearch on companies making a move in the markets. Investors seekinggenuine analyst opinions on their investments for AnnTaylor StoresCorporation (NYSE: ANN), Burlington...

  Articles 2008-08-18

• Dahlman Rose & Co. to Host 1st Annual Global Transportation Conference

  NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC, a leading investment bank specializing in natural resource supply chain sectors, today announced the firm will host its 1st Annual Global Transportation Conference on September 10 - 11, 2008 in New York City. The conference will...

  Articles 2008-07-29

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Increases Quarterly Dividend by 25 Percent

  Directors of Burlington Northern Santa FeCorporation (NYSE: BNI) voted today, July 24, 2008, to increase BNSF's nextquarterly dividend by 25 percent, or 8 cents per share, to 40 cents pershare on outstanding common stock. This represents an annualized $1.60 pershare dividend. The dividend of 40 cents per share on common...

  Articles 2008-07-24

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Reports Second Quarter Results

  Burlington Northern Santa Fe CorporationBNSF (NYSE: BNI) -- Quarterly earnings were $1.00 per diluted share, which included a $0.31 per share charge related to environmental matters in Montana and a $0.03 per share effect from additional personal injury accruals. This ...

  Articles 2008-07-24

• BNSF Railroad CEO Matthew Rose is Keynote Luncheon Speaker at 19th Annual Breakbulk Conference & Exhibition Oct. 14-16 in New Orleans

  The Journal of Commerce Conferences and Commonwealth Business Media invite attendees to participate in a daylong 'Rebuilding New Orleans' project NEWARK, N.J., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Matthew K. Rose, CEO, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, will deliver the keynote luncheon address at the 19th Annual Breakbulk Conference...

  Articles 2008-07-24

• Stay on track

  A building block of Topeka's past is providing a rare bright spot in today's worrisome economy. Railroads have long been a key part of the city's economic landscape, so it's been nice to see signs that the rail industry is chugging along quite...

  Articles 2008-07-09

• BNSF to Report Second-Quarter Earnings July 24

  Burlington Northern Santa Fe CorporationBNSF (NYSE: BNI) will Webcast its second-quarter 2008 earningspresentation at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time July 24, 2008, and issue itsearnings press release shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The Webcast will be led by BNSF Chairman, President and CEO Matt Rose andinclude presentations from...

  Articles 2008-07-03

• Mrs. Oklahoma keeping her engineering career on track

  It was just another night in a hotel room for Allison Greco. One stop during another trip to another town for the railroad. And as was her habit, she was passing the time practicing her walk in the ultra high-heeled shoes. "One day...

  Articles 2008-06-30

• BNSF Named 2008 Best Diversity Company for the Second Consecutive Year

  BNSF Railway Company has been named a 2008Best Diversity Company for the second consecutive year by Diversity/Careersin Engineering & Information Technology magazine. "It is an honor to all BNSF employees to be recognized in this way byDiversity/Careers magazine," said Ed McFalls, BNSF's assistant vicepresident, Human Resources and Diversity....

  Articles 2008-06-26

• Peabody Commissions the El Segundo Mine in New Mexico to Serve Major Southwest Electric Utilities

  ST. LOUIS, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peabody Energy today announced it has commissioned the new El Segundo Mine in Northwest New Mexico, which is ramping up to produce 6 million tons of coal per year to serve rapidly expanding electricity needs in the Southwest. ...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• UAL Corporation's Shareholders Re-Elect All Directors at 2008 Annual Meeting

  LOS ANGELES, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation , the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced today that its shareholders re-elected each of its directors for a one-year term at UAL's 2008 Annual Meeting. Each of the 10 directors standing for...

  Articles 2008-06-12

• Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on ADM, FDX, BNI, WFR, and PETM

  CHICAGO, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at: http://www.go7now.com/nb/0611Y (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) ...

  Articles 2008-06-11