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- Resolution's Cowdery has a neat solution for Bradford & Bingley, but
- OUTLOOK It won't be just Texas Pacific that is cursing Clive Cowdery's intervention in the Bradford & Bingley recapitalisation. The Bank of England and Financial Services Authority will be none too happy about it either. Texas Pacific may be anathema to many of B&B's leading shareholders,...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Security: no magic formula: though government recommendations may help, the industry is tapping its own expertise to boost the well-being of its customers, neighbors, and its own ranks
- When it comes to security, North American railroading may wish to follow the lead of its European counterparts. That extends beyond safeguarding physical assets and rights-of-way to include the human aspect: employees and, in the case of intercity and commuter railroads, passengers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beyond that is a...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Attention Dobbs: The Redcoats Are Coming to CSX
- All of you Lou Dobbs fans out there might be curious about what happened to one of the greatest travesties in American economic history -- a proxy fight by an English hedge fund over board seats on CSX, an American railroad. Apparently, The Children's Investment Fund, the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- At the top of their class small railroads, big winners: Railway Age judges pick the R.J. Corman West Virginia Line and Florida East Coast as the best of a bumper crop
- "This year's winners show just what it takes to be a top performer," sums up Railway Age Publisher Robert P. DeMarco. "It's all about strong marketing efforts, first-class customer service, effective asset utilization, wise capital investments, teamwork within the organization and with connecting roads, and, above all safe operations." DeMarco...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- CSX, Lou Dobbs and American Jingoism
- CSX, Lou Dobbs and American JingoismNothing wrong with Lou DobbsWhile I generally agree with you on the CSX issue, I can also understand the counter-argument. If our freight transportation market was full of healthy competitors, CSX would just be another company. But they do haul the lion's share...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- CSX, Lou Dobbs and American Jingoism
- I don't know about you, but I find CNN's Lou Dobbs viscerally repellent. His flag-waving bombast against hard-working immigrants raises my blood pressure. Now, he's showing his ignorance of American history in a bizarre proxy contest at railroad CSX. Dobbs is joining a handful of senators in...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Can railroads keep the good times rolling? One positive sign: most railroads are beefing up capital spending
- With a new Congress coming to power that's widely believed to have populist leanings (sidebar, p. 23), railroad lobbyists are looking with special care at a new, 95-page General Accountability Office report that addresses competition and capacity issues in the freight railroad industry. Generally, the report gives a positive picture...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Gulf port facilities begin to resume operations
- KATRINAWith damage estimates at more than $100 billion and climbing. Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster, in economic terms, to strike the United States. The hurricane struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29 and flooded most of New Orleans, LA and other cities and towns located along the lower...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Duos Technologies, Inc. Awarded Contract to Harden Sensitive Rail Corridor Through Washington D.C
- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Duos Technologies, Inc. Duos has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, and install a cutting-edge security system to harden a 7-mile stretch of CSX rail tracks between Reagan National Airport and CSX's Benning Rail Yard in Washington D.C., commonly called the D.C. Corridor. Duos will execute...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Audit finds MD Transit Administration overpaid for MARC service
- The Maryland Transit Administration overpaid at least one of the two companies under contract to operate the MARC commuter trains, according to a recent audit report. A report released last month by the state Office of Legislative Audits found an overpayment of $325,000 to Amtrak, discovered in 2003...
- Research articles 2005-07-05
- Senator Urges Federal Security Plan For Hazmat Railroad Transportation
- Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DeI.) introduced legislation June 16 that would require the Department of Homeland security to develop a nationwide security plan for rail transport of highly dangerous hazardous materials.The draft legislation, known as the "Hazardous Materials Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2005," would force hazmat transporters to reroute shipments around...
- Research articles 2005-06-27
- TCI and 3G Comment on CSX Appeal to Second Circuit
- NEW YORK -- The Children's Investment Fund Management UK LLP ("TCI") and 3G Capital Partners, Ltd. ("3G") today issued the following statement regarding the appeal filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) in which CSX has asked the Court to strip...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- TCI and 3G Comment on CSX Claims
- NEW YORK -- The Children's Investment Fund Management UK LLP ("TCI") and 3G Capital Partners, LTD. ("3G") today issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed by CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) in Federal Court in New York:
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Back In Fighting Form
- Acura's entry-level sedan boasts a larger engine and more luxurious interiorThe last time I dismissed Acura's entry-level sedan as a tarted-up Civic, I ended up being roundly humiliated by the Canadian consuming public. Yes, it may have been a Honda compact gussied up with leather seats and a jacked-up stereo,...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- TCI and 3G Capital Send Letter to CSX Shareholders
- NEW YORK -- The Children's Investment Fund Management UK LLP ("TCI") and 3G Capital Partners, Ltd. ("3G") are sending the following letter to CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) shareholders:
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Chip Jones column.
- By Chip Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--DOWNPOURS NOT BLAMED IN AREA DERAILMENT: This summer's hurricane season caused lots of destruction and property loss in central Virginia. But in at least one case, it appears that the ...
- Research articles 2004-10-18
- CSX Requires Trains to Reduce Speeds Based on Weather Forecasts.
- By Chip Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15--The heat is on CSX Corp. for imposing temperature-related slowdowns this week for passenger and commuter trains between Richmond and Washington despite relatively mild temperatures. The Virginia Railway Express'...
- Research articles 2004-05-15
- The North American passenger rail market
- INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEMS Ridership continues to grow throughout Amtrak's 46-state, 22,000-route mile system. After reaching an all-time record for FY 2003 of more than 24 million passengers, volume kept rising through December to reach a total of 24,594,853 for calendar 2003. Amtrak attributes the gains to such "back-to-basics"...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Zacks Earnings Preview: Champion Enterprises, Citigroup, CSX Corporation, International Business Machines and United Technologies
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week's list includes Champion Enterprises (NYSE: CHB), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX). To see more earnings analysis, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=3207.
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- Computer Problems Derail Train Service; Virus Infected System, CSX Says.
- By Stephen Kiehl, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 21--The morning commute turned miserable yesterday for thousands of people who take trains to Washington after CSX Transportation's computer system went down, halting train traffic from Canada to Florida for...
- Research articles 2003-08-21
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