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Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) is in the Transportation Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $16.2B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.8B
- Market Cap
- Sep 04 2008
- $41.8B
Latest News and Analysis
Rolling with the Transports: Rail and Truckers
Jeffrey Lin submits: Financials. Oil. Financials. Oil. Financials. Dollar. Oil. Anyone look at the transports IYT lately? Rails and truckers specifically? It’s as if fund managers have classified all stocks as financial trades or oil/dollar trades, and the media piles on and that’s all we ever hear...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Leveraged Investment Vehicle for the Global Rail Industry
Mike Havrilla submits: click to enlarge image by Mike Havrilla
Additional Resources
ONN Sidewinder Video Report: Big Volume for Foot Locker Inc
The Monday, August 22, 2008 Sidewinder Video Report CHICAGO -- The Sidewinder Report, the www.onn.tv daily options news program recorded live on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, today examined options trading in the following securities: Foot Locker Inc. FL Union Pacific...
BellwetherReport.com Analyst Opinions on UNP, NCC, CSX and LVS
BellwetherReport.com is the leading onlinefinancial newsletter for investors seeking top independent and unbiasedresearch. Investors seeking free and unbiased analyst opinions on thecompanies mentioned in this release are encouraged to sign up to www.bellwetherreport.com for a free subscription to access these reports.Today, we have once again scheduled interviews with a...
Railroads push Congress to back tax credit
The U.S. Transportation Department may consider supporting a tax credit sought by freight railroads if carriers agree to invest in "long-term equipment" and projects that benefit passenger rail, the head of the agency said. Large U.S. railroads including No. 1 Union Pacific Corp. are pushing Congress to...
Local briefs
Challenger to run for water district seat Robert Irwin has filed to challenge incumbents James Gunther, Marty Koller and John Weed for a seat on the Alameda County Water District Board of Directors. Irwin is their only challenger. The three who receive the...
Union Pacific could derail Tracy plan
TRACY -- It's been a longtime goal of many to bring trains to downtown Tracy. It's a campaign issue for some seeking a seat on the City Council, and the city is building a $12 million multimodal station with designs on moving the Altamont Commuter Express from...
One man's trash is this man's art
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SCRANTON -- When Terry Miles looks at a rusty disk or shovel for sale at an auction, he doesn't see useless farm tools or equipment. He sees tail feathers for a turkey, the curved body of a frog or...
One man's trash is this man's art
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SCRANTON -- When Terry Miles looks at a rusty disk or shovel for sale at an auction, he doesn't see useless farm tools or equipment. He sees tail feathers for a turkey, the curved body of a frog or...
Union Pacific Announces Dividend Increase
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) announced that its Board of Directors today voted to increase the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock by 5 cents or 23 percent, to 27 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable October 1, 2008, to stockholders of record August 29,...
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...
Tentative Agreement Reached Covering 25,000 Workers at 29 West Coast Ports; Port Operations to Return to Normal
A joint statement from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- After a marathon weekend bargaining session, leaders from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association PMA announced a preliminary agreement on...
Union Pacific Reports 24 Percent Earnings Growth
Company Delivers Record Second Quarter Results Despite Rising Fuel Costs Second Quarter 2008 Records * Diluted earnings per share increased 24 percent to $1.02. * Operating revenue totaled $4.6 billion, up 13 percent. * Operating income grew 18 percent to $931 million....
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...
Farmers face sad sights and big decisions
OAKVILLE, Iowa -- The murky floodwaters sloshed against farmhouses, telephone poles, towering silos. They call the windswept fields here "the bottoms," a 50,000-acre stretch of rich, dark soil along the Mississippi River that farmers have tilled for generations. Riding in a friend's flat-bottom fishing boat, 60-year-old...
Salina company honored
Although he's getting an award from the Department of Defense, Salina's Kim Robinson said he feels he's just doing what needs to be done while his employees in the Utah National Guard are deployed overseas. "I look at their little kids and know...
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- Incorporated: 1969
- CEO: Mr. James R. Young
- Employees: 50,089
Union Pacific operates primarily as a rail transportation provider. Through Union Pacific Railroad Company, its principal operating company, Co. have 32,205 route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern U.S. gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican gateways. Co. serves the western two-thirds of the country and maintains coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. Co.'s business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, energy, industrial products, and intermodal.
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Union Pacific Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. James R. Young
Chairman
Mr. Steven R. Rogel
Mr. Andrew H. Card Jr.
Mr. Erroll B. Davis Jr.
Mr. Thomas J. Donohue
Mr. Archie W. Dunham
Ms. Judith Richards Hope
General Charles C. Krulak
Mr. Michael W. McConnell
Mr. Thomas F. McLarty III
Contact Information
1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, NE
402 544-5000
NAICS Code
Line-Haul Railroads: 482111
