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64 Best Dividend Stocks for 2014
Submitted by Value Stock Guide as part of our contributors program 64 Best Dividend Stocks for 2014 We start the new year with our annual list of the best dividend stocks for 2014. This screen contains 64 names across a variety of indu...
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Pricing Gains And Growing Industrial And Automotive Shipments Will Help Union Pacific’s Earnings
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S., will report its fourth quarter 2013 results on January 23, 2014. We believe that pricing gains will be a major factor driving revenues in the fourth quarter s...
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Will Natural Gas Prove To Be A Cost Effective Alternative Fuel For Railroads?
The biggest U.S. rail carriers are collaborating with locomotive manufacturers to look into natural gas as an alternative fuel for freight trains. Most recently, CSX (NYSE:CSX) announced that it has partnered with GE (NYSE:GE) and will be launchi...
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A Comparative Look At Railroads Performance In 2013
In this article, we analyze the performance of different railroads such as Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) during the first nine months of 2013. We evaluate various metrics such as ...
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Pricing Gains Help Union Pacific Post Revenue Growth
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S., posted net income of $1.15 billion in Q3 2013, representing an annual increase of 10%. Operating revenue rose by 4% to about $5.6 billion, primarily on prici...
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What’s Driving Volumes At Union Pacific In 2013?
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S., has posted strong results in the first half of 2013. The company’s earnings per share rose by 13% in H1 due to growth in revenue and improvement in oper...
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What’s Driving Margin Expansion At Union Pacific?
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) is among the leading railroad networks in the U.S. Its stock price has appreciated by around 25% in 2013. One of the key factors driving the continuous increase in the company’s stock price has been an i...
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58 Shares With A Rising Dividend And Which To Consider
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com . I like it to see dividends grow. It’s a very good sign from the comp...
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Pricing Gains Help Union Pacific Results Keep Chugging Along
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S., posted net income of $1.1 billion in Q2 2013, which represented a y-o-y increase of 10%. The solid growth in net earnings was driven by 5% rise in operating ...
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Union Pacific’s Earnings: Pricing Is Key Amid Mixed Volume Outlook
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S., will report its Q2 2013 results on July 18, 2013. Even though the company reported annual volume decline in the previous quarter, its revenue growth was posi...
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What’s Driving Union Pacific’s Business In 2013?
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) is one of the leading railroad networks in the U.S. The company has seen impressive performance in the recent past despite the challenges in the coal and agricultural markets. In Q1 2013, its revenue grew by ...
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20 High Margin Dividend Challengers And Which To Consider
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend income growth stocks with high margins and big market capitalization originally published at “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Every dividend is only ...
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Recent Coal Market Trends Support Higher Coal Volumes At Union Pacific
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) is one of the leading railroad companies in the United States. Energy commodities freight (which primarily consists of coal) comprises 18.5% of our valuation for Union Pacific’s stock. In Q1 2013, its c...
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Union Pacific Hauls In Pricing And Efficiency Gains
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroad companies in the United States, posted net income of $957 million in Q1 2013, which represented 11% increase from the prior year. Its operating revenue grew by 3% y-o-y to $5.3 bi...
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Union Pacific Will Lean On Intermodal And Chemicals Growth In Earnings
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) is one of the leading railroad companies in the United States. It is expected to report its Q1 2013 results on April 18, 2013. In a presentation at the JPMorgan aviation, transportation and defense conference...
