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UP reports fifth straight year of revenue growth
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on January 21.) OMAHA, Neb.-- Union Pacific Corporation today reported a fourth quarter record net income of $551 million, or $2.12 per diluted share. This is a 46 percent increase over the 2002 net income of $378...
Residents return home after derailment
(The following story by Richard Edwards appeared on The Daily Post-Athenian website on January 20.) CALHOUN, Tenn. -- Residents in 11 homes were allowed to return to their homes early this morning after railroad cars carrying a chemical substance derailed Monday night...
Back from Kuwait, BLET member has ringside seat for Bush State of the Union address
(The following story by Ledyard King appeared on the New Brunswick Home News Tribune website on January 21. Brother S.E. Mitchell is a member of BLET Division 373 in Trenton, N.J.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Scott Mitchell's first trip to the nation's capital included...
Fight looms on revamp of overtime
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article by T. Shawn Taylor on its website on January 20.) CHICAGO -- Is overtime really over for some of us? The final showdown over the Bush administration's proposed rewrite of overtime eligibility rules begins Tuesday with...
AFL-CIO steps into supermarket strike
(The following article by Nancy Cleeland was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on January 20.) LOS ANGELES -- The AFL-CIO is taking control of national strategy for the California supermarket strike and lockout, assigning two veterans of labor wars to turn...
Grupo TMM updates progress regarding VAT award
(Grupo TMM issued the following news release on January 20.) MEXICO CITY -- Grupo TMM, S.A. announced that in compliance with the August 13, 2003, Mexican Federal Tribunal of Fiscal and Administrative Justice ("Fiscal Court") resolution regarding its subsidiary TFM,...
Peers name Tellier best CEO for second successive year
(The following story by Bertrand Marotte appeared on the Globe and Mail website on January 20.) MONTREAL -- In a nod to his taking on one of the toughest fix-it jobs in Corporate Canada, Bombardier Inc. boss Paul Tellier has clinched the title of most respected chief...
RailAmerica announces officer promotions
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on January 20.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Gary O. Marino, RailAmerica, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO, today announced the promotions of Michael J. Howe, formerly Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, to Executive...
BNSF closes 2,000th grade crossing as part of safety program
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following news release on January 19.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced that, in December 2003, it closed its 2,000th highway-rail grade crossing since the beginning of...
Triple Crown expansion adds jobs at Fort Wayne hub
(The following article by Urvaksh Karkaria was posted on the Journal Gazette website on January 20.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Triple Crown Services Co. will invest more than $21 million as it doubles its Fort Wayne terminal and maintenance center and begins service in the...
