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CSX announces record first quarter 2012 results

(Source: CSX press release, April 17, 2012) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – April 17, 2012 – CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) today announced first quarter net earnings of $449 million, or $0.43 per share, versus $395 million, or $0.35 per share, in the same period last year. This...

Railroad stocks up at close of April 20 trading

(Source: Associated Press, April 20, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were up at the close of trading on April 20, including CSX, which rose 0.2 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 1.2 percent. Full story: CBS News

CSX furloughs 280 employees in ‘surgical’ move

(Source: MarketWatch.com, April 18, 2012) NEW YORK — CSX Corp. furloughed about 280 employees in the first quarter and put about 100 locomotives into storage, in what Chief Executive Michael Ward characterized as a “surgical” response to a big downturn in...

CSX gets first quarter 2012 boost from higher rates

(Source: Associated Press, April 17, 2012) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Higher rates helped freight railroad CSX Corp. boost profits by 14 percent despite a drop in coal shipments. CSX said Tuesday that it earned $449 million, or 43 cents per share, in the first...

CSX profit growth seen slowing as coal demand falls

(Investor’s Business Daily, April 16, 2012) NEW YORK — Analysts are expecting CSX Corp. (CSX) to report increases in profit and revenue, as the company leads the way for railroads reporting first-quarter results after the market closes on April 17. Full story:...

First quarter 2012 earnings preview: CSX

(Source: Forbes, April 12, 2012) NEW YORK — Analysts have become increasingly bearish on CSX in the month leading up to the company’s first quarter earnings announcement schedule for Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The consensus analyst estimate has moved from 40 cents a...