March 1, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on March 1.) KANSAS CITY — Proxies go out this week to shareholders of Kansas City Southern to approve its bid to buy control of TFM, Mexico’s largest railroad. The...
February 1, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 31.) KANSAS CITY — Freight railroad operator Kansas City Southern said Monday that it posted a fourth-quarter profit as shipments of paper and other wood products surged. Quarterly earnings swung...
February 1, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on Kansas City Star website on February 1.) KANSAS CITY — Despite sharply higher fourth-quarter revenue and operating income, Kansas City Southern posted a slight loss because of a charge in connection with...
January 31, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on January 31.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS or Company) (NYSE:KSU) today reported record fourth quarter and year-end 2004 revenues and operating income led by its primary domestic...
January 26, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(KCS issued the following news release on January 25.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, on January 20, 2005, declared a cash dividend of $5.3125 per share on the outstanding 4.25% Redeemable...
January 25, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(KCS issued the following news release on January 25.) KANSAS CITY, Mo — Today, Grupo TMM, S.A. and Kansas City Southern announced that the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) for the Amended and Restated...
January 14, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(Grupo TMM issued the following news release on January 13.) MEXICO CITY — Grupo TMM, S.A. announced that its shareholders unanimously approved the board of directors’ recommendation to sell TMM’s 51 percent voting interest in Grupo Transportacion...
January 12, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on January 12.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern and Grupo TMM, S.A. announced today that the companies have entered into an amended acquisition agreement whereby TMM will sell its 51 percent voting...
January 4, 2005 | Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on January 4.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern has appointed Arthur L. Shoener to the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the company....
December 21, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by James Dornbrook appeared on The Blue Springs Examiner website on December 20.) BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — A horn blows in the distance. A crowd of hundreds buzzes with excitement as the ground rumbles from the engine of a train headed toward...