December 16, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on December 16.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern has agreed to acquire control of Mexico’s biggest railroad, 20 months after originally announcing the deal to create a...
December 16, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(Reuters circulated the following article on December 15.) MEXICO CITY — U.S. transport group Kansas City Southern has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Mexico’s busiest railroad in a deal worth at least $550 million, ending a bitter legal dispute with...
November 30, 2004 | Headlines, KCS, STB
(The STB issued the following news release on November 29.) WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board announced that it has issued a decision today approving “Kansas City Southern’s” acquisition of control of the “Tex Mex...
November 30, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on November 30.) KANSAS CITY — A federal regulator has approved Kansas City Southern’s request to acquire majority interest in a short-line railroad linking its own...
November 9, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(KCS issued the following news release on November 9.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS or the Company) (NYSE: KSU) today announced that executive vice president and chief operating officer Gerald K. Davies will retire from the Company at the end of...
November 5, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(KCS issued the following news release on November 4.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s (KCS)(NYSE:KSU) Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the outstanding KCS 4% Non-Cumulative preferred stock. The...
November 4, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Allie Johnson appeared at Pitch.com on November 4.) KANSAS CITY — Nearly five years ago, a freight train operated by Kansas City Southern smashed into a passenger bus at an intersection in Santa Catarina, a tiny, working-class town on the...
October 29, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 28.) KANSAS CITY — Railroad operator Kansas City Southern said Thursday that third-quarter profit more than doubled, driven by higher revenue from hauling of wood products. Quarterly earnings rose...
October 28, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(KCS issued the following news release on October 28.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern today reported net income available to common shareholders for third quarter 2004 was $8.9 million, or $0.14 diluted earnings per share, compared to $1.0 million, or...
October 8, 2004 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 7.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mexican regulators have approved Kansas City Southern’s bid to buy the country’s largest railroad company, the companies said. The decision clears the way for...
