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Credit Suisse Increases Industrial Expectations

Posted: January 28, 2013 at 2:45 pm

Credit Suisse has decided that some of the gains in the industrial segment are not over. Republic Services Group (NYSE: RSG) is rated Outperform and its target was raised to ...
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Super Bowl XLVII: Major Money Stats and Factoids

Posted: January 25, 2013 at 10:38 am

Each and every year, the Super Bowl enthralls Americans. And 2013 will be no different. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to pull together some factoids about Super Bowl 47. The game ...
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Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Ups Transport and Trucking Stocks to Buy (BAC, UPS, WERN, KNX, SWFT, XTN )

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 8:46 am

For the past almost 13 years, the stock market has been mired in a secular bear market. Sure there has been some strong rallies, especially when the market turned in ...
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787 Dreamliner Still Grounded as Regulators Search for Clues

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 6:46 am

There is no hope in sight for Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) as it tries to get its 787 Dreamliner flagship back in the air. Japanese investigators say that an overcharging ...
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CSX Spells Trouble for Coal — or Does It?

Posted: January 23, 2013 at 10:14 am

CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) has some somber words for the U.S. coal sector, despite what has been a handy recovery in the share prices of many of the sector leaders. The ...
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America’s Busiest Border Towns

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 4:35 am

Each year, millions of trucks and trains transport $1 trillion in goods into and out of the U.S. through the largest ports of entry across the borders with Mexico and ...
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FedEx Shares Rise on Solid Q2 Results

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 7:56 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The package delivery service reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39 on revenues of $11.1 ...
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U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Threatened by Fiscal Cliff

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 10:49 am

Ratings and research firm Fitch Ratings reckons that if U.S. policy makers should fail to reach an agreement and the country should plunge over the fiscal cliff, U.S. GDP growth ...
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E-commerce Fuels FedEx’s Busiest Day of the Year

Posted: December 10, 2012 at 6:51 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) claims today will be its busiest day of the year. The rise of e-commerce has fueled that. As in-store sales fall at bricks-and-mortar stores, firms like ...
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How the Fiscal Cliff Could Crush Transportation

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Fitch Ratings has a report out this Monday showing its expected impact on the transportation based upon a GDP impact from the coming (and still tentative, hopefully) Fiscal Cliff. The ...
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Overseas Shipholding Group Is Bankrupt, Beware the Penny Stocks

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 8:26 am

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG) has just fallen on its sword. We recently named the next penny stocks and this was one of the companies we warned could easily fall ...
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Westport Takes Revenue Projections South

Posted: November 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Westport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) has not had a good performance since the end of October. In fact, its stock before today's halt ahead of earnings was trying to break ...
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USPS to Grow Faster Than UPS and FedEx for Holiday Package Shipment Volume

Posted: November 8, 2012 at 12:50 pm

The U.S. Postal Service is calling for big gains in holiday shipments this year. You know of course that online shopping is a part of the driving force behind this ...
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FedEx Sees 13% Shipment Growth in 2012 Holiday Season

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 9:42 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is looking for the busiest holiday season yet. In a press release this morning the shipping giant said that Monday, December 10, likely will be its busiest ...
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CSX Results Mixed on Weak Coal Shipments

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 4:24 pm

CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) reported fiscal third quarter results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the railroad operator posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.44 on revenues ...
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