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CSX Transportation CEO Michael Ward said he would prefer West Coast port growth to East Coast port expansion, because shipments from the West would less likely be diverted to trucks.

This is the third consecutive year the Jacksonville-based railroad will host a fellow as part of the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps summer fellowship program, according to a news release.

CSX and JaxPort will collaborate on a service day Saturday at Matthew W. Gilbert Middle School to spruce up the East Jacksonville campus.

Mayor Alvin Brown announced Friday the launch of his Leaders in Training program, and introduced the inaugural class of 15 juniors and seniors from local colleges and universities.

More cars, less coal. That sums up the shipping trends at the biggest U.S. railroads so far in the second quarter.

's stock had its "neutral" rating restated by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday.

INTC -2.21% COST -0.34% CSX -0.53% KWR +0.09% NWL -0.41% MSA -0.56% LYB -2.01% HTGC +0% NVE -0.12% When evaluating a company as a potential income investment I look at its calculated fair value, ability to generate cash, debt position and the net present value of its dividend stream compared to alternative "safe" investments.

LyondellBasell Industries NV Or announced that its supervisory board has authorized the company's management board to declare a dividend of 40c per share, an increase of 60% from the 25c per share quarterly dividend paid in Q1.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday that federal regulations on installing positive train control equipment by railroad companies have changed to give railroads such as CSX Corp.

CRIMINAL TRESPASS, WEST 148th STREET: A Lorain man fleeing CSX Corp. railway police officers was caught May 4 in the back yard of a house in the 5000 block.

Capital One Financial Corporation maintained its quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share.

The payment on the the company's common stock rose to 14 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 to shareholders on record at the close of business May 31.

Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Scott Thompson should have read the column I wrote in February 2009 headlined "Of all the indignities, don't get Minkowed." "Getting Minkowed begins when you learn that a guy named Barry Minkow has just shorted your stock, betting that information he has just uncovered can make it go down.

Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. are piggybacking off a resurgence in U.S. auto sales that's generating the most business for railroads in four years.

April's 2012 rail data looks like more than a little bit of history repeated. While the healths of the railroads and the economy have generally been pretty closely correlated, some of that linkage is breaking down.

Pacer International, Inc. , today announced that it has entered into a new multi-year agreement with CSX Transportation, Inc.

"Military folks see a job description and don't relate it to what they've done in the military," said Harrell, who is also a retired U.S. Air Force veteran.

TAMPAAshley Drive, west downtown's access to and from Interstate 275, will close for three weeks beginning Monday while CSX Corp.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CSX Corporation has been named one of CivilianJobs.com's Most Valuable Employers for Military, the only Class I railroad on the 2012 list.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad has safely removed what police described as a "suspicious device" deliberately placed under the rails of CSX tracks, about one-half mile east of the intersection of Eastport and Kraft roads.