Kansas City Southern News

Union Station finished out a second year with an operating surplus, underscoring the financial turnaround for the historic depot that was on the brink of disaster as recently as 2009.The station ended 2011 with a net operating surplus of $3.25 million before depreciation, and revenues were ahead of budget in every area except for the KC Rail ... (more)

It didn’t take long for investors to react to late Tuesday’s positive fourth-quarter earnings report from Cerner Corp.

Stocks resumed their slow but steady climb Tuesday as Greece appeared close to announcing a deal with creditors to cut its debt.

The U.S. Freight Railroads performed exceptionally well in 2011 despite difficult weather conditions and an extremely volatile U.S. economy.

The curators met Thursday and Friday at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and reviewed options to help bridge the gap created by The UM System's governing body discussed proposals to raise tuition and fees at the four UM campuses to help cover the gap.

Members of the University of Missouri Board of Curators winced at the numbers they heard.A full 9 percent increase in tuition needed for the science and engineering campus at Rolla, three times the rate of inflation.But it was the even higher percentage that was not discussed Thursday — although everyone present was only too aware of it ... (more)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Patrick Ottensmeyer performed a payment of a tax liability by selling 108 shares of Kansas City Southern stock as noted in an SEC Filing today.

The railroad industry has had a hard week with CSX Corp. and Kansas City Southern having hard sales quarters due to missed earnings.

Shares of railroad companies Kansas City Southern and CSX Corp have both declined following earnings disappointments.

Tomorrow, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel to Kansas City to meet with local takeholders and leaders from agriculture, biosciences, animal health and other related industries to discuss the vision President Obama articulated during his State of the Union address.

Leading Indicators for December 2012 was released in the US; the result was 0.4% adding 0.2 from the prior reading of 0.2% , which was lower than expectations of 0.7%. Kansas City Fed Manf.

Kansas City-The Kansas City Board of Trade announces the election of Michael V. Dunn and James Lammle as public directors.

Sterne Agee boosted their earnings per share estimates on shares of Kansas City Southern in a research note issued on Wednesday.

Kansas City Southern announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri corporation, has commenced a cash tender offer for all of its $275.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2015 and a consent solicitation to amend the related indenture to eliminate ... (more)

Norfolk Southern Corporation A reported its results for the fourth quarter.A Net income for Norfolk Southern Corporation rose to $480 million vs.

In trading on Tuesday, railroads shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Kansas City Southern , down about 8.2% and shares of Csx off about 3.8% on the day.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 10 a.m. in New York.

BMO Capital Markets reiterates its Outperform rating and $66 target price on Kansas City Southern as the company posts Q411 results below forecasts, despite lower tax rate.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212 Kansas City Southern railroad said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 85 percent to $95.6 million as increases in automotive and intermodal shipments offset rising fuel and executive compensation costs.

Its revenue of $24.8 billion for 2011 was a 38% increase from that in 2011. Shares were slipping 0.55% to $36. Texas Instruments , the analog chipmaker, is expected by analysts to have earned 39 cents a share in the fourth quarter.