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This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...

Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) will be reporting its third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Friday, July 8, before the opening bell. The Railway Supply Institute recently reported that orders and deliveries of railcars were up, a potential early sign of a revival of the railcar industry. Analysts are...

Dahlman Rose provided color on the rail sector. In a research report published today, Dahlman stressed a number of improvements in the sector. In the report, Dahlman states, "North American Class I rail traffic grew 4% in Week 19, 2011 vs 3.1% and 1.7% increases in the prior two weeks. The 4%...

According to J.P. Morgan, Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) 1Q11 EPS was modestly below forecast and Consensus as compensation / benefits rose more than expected and yield growth was about 1.6 pp lower than forecast. J.P. Morgan said that it expects UNP to continue to face cost pressures over the next...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) from $102 to $106 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Goldman Sachs is raising its PT on shares of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) from $105 to $106. Union Pacific closed Tuesday at $95.54.

Dahlman Rose has published a research report on Rail transportation following week 45 results for volume in comparison to the previous weeks. In the report, Dahlman Rose writes "Week 45 volumes grew 9.3%, vs. 8.6% and 10.4% in the prior two weeks. While y/y growth should continue to slow in the...

In Deutsche Bank's Freight Tracker published yesterday their 3 top picks were FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), J.B. Hunt (NasdaqGS: JBHT), and Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP). FDX closed yesterday at $88.12. FDX also announced the opening of offices in Budapest, Prague, Madrid, Milan, and Antwerp. JBHT...