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Posts published in “Day: January 29, 2019”

Banedanmark settles with Alstom over ETCS delays

Banedanmark settles with Alstom over ETCS delays 29 Jan 2019 DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has reached a settlement with Alstom over revisions to the 2012 contract to supply and install ETCS onboard equipment for the national Signalling Programme. Under the ambitious timescale approved in 2009, the installation of both lineside and onboard equipment had been…

A key market sector is signaling the Fed should stay on hold

Recent earnings from railroad operators Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific offer key insights into the state of U.S. commerce, says CNBC's Jim Cramer.The results suggest that the Federal Reserve would do well by keeping its planned interest rate increases on hold, Cramer says.The Federal Open Market Committee, which makes decisions on interest rates, meets this…

Wabtec, GE merger nears completion; Siemens, Alstom merger still a ways off

Rail News Home Mechanical 1/28/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Wabtec, GE merger nears completion; Siemens, Alstom merger still a ways off Wabtec Corp. and GE Transportation late last week announced modifications to the terms of their merger agreement, which was reached in late 2018.The planned merger now is expected to close by February's end, subject to…