STB Accepts UP-NS Merger Conditionally, Maersk Fined $1.9M, & Hub Group CFO and COO Exit | The Morning Minute
In this episode, we kick things off in Washington, where federal regulators have conditionally accepted the massive Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application, but with major strings attached. The Surface Transportation Board accepted the merger paperwork Thursday, but only on the condition that the railroads submit significantly more information across nine distinct areas of concern by July twenty-seventh. Shares of both companies fell about five percent on the news, while the two Class I railroads argue the proposed transcontinental network will eliminate handoffs, convert two point…
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