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Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Norfolk Southern, United Parcel Service and CSX Corporation.
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February 12, 2008
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CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Ann Heffron, who discusses Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) and CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX).
A synopsis of today's Analyst Interview is presented below. The full article can be read at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678.
Are you forecasting a turnaround for, say, the second half of 2008 at this point, or is visibility lacking for such an outlook?
Well, I am hopeful that the economy will begin to improve in the second half of the year. However, there are a lot of moving pieces--the presidential election, the price of oil and ...
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