The proposed merger on Tuesday of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the United States that would be controlled by a single entity. The deal, value… ...

Union Pacific UNP 0.85% and Norfolk Southern NSC -0.01% said that they are in advanced talks over a merger that could create the largest rail operator in the country.

Union Pacific said Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal to create the country's first coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods ...

Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast.

Union Pacific, a freight rail giant, announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern, another large railroad, in a deal worth $85 billion. The merger would create ...

Union Pacific reported Thursday that its adjusted profit grew to $1.8 billion in the second quarter as merger rumors to swirl around the nation’s largest railroad. The Omaha, Nebraska, per-share ...

Union Pacific, based in Omaha, has over 32,000 employees, and Norfolk Southern, with headquarters in Atlanta, has nearly 20,000. At both railroads, around four-fifths of the work force belongs to ...

Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal that would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the U.S., and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the ...

Last month, Union Pacific said it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods ...

According to Union Pacific, the purchase will be made in a mix of stock and cash. Together, Union Pacific — which will keep its name — says that the company will be worth $250 billion.