It's up to Carlos Dominguez to keep them so inclined. Cisco Systems Inc. His company is the world's third-biggest Nasdaq technology stock, behind Microsoft and Intel, even if many people don't know exactly what it does. The buying in CSX to date is impressive, especially in view of what seems to be a positive outlook for the company. There's also been weakness at the firm's Sea Land shipping unit. But assuming both a smooth integration of Conrail and an improvement at Sea Land, CSX could see a substantial rise in earnings.
Insiders certainly seem to think so.
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