Earnings News Updates

Freight railroad Union Pacific Corp.’s second-quarter earnings jumped 14% to $446 million or $1.65 a share, from $390 million or $1.44 a year ago.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation’s second-quarter profit rose to $18.2 million or 21 cents a share, from $18.1 million or 21 cents a year ago.

Eastern freight rail line CSX Corp.’s second-quarter earnings fell almost 17% from a year earlier, the railroad said.

DaimlerChrysler will delay its full second-quarter earnings report by a month this summer due to the company’s pending sale of its Chrysler unit, Bloomberg reported Monday.

FedEx Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 7% to $610 million or $1.96 per share, from $568 million or $1.82 a year earlier.

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose to $3.5 million or 32 cents a share, from $3.2 million or 29 cents a year earlier.

Deutsche Post AG, parent of DHL Americas, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 4%, due to lower costs and higher prices for its U.S. express unit’s services, Bloomberg reported.

Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its first-quarter net earnings fell to C$1.5 million or 5 cents per unit, from C$3.7 million or 7 cents a year earlier.