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Blackstone Group Launches Takeover Bid Of KCS

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Posted by jeffhergert on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 8:52 PM

On another site, members are already dividing up how KCS will sold off.

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Posted by Juniata Man on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 8:49 PM

KCS under Pat Ottensmeyer has been a fairly customer focused railroad.  When a hedge fund becomes involved, you can pretty safely assume their interest will be to rake as much cash as quickly as possible and the customers be damned.

As noted over on TRAINS Newswire; rail customers are already having renewed service issues with several Class 1's whose focus is pleasing Wall Street rather than moving freight.  Having Blackstone running the hen house will almost certainly not do anything to make life better for KCS customers.

 


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 Regardless; it's bad news for KCS customers. 

 

Why?

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 8:34 PM

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I thought they were landscapers..  :)

Didn't they say the same about BNSF?

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Posted by rdamon on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 8:13 PM

I thought they were landscapers..  :)

Didn't they say the same about BNSF?

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:52 PM

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Why?

Amongst the terms used to describe Blackstone is "hedge fund."

Hedge funds tend to be described as: "a limited partnership of investors that uses high risk methods, such as investing with borrowed money, in hopes of realizing large capital gains.

 

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Posted by JPS1 on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:39 PM

Juniata Man
 Regardless; it's bad news for KCS customers. 

Why?

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Posted by Juniata Man on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:31 PM

Regardless; it's bad news for KCS customers.

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:26 PM

I suppose it was only a matter of time...

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Blackstone Group Launches Takeover Bid Of KCS
Posted by Los Angeles Rams Guy on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:21 PM

I can't get the whole story out of the Wall Street Journal site but Blackstone Group (along with other investors) has now launched a formal takeover bid of Kansas City Southern after their initial attempt back in late July was rebuffed.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-gip-make-takeover-bid-for-kansas-city-southern-11599073239?mod=hp_lista_pos1  

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