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According to the Wall Street Journal, Jennifer Hamann will become the new CFO for the Union Pacific Corporation.

Questions:

  1. Where is the Union Pacific Corporation headquartered?
  2. What areas does the article indicate that she will heavily scrutinize?
  3. What financial metrics is Ms. Hamann looking at?
  4. What changes were made to Union Pacific’s capital structure prior to May 2018?

Source:

Trentmann, N. (2019). Incoming Union Pacific CFO in Search of Additional Efficiencies at U.S. Railroad. The Wall Street Journal, Sep. 27 (Retrievable online at wsj.com/articles/incoming-union-pacific-cfo-in-search-of-additional-efficiencies-at-u-s-railroad-11569623942?mod=cx_picks&cx_navSource=cx_picks&cx_tag=collabctx&cx_artPos=6#cxrecs_s)