47.2% jump for CP!

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CANADIAN PACIFIC $202.20 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 175.1 million; Market cap: $35.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%; www.cpr.ca) reports that its earnings jumped 47.2% in the three months ended June 30, 2014, to $371 million, or $2.11 a share. A year earlier, the company earned $252 million, or $1.43 a share. The higher earnings mainly resulted from CP’s plan to improve its efficiency with new locomotives, better tracks and software that optimizes train loads and speeds. Revenue rose 12.3%, to $1.7 billion from $1.5 billion. The company’s operating ratio improved to 65.1% from 71.9% a year ago. (Operating ratio is calculated by dividing regular operating costs by revenue. The lower the ratio, the better.) CP now feels it can cut its full-year operating ratio to 63% or lower in 2014. CP Rail is a buy. buy…