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The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Waste Connections Inc. enjoyed better-than-expected second-quarter earnings late Tuesday, easily beating estimates on Wall Street. (WCN)
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The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
Waste Connections Inc. has completed its purchase of the Portrero Hills Landfill in Suisun City for $58.9 million, according to a statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. (WCN) (RSG)
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 04/22/2009
Waste Connections Inc. reported a slight drop in first-quarter profits Tuesday but said it was encouraged by the results in light of the weak economy. The Folsom trash hauler said profits fell to $22 million, or 27 cents a share, from $22.5 million, or 33 cents a share. Revenue grew 4.9 percent, to $262.7 million. Chairman Ronald Mittelstaedt said the numbers were strong considering the poor economy;...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 03/21/2009
Folsom-based trash-disposal company Waste Connections Inc. said it has an agreement to purchase a landfill in Suisun City. Financial terms for acquiring the Potrero Hills Landfill from Phoenix-based Republic Services Inc. were not disclosed. The purchase is expected to be finalized during the second quarter of this year. The sale was prompted by Republic Services' recent $4.5 billion purchase of Allied...
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Waste Age (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
Waste Connections today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Potrero Hills Landfill in Suisan City, Calif. from Republic Services, Phoenix. This follows a range of similar acquisitions by Folsom, Calif.-based Waste Connections in the wake of last year’s merger of Republic Services with Allied Waste. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...
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Waste Age (Free subscription) | 02/13/2009
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Waste Connections Inc. is spending $313.2 million on its latest acquisition, the Folsom company revealed this morning. The trash-disposal firm disclosed the price in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing one day after it announced it's buying some landfills and other assets from Republic Services Inc. Coupled with a deal that closed in November, Waste Connections is spending $616 million on...
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Waste Age (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Waste Connections, Folsom, Calif., has agreed to purchase approximately $110 million in divested assets from Phoenix-based Republic following its merger with Allied Waste. The agreement is expected to close during second-quarter 2009 and includes six municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, three collection operations and three transfer stations in seven markets, which include Southern California, Charlotte,...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Waste Connections Inc., the Folsom trash-disposal company, announced another major acquisition and an increase in quarterly profit Monday. The company also disclosed that it cracked the $1 billion mark in annual revenue. The purchase of six landfills and other assets from Republic Services Inc. marked Waste Connections' second big acquisition in less than a year. In November it completed a $303 million...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Waste Connections Inc., the Folsom trash hauler, reported higher fourth-quarter profits and another acquisition Monday. The company said net income grew to $27.9 million, or 34 cents a share, from $22.8 million, or 33 cents a share. Revenue grew 4.8 percent to $259.6 million. The company cracked the $1 billion mark in annual revenue, earning $105.6 million, or $1.48 a share, on revenue of $1.05 billion....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Republic Services said late Monday it will sell certain assets to California-based Waste Connections Inc. following Republic Services' merger with Allied Waste Industries in December. Among the assets being sold are six municipal landfills, six collection operations and three transfer stations. The combined revenue of the assets being sold is about $110 million. The...