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L.B. Foster Delivers 2,600 Tons of Pipe for San Francisco Transit Hub Excavation

PR Newswire (May 2, 2013)
L.B. Foster's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30
L.B. Foster Reports First Quarter Operating Results of $0.48 Per Diluted Share on Sales Growth of 13.2%

PR Newswire (Apr 30, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company To Report First Quarter 2013 Operating Results On April 30, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 24, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company Increases Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Feb 28, 2013)
L.B. Foster To Present At Stifel Nicolaus Transportation And Logistics Conference And BB&T Capital Markets Transportation Services Conference

PR Newswire (Feb 11, 2013)
L.B. Foster Reports Fourth Quarter Operating Results of $0.65 Per Share On Sales Growth of 5.2%

PR Newswire (Feb 8, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company To Report Fourth Quarter 2012 Operating Results On February 8, 2013

PR Newswire (Feb 5, 2013)
L.B. Foster and Union Pacific Railroad agree to Multi-Year Contract Extension

PR Newswire (Dec 12, 2012)
L.B. Foster to Present at INVEST Pennsylvania Conference

PR Newswire (Dec 5, 2012)
L.B. Foster Reports Third Quarter Operating Results

PR Newswire (Nov 1, 2012)
L.B. Foster Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Oct 31, 2012)
L.B. Foster Company To Report Third Quarter 2012 Operating Results On November 1, 2012

PR Newswire (Oct 24, 2012)
L.B. Foster Renames Acquired Friction Management Subsidiaries

PR Newswire (Oct 10, 2012)
L.B. Foster Rail Products Facility Receives IndustryWeek 2012 Best Plant Recognition

PR Newswire (Sep 12, 2012)
L.B. Foster Announces Sale of Precise Structural Products

PR Newswire (Sep 4, 2012)
L.B. Foster To Present At D.A. Davidson E&C Conference

PR Newswire (Aug 29, 2012)
L.B. Foster Announces Appointment of Sr. Vice President, Rail Business

PR Newswire (Aug 21, 2012)
L.B. Foster Provides 11,000 CXT Concrete Ties for Tesoro Refinery

PR Newswire (Aug 14, 2012)
L.B. Foster Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

PR Newswire (Aug 8, 2012)

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L.B. Foster's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30
L.B. Foster Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
L. B. Foster Company. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jul 28, 2009
L.B. Foster Company Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
LB Foster Company Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jan 30, 2009
L. B. Foster Company Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, Oct 25, 2008
L. B. Foster Company Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
L. B. Foster Company Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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L.B. Foster Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 6, 2008

L.B. Foster Delivers 2,600 Tons of Pipe for San Francisco Transit Hub Excavation

PR Newswire (May 2, 2013)
L.B. Foster Reports First Quarter Operating Results of $0.48 Per Diluted Share on Sales Growth of 13.2%

PR Newswire (Apr 30, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company To Report First Quarter 2013 Operating Results On April 30, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 24, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company Increases Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Feb 28, 2013)
L.B. Foster To Present At Stifel Nicolaus Transportation And Logistics Conference And BB&T Capital Markets Transportation Services Conference

PR Newswire (Feb 11, 2013)
L.B. Foster Reports Fourth Quarter Operating Results of $0.65 Per Share On Sales Growth of 5.2%

PR Newswire (Feb 8, 2013)
L.B. Foster Company To Report Fourth Quarter 2012 Operating Results On February 8, 2013

PR Newswire (Feb 5, 2013)
L.B. Foster and Union Pacific Railroad agree to Multi-Year Contract Extension

PR Newswire (Dec 12, 2012)
L.B. Foster to Present at INVEST Pennsylvania Conference

PR Newswire (Dec 5, 2012)
L.B. Foster Reports Third Quarter Operating Results

PR Newswire (Nov 1, 2012)
L.B. Foster Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire (Oct 31, 2012)
L.B. Foster Company To Report Third Quarter 2012 Operating Results On November 1, 2012

PR Newswire (Oct 24, 2012)
L.B. Foster Renames Acquired Friction Management Subsidiaries

PR Newswire (Oct 10, 2012)
L.B. Foster Rail Products Facility Receives IndustryWeek 2012 Best Plant Recognition

PR Newswire (Sep 12, 2012)
L.B. Foster Announces Sale of Precise Structural Products

PR Newswire (Sep 4, 2012)
L.B. Foster To Present At D.A. Davidson E&C Conference

PR Newswire (Aug 29, 2012)
L.B. Foster Announces Appointment of Sr. Vice President, Rail Business

PR Newswire (Aug 21, 2012)
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Company Description

L. B. Foster Company is a leading manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the rail, construction, energy and utility markets. As used herein, “Foster” or the “Company” means L. B. Foster Company and its divisions and subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise... More

Sector: Services

Industry: Basic Materials Wholesale

Country: United States

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Tuesday, April 30, 8:44 AM L.B. Foster (FSTR): Q1 EPS of $0.48 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $129.3M (+13.2% Y/Y) beats by $1.55M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Friday, February 8, 8:21 AM L.B. Foster (FSTR): Q4 EPS of $0.65 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $140.7M (+5.2% Y/Y) misses by $4M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 8:18 AM L.B. Foster (FSTR): Q3 EPS of $1.00 beats by $0.11. Revenue of $170.3M (+7.6% Y/Y) beats by $2M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 3:08 PM L.B. Foster (FSTR) declares $0.025/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.31%. For shareholders of record Dec 07. Payable Dec 21. Ex-div date Dec 05. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 8:41 AM L.B. Foster Company (FSTR): Q2 EPS of $0.87 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $164.9M (-3.8% Y/Y) beats by $4M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, July 30, 2012, 1:51 PM L.B. Foster (FSTR) declares $0.025/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.33%. For shareholders of record Sep 07. Payable Sep 21. Ex-div date Sep 05. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:35 PM L.B. Foster (FSTR): Q4 EPS of $0.60 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $137M (-7.2% Y/Y) misses by $10M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]

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Potential Downgrades (4/1/13): $FET, $FSTR, $GD, $GLF, $GWRE, $HAYN, $HME, $HUB.B, $IBKC, $ICUI, $IWM, $IWN, $JLL, $MPC, $MRC, $MWE, $MYRG
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Wow, Just for fun, bought some FSTR Feb $35 calls for .15 Five minutes later sold for .40 LOL!!!!!
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Tom Guttenberger: BTW, I'm a dumb ass. I thought you said FSLR lol. Nice trade.
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FSTR into earnings tomorrow? Maybe. KOP TRN, RAIL
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L.B. Foster Company: Shareholder Friendly But Great Uncertainty ($FSTR) http://bit.ly/wkh7R4
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Best Yielding Basic Material Wholesale Stocks: http://bit.ly/uHLeaJ + $GLP $MIC $FUEL $ANW $ZEUS $FSTR
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1980XLS
Railroad related stocks strong ARII TRN FSTR KOP
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1980XLS
Rail infrastructure spending should be positive for KOP PRPX FSTR
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1980XLS
Buffet, railroads, consolidation. KOP FSTR PRPX
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I think KOP should merge with FSTR would be a great marriage imho
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Tom Guttenberger: BTW, I'm a dumb ass. I thought you said FSLR lol. Nice trade.
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