12:45 PM EST - Bombardier Transportation : announced today it has signed a contract with Trenitalia for the delivery of 50 very high speed trainsets V300ZEFIRO, a model of the BOMBARDIER ZEFIRO high speed trains family. The V300ZEFIRO is developed in partnership with AnsaldoBreda, a subsidiary of the Finmeccanica group of Italy. The total contract is valued at 1,54 billion euro ($2.10 billion US). Bombardier's share of the contract is valued at 652 million euro ($889 million US). Bombardier Transportation
shares T.BBD.A are trading even at $4.94.