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...Such risks “could endanger the very existence of humanity”, Harris is set to say, according to excerpts of her speech seen by the FT....
...Today EU leaders will meet to discuss how to push ahead with a long-stymied plan to create a capital markets union across the bloc....
...Union Pacific and BNSF — a division of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — were the two US railroads most directly affected by the closures, the association said....
...Macron will go to Nasa with vice-president Kamala Harris, and French executives from the nuclear industry, including EDF boss Luc Rémont, will meet their US counterparts....
...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...And I had been on the Clinton Campaign, really pushing, often alone, against things like Trans-Pacific Partnership and for harder lines on China earlier....
...After all, lithium prices have risen 800 per cent over the past three years — and still, mining companies, wary of price volatility, aren’t investing anywhere near the rates needed....
...Jennifer Harris, who helped to design US industrial policy in the Biden White House, tweeted: “Welcome Europe. Glad you’re here now.”...
...The hedge fund holds a $1.6bn stake in Union Pacific, making it one of the railroad’s largest shareholders....
...That made Black and his acolytes, Rowan and Harris, billionaires. In public, they presented a united front. But the way they spent their wealth suggested a union of sharply different men....
...After years of cost cutting, operating margins at big rail companies have peaked. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s valuations reflect this....
...Post-it maker 3M, oilfield services company Halliburton, railroad operator Union Pacific and homebuilder DR Horton are also due to publish results....
...Other earnings: Railroad operator Union Pacific could give insight into whether companies shipping products are responding to higher inflation by seeking cheaper alternatives to air freight....
...They include employees of the largest carriers in North America, such as Union Pacific, CSX and BNSF, a business owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway....
...Railroad company Union Pacific added emissions rules to a list of factors that could drive up its costs. General Dynamics declined to comment and Union Pacific did not immediately have a comment....
...Freight rail accounted for an estimated 28 per cent of US freight movements in 2020, according to an analysis of transportation department data by carrier Union Pacific....
...The union representing the longshore and warehouse workers at the west coast ports has been engaged in talks with the Pacific Maritime Association, while railroads have also held discussions with unions...
...US railroad Union Pacific on Sunday said it would replace its chief executive Lance Fritz this year. Investcorp is opening an office in Tokyo....
...Secondly, Lex reported on investors Trillium Asset Management and Impact Shares calling on railroad companies Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to offer paid sick leave to eligible workers....
...“The railroads aren’t throwing money at their workers and their current relationship with the labour unions isn’t what you’d characterise as friendly.”...
...Lane is a director of NextEra Energy and retailer TJX Companies, while Vena recently served as chief operating officer of railroad company Union Pacific Corporation....
...On Tuesday, 19 companies including Walmart, McDonald’s, Nestlé and Union Pacific raised more than $35bn of debt, according to strategists at Bank of America....
...We were very excited to be able to host Vice President Harris earlier this year....
...It’s wind [power], oil, natural gas, electric, cabotage, railroads, airports, seaports, it’s everywhere.”...
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