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...SpaceX's Starship is the railroad to low-Earth orbit. And from there we can build out to the Moon and into the solar system....
...When Charles Dow in 1884 created the inaugural version of the famous indices that bear his name it consisted of nine railroad stocks, a steamship company and Western Union....
...Facebook and Twitter are railroad-like monopolies and require utility-style regulation....
...One late summer afternoon in 2011, railroad turnround legend Hunter Harrison and Bill Ackman lunched at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art....
...That would, in essence, turn the company into exactly what railroad and telecom monopolies ultimately became — regulated utilities....
...For America’s big technology companies, 2020 has been the best and worst of times....
...Scott’s efforts to create the second transcontinental railroad....
...The equity markets with which we are familiar came into being in the 19th century to finance railways and railroads....
...Oil refiners, railroads, airlines and banks are expected to be among the biggest beneficiaries....
...conservatives, as well as some members of the business community, have argued that it is a distorting regulation which prevents the ISPs that are laying the fibre for what is essentially the 21st century railroad...
...Yesterday, railroad company CSX reported slightly higher-than-expected earnings....
...The energy and infrastructure segment, which includes railroad systems, industrial equipment and thermal power plants, generated 11 per cent of Toshiba’s operating profit and 28 per cent of its sales in...
Snowfall impedes US travel but New York escapes worst
...Some observers have suggested that in the last few months severe congestion on many of North America’s railroads because of the sudden, unexpected spike in traffic was pushing some traffic that had left...
...The $39bn purchase of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire’s largest ever, is a prime example....
...Bill Ackman, head of Pershing Square, earlier this year won a battle for control of Canadian Pacific, a venerable railroad company....
...Orient-Express is a one-of-a-kind company, an international collection of iconic hotels and exotic railroads....
...Rick Webb, chief executive of Watco, owner of several shortlines, said the company was “blessed” to own energy-linked operations including the Yellowstone Valley railway in the Bakken region....
...These stubby railroads, formed when the majors shed lossmaking assets in the 1980s, are a vital link between companies and markets and the trunk routes....
...Georgian Railway said in April that it was listing as an integrated operator of both track and trains to mimic the structure of large, publicly listed North American railroads, such as CSX Corporation and...
...David Ader, head of government-bond strategy, CRT Capital LLC “Treasury yields have dropped sharply on the prospect of the fiscal cliff battle assuming centre stage....
...He joined UBS as an associate analyst in February 2003, following airfreight, railroad, trucking, logistics and shipping stocks....
...When Burlington Northern Railroad Company spun off its energy and lumber group, Burlington Resources, arbs simultaneously bought one stock while selling short the other....
...The move came as Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday it would add Berkshire to its flagship S&P 500 index as the company prepares to acquire railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe....
...It may not be as much fun as running a railroad, but at least you’ll know who to call if the lights go out ....
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