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...Its core operating businesses, which include the insurer Geico, BNSF railroad and the Dairy Queen ice cream chain, also improved....
...The fundraising is something of a coming-out party for a group that got its start more than 100 years ago as a Brazilian builder and operator of electricity and transport infrastructure....
...American Commercial Lines, the barge builder and operator, is weighing a sale that is expected to value it at more than $1bn, underscoring the demand for companies that service US infrastructure needs....
...Shares in US homebuilders retreated on Tuesday as confidence among builders fell to its lowest level in nine months amid frigid winter conditions that stifled buying activity....
...France’s Alstom, builder of France’s TGV high-speed trains, also welcomed the rule change....
...But a switch at one railroad could jeopardise the smooth running of locomotives between different railroads....
...Nor, as it ponders an uncertain future after the UK election, should it be railroaded by the frenetic timetable of Prudential’s new empire builders....
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