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CTP hits back at railroad interests in latest battle over truck weight reform
2015-04-03 20:01:27| Railroads - Topix.net
The Coalition for Transportation Productivity is calling for the non-profit group, Coalition Against Bigger Trucks, to disclose who it is funded by following a New York Times investigative report published this week that found the group was paying law enforcement officers to lobby Washington legislators about potential, and unfounded according to CTP, dangers of longer and heavier trucks. "The railroad industry is spending millions of dollars to block truck weight reform and other trucking productivity efforts, but much of its campaign is predicated on creating appearances that don't hold up."
Valeant victorious in battle for Salix, gets majority of drug maker's stock
2015-04-01 15:20:42| Biotech - Topix.net
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. says its US$11.1-billion friendly takeover bid for Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. was successful, with about three-quarters of all Salix shares tendered by the deadline early Wednesday. Valeant's offer of US$173 in cash per Salix share defeated a rival bid from Dublin-based Endo International, which had offered a combination of stock and cash valued at about US$175 per share.
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Smelly Haze Covers Downtown Omaha as Firefighters Battle Recycling Fire
2015-03-31 22:23:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.omaha.com/">Omaha.com</a> Firefighters battled a stubborn, large paper-and-cardboard recycling fire Tuesday in east Omaha. read more
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GitHub Defenses Hold in 4-Days-and-Counting Battle
2015-03-30 23:59:38| TechNewsWorld
After battling a DDoS attack for four days, GitHub has restored normal service levels. The primary target of the assault is GreatFire.org, which is hosted on GitHub. GreatFire has attracted the ire of the Chinese government for offering anticensorship tools. "Very clearly, the Cyberspace Administration of China is behind both of the recent DDoS attacks," said GreatFire Co-founder Charles Smith.
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Exclusive: Fidelity moves to end DuPont proxy battle - sources
2015-03-30 09:37:32| Chemicals - Topix.net
Fidelity Investments, a major investor in DuPont , has put pressure on activist fund Trian Fund Management LP and the chemical conglomerate to reach a settlement in what it sees as a detrimental proxy fight, according to people close to the matter. Fidelity, whose 2.5 percent stake makes it DuPont's sixth largest shareholder, has not publicly revealed what sort of compromise it was seeking.
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