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Buffett's BNSF helped lead fight to delay train safety technology
2015-11-04 14:44:44| Railroads - Topix.net
When an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia in May, killing eight people and injuring scores more, the railroad industry's campaign to delay a Dec. 31 deadline to install technology to prevent such disasters appeared to be finished. Not, as it turned out, if billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, had anything to do with it.
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How science helped to swing the Canadian election
2015-10-21 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There was a palpable outpouring of relief from Canadian scientists as the Liberal Party won a majority on Monday night, bringing to an end nine years of escalating hostility by the Harper government towards its own research base. Drastic cuts to funding and constraints on scientific freedom have significantly damaged Canadian research and its capacity to develop science-based public health and environmental policies. Harpers assault on science was extensive: with government scientists censored,...
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Hong Kong shares rise, helped by wave of short covering
2015-10-05 06:02:35| Logistics - Topix.net
Hong Kong shares rose nearly 2 percent early Monday, led by financials and Macau gambling stocks, lifted by a wave of short covering and hopes for China policy moves, though gains may be limited around a key level. For the second consecutive day, casino stocks led market gainers.
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General Mills Profit Tops Estimates, Helped by Cost Cuts
2015-09-23 02:06:21| Agriculture - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. General Mills Inc., the maker of Cheerios cereal, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by cost cuts and a more effective promotional strategy.
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Haiti's supreme leader of voodoo Max Beauvoir helped change its dark image
2015-09-16 04:19:47| IT Services - Topix.net
Max Gesner Beauvoir, the "Ati" or supreme leader of voodoo, Haiti's traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, died on Saturday at the age of 79, his family said. "Voodoo heals the mind, soul and body.
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