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Union Pacific acquires Norfolk Southern for $85 billion, transforming into a railroad titan

Railroad company Union Pacific will buy Norfolk Southern in a cash and stock transaction valued at $85 billion, combining two of the largest rail operators in the nation. The merger will combine Union ...
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Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger: Reshaping the rail industry

Not a subscriber? Apply online today. Consolidation is hardly new in any industry. In the case of Class-1 railroads, however, it has been a profound trend almost from the outset. This level of ...
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Dozens of deep-sea species just surfaced from the Pacific’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone — including 24 new crustaceans and a rare entirely new branch of life

Somewhere between Hawaii and Mexico, more than four kilometers below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the seafloor is littered with dark, potato-sized lumps of metal-rich rock called polymetallic ...
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Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Ag Shipping Impacts in Proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

Early in February, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., sent a letter to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs urging a “rigorous and comprehensive review” of the potential merger between ...