In the 1900s, Standard Oil owned critical oil production infrastructure, pipelines and railroads.
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Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti,
The Conversation,
28 Oct. 2026
The characters on their show made their fortunes in railroads and oil, this new gang of robber barons controls everything from AI to electric cars and social networks.
Tanzania and Angola have agreed to connect railways serving ports on opposite coasts of Africa, Tanzania’s president said.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2026
The reputation of the Spanish railways already was tarnished when 46 people died in January after one train jumped the track and slammed into the side of another going the opposite way in southern Spain.
His priorities if given another four years were public safety, better roads and lower taxes.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Nov. 2026
Mauldin, chair of the city’s Planning Commission and an employee of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, emphasized responsible growth, affordable housing and improvements to roads, public transit and utilities.
Now there are rails suspended from the ceiling and an honest-to-goodness cash register in the front, with dressing rooms and more standing racks in the back half of the space, totaling 940 square feet.
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Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2026
Unbounder can also install roof rails for further cargo-hauling capability.
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