He approached Union Pacific (nyse: UNP - news - people ) Railroad and CSX (nyse: CSX - news - people ) Transportation about dedicating a single train full of refrigerated cars that could travel from the West Coast to the East Coast without getting waylaid.

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She died when her Fiat Punto car was struck and shunted down the track by a 105-tonne single locomotive, which was being used to familiarise train drivers on the Cambrian Coast Line.

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When longtime entrepreneur and Columbia B-school adjunct professor Angela Lee founded 37 Angels, her eight-month-old angel network and initiative to train women to become investors, she began with a single stat.

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