Author: David Nahass

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Why High-Speed Rail is Headache-Inducing

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: Who doesn’t need a break from government these days? If the tariff instigated stock market rollercoaster isn’t nightmarish enough, the $200 million ad campaign of

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  • News

Managing Through the Unknown is a Full-Time Job

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: They say that even a broken clock is right twice a day. At this point (45 odd days into the new Presidential Administration), most corporate CEOs would gladly take those odds vs. an endless series of second guesses, incorrect missteps and a bushel full of uncertainty.

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A Dieter’s Resolve Dies Many Deaths

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE: Let’s face it: Dieting is hard. Perhaps you count yourself in the group that makes weight loss a New Year’s Resolution/Priority. Depending on what you

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More Fun Times and Unintended Consequences Ahead?

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2025 ISSUE: Politicians and political writers have it easy. Suffering from a post-election malaise? Have no fear! Matt Gaetz to the rescue! Thousands of hours of news coverage, hundreds of thousands of words, tons of printer and pen ink spilled over one sycophant’s selfish, immature, illegal and disrespectful behavior.

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An Abundance of Impactful Events

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: It’s the Holiday Season (cue your favorite version of the Andy Williams classic). It’s the season of giving, and true to the spirit of the

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Will We Stem the Tide or Just Navel-Gaze?

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 2024 ISSUE: It’s the final weeks of the election cycle. A tentativeness seems to overhang business activity among companies shipping by rail. However, when asked what they

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Does Growth Look Like a Boxcar?

2025 RAILROAD FINANCIAL DESK BOOK, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: Welcome to Railway Age’s 2025 Railroad Financial Desk Book. If one is not concerned about the tawdrier aspects of certain bed (sorry)

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A CARB By Any Other Name

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: It’s the dog days of summer. Most of the country is sweltering under extraordinary heat (it was 127 degrees on July 5 in Death Valley),