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Biz Beat: Wisconsin & Southern buyer calls Koch its largest customer. The Kansas-based new owners of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. want to make one thing perfectly clear: Their purchase is a railroad deal, pure and simple. "We're poised to help the economy of Wisconsin take off," says Ed McKechnie, spokesman for Watco Transportation Services. Watco announced earlier this week it had acquired controlling ownership of Wisconsin & Southern (WSOR). It said the private deal — no dollar figures were released — will allow WSOR to expand throughout the Midwest, find new markets and provide cost-effective connections for Wisconsin businesses.

But given the political activity of WSOR founder Bill Gardner — who has admitted to $70,000 in illegal and excessive campaign contributions to Gov. Scott Walker and others and was sentenced to two years' probation — some wondered if there was more to the story. "There's certainly been a lot of speculation," says Frank Huntington of the Wisconsin DOT's railroad division. So is there more to the story? Why Obama May Be About to Give a Giant Handout Out to the Billionaire Koch Brothers | Environment.

October 20, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Here's a unique political strategy for you: in the lead up to a crucial election, as anti-corporate sentiment is sweeping the nation, consider giving a huge handout to a major corporation that happens to be your biggest political enemy and is already spending hundreds of millions to defeat you and your agenda. If that seems too crazy to believe, welcome to the Obama 2012 campaign. Right now, President Obama is faced with the most crucial environmental decisions he is going to face before the 2012 election: whether or not to approve the permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700 mile fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the continent, the Canadian tar sands.

As you might expect, Upton was completely wrong. Which brings us back to Obama. President Obama can deny the permit, right now, and shut down this flow of cash to the Kochs.

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Koch Industries | Influence Explorer: Campaign Finance, Lobbying, Regulations, EPA Violations and Advisory Committees. Koch Industries - Wiki. Coordinates: In 2013, Forbes called it the second largest privately held company in the United States (after Cargill), with an annual revenue of $115 billion,[5][6][7] down from the largest in 2006. If Koch Industries were a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17 in the Fortune 500.[8] History[edit] Predecessor companies[edit] In 1925, Fred C. Koch joined MIT classmate Lewis E. In 1940, Koch joined new partners to create a new firm, the Wood River Oil and Refining Company, which is today known as Koch Industries. Koch Industries[edit] The company was renamed Koch Industries in honor of Fred Koch, the year after his death. In 1970, Charles was joined at the family firm by his brother David H.

Recent News[edit] In April 2014, Koch Industries and the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire printing ink producer Flint for around $3 billion.[17] Subsidiaries[edit] Among Koch Industries' subsidiaries across various industries[18] are: Georgia-Pacific[edit] INVISTA[edit] Koch Industries, Inc.