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CN bids $33.7 billion for Kansas City Southern
A bidding war is breaking out for Kansas City Southern, with Canadian National Railway making a $33.7 billion cash-and-stock offer…
A matter of trust
From the April 2021 print edition
COVID-19 has made partnerships more important than ever. With the pandemic yet to loosen its…
The new normal
From the April 2021 print edition
Brexit, the UK’s departure from the EU, happened on January 1, after several years of…
Supply chain risk management
From the April 2021 print edition
The sheer complexity and scale of supply chains in today’s global economy are an increasing…
Digital transformation
From the April 2021 print issue
Why would supply chain want to leverage technology more? Aside from moving away from outdated…
Forging connections
From the April 2021 print edition
Environments can help to shape people, and Hugo Fuentes’s childhood home did just that. The…
Canada faces boba shortage amid shipping delays
Canada is experiencing a shortage of tapioca pearls, or boba, used in bubble tea as shipping delays continue to affect the global…
Montreal dockworkers begin weekend strikes as talks drag on
MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal kicked off a series of weekend strikes today, adding to the overtime strike…
China’s March exports rise 30.6 per cent
BEIJING — China's exports rose 30.6 per cent over a year ago in March as global consumer demand strengthened and traders watched…
Eight dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night…
Ottawa mulls exempting more workers from Canada-US border shutdown
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Ottawa is looking at expanding the categories of essential workers allowed to…
Canada posts February trade surplus
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus for a second consecutive month in February, the…