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Alstom ups stake in Kazakh loco JV
ALSTOM has agreed to purchase an additional 25% stake in its Kazakhstan locomotive joint venture EKZ... To view the full article please click here.
Chuck Chiang: Taiwan makes a case for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The final negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free-trade zone involving 12 major Pacific economies... To view the full article please click here.
Canada takes big step in growing green bonds market
Green bonds – which raise money for projects that help mitigate climate change... To view the full article please click here.
FRA mulls HSR "Buy America" waiver
The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 it intends to grant... To view the full article please click here.
Canadian corporations issue vague call for action on lagging North American trilateral relationship
Seeking to kick-start the lagging North American trilateral relationship, Canadian corporate bosses have issued... To view the full article please click here.
Canadian economy showing signs of wider recovery, Stephen Poloz says
The Bank of Canada is keeping borrowing costs low to improve business conditions... To view the full article please click here.
Railway says it's full steam ahead
CANADA'S largest railway -- CN Rail -- has added locomotives, hopper cars and workers in the wake of last winter's grain transportation crisis... To view the full article...
Via Rail eyeing private capital to build its own dedicated rail lines
Via Rail Canada hopes to reduce congestion by building its own network of dedicated tracks... To view the full article please click here.
CP Rail’s Hunter Harrison is optimistic despite plunge in oil prices
A plunge in oil prices poses no risk to Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s financial targets... To view the full article please click here.
‘Toronto has less influence now': How Canadian corporate power is making a big shift westward
As economic power in Canada continues to shift westward, so too, apparently, are the seats of corporate influence... To view the full article please click here.
New Ontario-Quebec trade deal improves procurement climate: Duguid
The province’s minister of economic development, employment and infrastructure says a recent commitment... To view the full article please click here.
Interjurisdictional team acquires CN line in British Columbia
The city of Kelowna on Monday signed a purchase agreement with CN to acquire a discontinued rail line between... To view the full article please click here.