#Pete Buttigieg took a vacation to Portugal as rail strike loomed

#Pete Buttigieg took a vacation to Portugal as rail strike loomed

“Pete Buttigieg took a vacation to Portugal as rail strike loomed” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg jetted off for a vacation to Portugal as government and union negotiators worked to avert a nationwide rail-worker strike earlier this year.  The secretary’s previously unknown “personal trip” to the city of Porto was taken just a week before Amtrak…

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# billion Canadian bid for US railroad screeches to a halt

#$29 billion Canadian bid for US railroad screeches to a halt

“#$29 billion Canadian bid for US railroad screeches to a halt” The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Tuesday rejected a voting trust proposed by Canadian National Railway for its $29 billion deal to buy US railroad operator Kansas City Southern. The rail regulator’s ruling is a blow to Canadian National, which is locked in a takeover battle for Kansas City with smaller rival Canadian Pacific. “The Board finds that the…

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