Insights and Stories on Hunter Harrison

Railway CEO Hunter Harrison, 73

Dec. 18, 2017 at 3:37 am CST

New York | Reuters –– CSX Corp. CEO Hunter Harrison has died, the U.S. freight railway operator said on Saturday, just a few days after announcing that the veteran rail executive it hired earlier this year to boost its profits had taken a medical leave of absence. Harrison, 73, died […]

CSX customers demand end to shipping bottlenecks

Oct. 12, 2017 at 12:43 am CDT

By eric-m-johnson

CSX tackling service issues, CEO tells rail regulator

Aug. 29, 2017 at 3:54 am CDT

By Nick Carey

Activist investor activity reignites rail merger hopes

Jan. 20, 2017 at 1:28 pm CST

By Michael Flaherty

CP’s revenue, Prairie grain handle down for year

Jan. 19, 2017 at 4:53 am CST

By Staff

U.S. activist investor Ackman leaves CP board

Sep. 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

Bill Ackman, the U.S. activist investor who usurped the leadership of Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, is leaving the Calgary company’s board after his hedge fund sold off its remaining stake last month. Ackman, who heads New York-based Pershing Square Capital Management, joined CP’s board in 2012 and served on […]

By Reuters

U.S. Justice Dept. urges rejection of CP voting trust

Apr. 9, 2016 at 2:48 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a regulator to reject a voting trust Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has proposed as part of its takeover bid for U.S. railway Norfolk Southern, saying it could hurt competition and would violate rules. In mid-November, CP disclosed a $28 billion offer […]

By Nick Carey Tim Ahmann

CP revises offer for Norfolk Southern, rebuffed again

Dec. 8, 2015 at 4:45 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) on Tuesday revised its bid to buy U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp, less than a week after its prior $28.4 billion proposal was rejected but the new offer was promptly rejected again. Calgary-based CP said it was now offering $32.86 in cash and […]

By Allison Lampert Euan Rocha

As clock winds down, CP’s CEO hunts for his dream deal

Oct. 17, 2014 at 6:11 pm CDT

Toronto/Chicago | Reuters — Veteran railroad boss Hunter Harrison has won over many critics since taking over as chief executive of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), but he still has unfinished business — creation of a consolidated North American railway — and is running out of time to do it. That […]

By Allison Martell Nick Carey