{"id":38093,"date":"2015-11-11T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/canadian-pacific-exploring-take-over-of-norfolk-southern\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T14:28:14","slug":"canadian-pacific-exploring-take-over-of-norfolk-southern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/canadian-pacific-exploring-take-over-of-norfolk-southern\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Pacific explores take over of NS","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14020\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/cp-logo-240.jpg\" alt=\"cp-logo-240\" width=\"150\" height=\"80\" \/>Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the second-biggest railroad in Canada, is exploring a takeover of\u00a0U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Corp. in a fresh attempt to consolidate the North American industry, according to people familiar with the matter. The shares surged on the news.  Canadian Pacific is raising financing and has held early-stage merger talks with Norfolk Southern, which is valued at about $24 billion, said two of the people, who asked not to be identified because deliberations are private. Discussions are preliminary and talks may not progress or lead to a deal, they said. Representatives for Canadian Pacific and Norfolk declined to comment.  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13913\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ns_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"ns_Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"47\" \/>A move for Norfolk Southern, the second-biggest railroad in the eastern U.S., would revive Canadian Pacific\u2019s effort to build a transcontinental carrier after talks\u00a0with CSX Corp.\u00a0<a title=\"Canadian Pacific Pushes for Rail Mergers as CSX Talks End (2)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2014-10-20\/canadian-pacific-confirms-end-of-merger-talks-with-csx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed<\/a>\u00a0last year. In floating the idea of a CSX tie-up, Canadian Pacific Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison upended the long-held view in the industry that it was fruitless to even discuss another merger because regulators would object.  Read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-11-09\/canadian-pacific-said-to-explore-takeover-of-norfolk-southern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the second-biggest railroad in Canada, is exploring a takeover of\u00a0U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Corp. in a fresh attempt to consolidate the North American industry, according to people familiar with the matter. The shares surged on the news. 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