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The Times of Israel | February 23, 2020

Sea freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy, has been blown off course by the new coronavirus, sparking general alarm. As analysts pore over charts to gauge just how badly Chinese mega-factories have been hit, figures provided by cargo ship traffic paint a gloomy picture. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) reflects the daily price of moving goods such as coal, rice and wheat along routes deemed representative of the global market. Some call it the canary in the c...

Accenture | February 18, 2020

Accenture has today announced it has acquired Icon Integration, a privately held Australian technology consultancy that provides SAP digital supply chain solutions and services as well as specialised business intelligence (BI) solutions to clients across Australia and New Zealand. This acquisition will boost Accenture’s growing technology practice and number of SAP professionals in the region. Icon Integration works with some of the regions’ largest retail, consumer goods and governm...

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Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | November 26, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Kansas City Southern today announced that the Surface Transportation Board ("STB") has accepted the joint CP-KCS merger application as complete. We are pleased that the Board has accepted our comprehensive joint application and declared it complete. We look forward to moving forward with a robust regulatory review of this historic combination that will add capacity to the U.S. rail network, create new competitive transpo...

Supply Chain Dive | April 02, 2020

Shortages of medical equipment, sanitary supplies and even toilet paper have thrust the importance of the supply chain into daily news feeds. And while some pundits demand a retreat from global sourcing, those that work in supply chain management see things a bit differently. While there will certainly be increased risk assessment and some changes to supply lines, the global supply chain will survive this pandemic pretty much intact, managers said, albeit with some revised strategies. Some compa...