Rail News Home Canadian Pacific 3/8/2022 Rail News: Canadian Pacific
Billionaire investor William Ackman and his hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has a new stake in Canadian Pacific worth CA$280 million, according to news media reports.The investment makes Pershing Square one of CP's top 20 shareholders, reuters.com reported yesterday.Pershing Square reported owning 2.8 million CP shares as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to a March 7 regulatory filing cited in the report.The hedge fund began buying into the railroad in September 2011, but was forced to sell five years later to pay back investors as the fund faced losses. Ackman called those sales one of the firm's "greatest investment regrets," reuters.com reported.
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Rail News Home BNSF Railway 3/4/2022 Rail News: BNSF Railway
Last year’s investments mark the 11th consecutive year that BNSF customers and local economic development organizations have invested more than $1 billion in a calendar year for new or expanded facilities. Photo – BNSF Railway Co.
Last year’s investments mark the 11th consecutive year that BNSF customers and local economic development organizations have invested more than $1 billion in a calendar year for new or expanded facilities. Photo – BNSF Railway Co.
BNSF Railway Co. today reported economic development investments made by its customers totaled $1.5 billion in 2021.
As a result of those investments, BNSF anticipates the creation of more than 1,700 new jobs in local communities, company officials said in a press release.