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Canadian Businesses Delay Investment Amid Trade & Policy Uncertainty

Economic and trade policy uncertainty is caus...

Business surveys show sharply weaker sales an...

The Bank of Canada’s severe trade war scenari...

Impacts are heaviest on trade-exposed sectors...

Doug Guzman Named CEO of Canada’s New Defence Investment Agency to Overhaul Procurement

Americas Policy Aerospace & Defense

Canada has created a new Defence Investment A...

The DIA’s mandate is to centralize and speed ...

Initial DIA-managed projects include submarin...

Guzman’s performance will be judged on how ef...

Latin America’s First French Optimized Lease: Viva Aerobus & Natixis Unveil New Fleet Financing Deal

Americas Markets Aerospace & Defense

Natixis CIB arranged the first French Optimiz...

The deal is designed to lower Viva Aerobus’s ...

Natixis acts in multiple capacities—mandated ...

This transaction sets a precedent for using F...

How the UP-NS Railroad Merger Could Reshape U.S. Freight Rail

Americas M&A Transportation & Logistics

Union Pacific is pursuing an $85 billion acqu...

UP projects about $2 billion in new revenue, ...

Labor unions, shippers, state attorneys gener...

The STB review—likely lasting up to two years...

TransDigm Acquires Stellant Systems for $960M to Boost Aerospace-Defense Electronics

Americas M&A Aerospace & Defense

TransDigm will acquire Stellant Systems from ...

Stellant is expected to generate roughly $300...

The deal expands TransDigm into high-power RF...

While initially slightly margin-dilutive and ...

Copper & Gold 2026: Prices Soar as Deficit Threatens Copper, Safe-Haven Gold Rallies

Global Forecast Metals & Mining

Copper and gold prices are poised for another...

Copper demand from electrification, renewable...

Gold is supported by central bank and ETF buy...

Key uncertainties include Chinese growth, U.S...

Enterprise Mobility Expands Into Classes 7-8 After Acquiring Hogan Transports

Americas M&A Transportation & Logistics

Enterprise Mobility, parent of Enterprise Ren...

Hogan adds more than 10,000 pieces of equipme...

Hogan will continue operating as a separate u...

The deal strengthens Enterprise’s position in...

How Smurfit Westrock Is Scaling After Its Merger: Strategy, Sustainability & Synergies

Americas M&A Packaging

Smurfit Westrock, formed from Smurfit Kappa’s...

North America generates roughly half of compa...

Post-merger strategy centers on an owner-oper...

Management is targeting $400 million-plus in ...

Nippon Steel Acquires U.S. Steel: Foreign Investment, Labor, & Security Stakes Revealed

Americas M&A Industrial

Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion ...

A National Security Agreement gives the U.S. ...

NSC will invest about $11 billion by 2028 to ...

Open issues include meeting investment and pe...

Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern Merger: $85B Rail Deal Shakes Freight Landscape

Americas M&A Transportation & Logistics

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern propose an...

The deal targets about $2.75 billion in annua...

The companies pledge to retain all union work...

The merger faces tough STB scrutiny under pos...