It’s Tuesday and there is anger in the UK and across Europe over an out-of-nowhere elite league for certain soccer teams. Players, soccer leaders, politicians and even royalty have voiced their concerns over the Super League project, a plan to break 12 teams away from the European club system.
CN and CP slug it out for Kansas City Southern
Canadian National Railway Co. has offered to buy US railway Kansas City Southern in a cash-and-stock bid valued at $33.7 billion US. The offer of $325 a share plus agreeing to take over $3.8 billion worth of KCS’s debt tops a proposal made by Canadian Pacific Railway for KCS last month, one that offered $275 a share for a total price tag of $25 billion. The move would bring ports and rail lines in the United States, Mexico and Canada together under one network to create the most far-reaching transportation networks in North America.
Rogers wireless back is up but what a mess
Rogers has restored wireless service nationally after a day-long outage. It says the problem was a recent Ericsson software update that affected a piece of equipment in the central part of its wireless network. Yes, updates are always enough to send savvy users screaming in fear of the wonderful improvements in store.
