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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has signed a deal to sell 49 stores in Oklahoma to Casey’s General Stores Inc. for $39 million.
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Couche-Tard signs deal to sell 49 stores, puts 306 more up for sale

The chief executive of a federal infrastructure agency says there is a short runway to prove its worth, and thinks it can stand out by taking on outsized risks to attract private dollars for billions in new construction projects.
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Infrastructure bank can bridge risk gap even in low-cost financing climate, CEO says

Japanese prosecutors charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, Monday in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon, while he was out on bail.
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Japan charges Americans with helping Ghosn flee, jump bail

Unionized dockworkers at Canada’s second-largest port on Sunday rejected an offer from management, a union representative said, raising industry fears of a new strike following crippling work stoppages in 2020.
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Workers at Canada’s second-largest port reject deal, raising strike fears

A ground-breaking deal to create the first Canada-to-Mexico rail network will not negatively impact jobs in Calgary or anywhere in Alberta, Jason Kenney says.
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No job losses expected from Canadian Pacific deal, Kenney says

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd on Sunday said it has agreed to buy Kansas City Southern for $25 billion in a cash-and-shares deal to create the first rail network connecting the United States, Mexico, and Canada, betting on a pick-up in North American trade.
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Canadian Pacific Railway buys Kansas City Southern to create 1st Canada-to-Mexico rail network

The French branch of Swedish retailing giant Ikea goes on trial Monday accused of running an elaborate system to spy on staff and job applicants using private detectives and police officers.
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Ikea France goes on trial for spying on staff

Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor died Thursday, according to a post on the restaurant chain’s Facebook page. He was 65.
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Kent Taylor, Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO, dies at 65

One Canadian man believes his invention may solve the problem of porch thefts in cities across the country.
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One Canadian man’s solution to porch theft

Penny Wise became president of 3M Canada on Feb. 18, 2020, just as the COVID-19 virus was beginning to take hold in Canada. 3M had tackled health crises before, but like most Canadians, Wise had no idea how much the world was about to change.
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Manufacturers hopeful COVID-19 will force a rethink of Canada’s supply chains