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Canada Post to launch weekend parcel delivery by year’s end

Canada Post to launch weekend parcel delivery by year’s end

Canada Post announced on Friday that it plans to introduce weekend parcel delivery in three major cities later this year, part of a plan to modernize its business model and capture more parcel business from electronic retailers as it tries to return to profitability. The postal carrier credited this year’s resolution of a drawnout labor dispute with restoring customer confidence in the second quarter, which sparked an early-stage recovery of parcel business and helped reduce the pre-tax loss by a third to US$199.7 million. The state-owned company also said it reduced costs by 6.3% during the q

Helena Marsh

Likely BMO swan song shows trucking credit strengthening

Likely BMO swan song shows trucking credit strengthening

In what might be the last publication of a revealing look at the credit conditions in the trucking industry, the quarterly earnings of bank BMO released Tuesday showed the stronger freight market impacting its numbers. BMO, the former Bank of Montreal and one of the largest lenders to the trucking industry, has announced its plans to sell its transportation unit to private equity firm Stonepeak in May. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year; the next earnings release for BMO is scheduled for December 2. While net writeoffs in the third quarter ended July 31 were barely change

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BMO Trucking Credit: The END of Transparent Data? | FreightWaves

BMO Trucking Credit: The END of Transparent Data? | FreightWaves

#fwtv_q6TlMLWRgaI .fwtv-panel{border:1px solid #d0d0d0;padding:18px;border-radius:6px;line-height:1.6}#fwtv_q6TlMLWRgaI .fwtv-panel p{margin:0 0 12px}#fwtv_q6TlMLWRgaI .fwtv-note{font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:16px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0} The trucking industry is losing a critical source of credit insight as BMO sells its transportation finance unit. FreightWaves’ John Kingston, who pioneered tracking BMO’s unique data, reveals how trucking credit quality is finally strengthening just as this transparent data source disappears. He also dives into rising diesel p

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