Energy: KSU and CP’s Record Railroad Merger + Trouble in the Suez

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🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Motley Fool Contributor Lou Whiteman joins the podcast this week to break down the record-setting merger between Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific Railway and to take a look at how a blockage in the Suez Canal could impact global trade.

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Stocks Mentioned: KSU, CP

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0:00.0	Welcome to Industry Focus. The Podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.
0:11.0	I'm your host Emily Flippin. I'm Jason Moser. I'm Nick Seyple. I'm Dylan Lewis. And today
0:16.0	we're talking financials. Today we're talking consumer goods. Wild Card Wednesday.
0:20.6	And we're talking energy. And today we're talking tech. Let's dive in.
0:25.0	Welcome to Industry Focus. I'm Nick Saipel.
0:29.0	This week we've got big news in the world of logistics and infrastructure
0:33.2	with the largest railroad merger in history,
0:35.9	coming at the same time
0:37.0	as one of the largest global shipping channels
0:39.0	is facing a blockage that some experts could think could extend for weeks.
0:44.0	Joining me to break down both of these stories as Motley Full Contributor Lou Whiteman.
0:47.6	Lou, thank you for joining me on the podcast as always.
0:49.6	Always a pleasure to be here next.
0:51.0	Yeah, spring break is right around the corner.
0:53.0	Any big plans?
0:54.0	I know it's big reopening season, Lou.
0:56.0	We are doing the COVID thing.
0:57.5	We have got a house in the mountains that we're just going to go hide there instead of hiding our house at home.
1:02.0	But I'm looking forward to it.
1:03.0	Awesome same thing we're going to Ocracoke Island go into the island you can only reach
1:06.7	by ferry so trying to try to get off the grid a little bit I hope folks you know to the
1:11.2	extent they can do it safely or you know getting out of the house I know I'm ready to get out of my apartment to the extent I can we've got a couple big stories today like I teased off in the intro I want to start with this merger announced on Sunday between Kansas City
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