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UPDATE 7-Canada's biggest rail strike in a decade ends, backlogs could nag shippers

MONTREAL/WINNIPEG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Canada's longest railroad strike in a decade ended on Tuesday as Canadian National Railway Co reached a tentative agreement with workers, but shippers warned it could take weeks before service bounces back to normal. News of the deal, which must still be ratified by union members, sent CN shares up by as much as 2%. Thousands of unionized workers began heading back to their jobs, CN said, with operations expected to be in full swing on Wednesday....

UPDATE 1-Union signals 'progress' in talks to end strike at Canadian National Railway

Teamsters Canada said on Tuesday that there had been progress in negotiations with the Canadian National Railway Co to end a week-long strike that has severed supply chains across the country. Some 3,200 striking conductors and yard workers are demanding improved working conditions, including worker rest breaks, at Canada's largest railroad. There has been "progress at the table," Teamsters spokesman Chris Monette said, adding that there could be an "announcement later this morning" without providing details....

UPDATE 3-CN, union reach deal to end Canada's biggest rail strike in a decade

Teamsters Canada and Canadian National Railway Co on Tuesday said they reached a tentative deal to end a strike at the country's largest railroad that had entered its eighth day, disrupting supply chains across the country. CN said its employees will return to work at 2:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday with the union adding that normal operations will resume fully on Wednesday morning across the country. The tentative agreement has to be ratified by union members and CN said a vote is expected within eight weeks....

Xerox prepares to take HP buyout bid hostile

"We plan to engage directly with HP shareholders to solicit their support in urging the HP Board to do the right thing and pursue this compelling opportunity," Xerox said in a letter to HP's board. Last week, Xerox threatened to take its bid hostile, if HP did not agree to a "friendly" discussion and open its books before Monday. Xerox made the offer to HP, a company more than three times its size, on Nov. 5....

Hedge Funds Are Buying Altice USA, Inc. (ATUS)

How do you pick the next stock to invest in? One way would be to spend days of research browsing through thousands of publicly traded companies. However, an easier way is to look at the stocks that smart money investors are collectively bullish on. Hedge funds and other institutional investors usually invest large amounts of […]...