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Laidlaw (/ ˈ l eɪ d ˌ l ɔː /), organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. (with corporate headquarters in Naperville, Illinois) was the largest provider of intercity bus services, contract public transit and paratransit, and contract school bus service in both the United States and Canada.
One of the largest financial backers of the UK's Conservative Party, Laidlaw was made a life peer as Baron Laidlaw, of Rothiemay in Banffshire on 14 June 2004. [23] According to the records of the UK Electoral Commission , on 27 November 2007, Laidlaw gave a donation of £2,990,532.20 to the Conservatives. [ 24 ]
The Laidlaw Foundation is a Canadian charitable foundation based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1949 by Robert A. Laidlaw, the institution was established with the purpose of providing financial support for charitable, conservation, educational, and cultural organizations in the Ontario region.
Naperville, Illinois–based Laidlaw International, Inc. listed its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange on February 10, 2003 and emerged from re-organization on June 23, 2003 as the successor to Laidlaw Inc. [86] [87] By 2003, Greyhound faced significant competition in the northeast from Chinatown bus lines. [88]
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