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Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.
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Onex to Acquire WestJet Airlines in $5 Billion Deal
The private equity firm is taking Canada's second largest airline private in an all-cash deal.
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Lauren Muskett
| May 13, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Huawei CFO Argues for Halt to Extradition Case
Meng Wanzhou's lawyers said President Trump's comments about the case are evidence it is politically motivated.
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Matthew Heller
| May 9, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Huawei CFO Alleges Illegal Detention in Canada
Legal experts say Meng Wanzhou's suit could be a play to influence the proceedings to extradite her from Canada to face criminal charges in the U.S.
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Matthew Heller
| March 4, 2019
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M&A
Pot Retailer Green Growth to Bid $2B for Aphria
The combined company would "marry Aphria’s low-cost [cannabis] cultivation and near-term production capacity with Green Growth’s vast retail know-how."
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Matthew Heller
| December 28, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Arrest of Huawei CFO Fans US-China Tensions
Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States, is "by birth and position a member of China’s corporate royalty.”
By
Matthew Heller
| December 6, 2018
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The Economy
Trade Deficit Jumps to $50 Billion in July
The 9.5% monthly increase in the nominal U.S. trade deficit was the largest in three years.
By
William Sprouse
| September 5, 2018
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Strategy
U.S. Adds Canada to IP ‘Priority Watch List’
The decision reflects Canada's "failure to resolve key longstanding deficiencies in protection and enforcement" of intellectual property.
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Matthew Heller
| April 27, 2018
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The Economy
U.S. Trade Gap Climbs 5% in January to $56.6B
The increase in the trade deficit to a nine-year high "will only add fuel to President Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric ," an economist says.
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Matthew Heller
| March 8, 2018
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Strategy
Trump’s Steel Tariff Plan Fuels Trade War Fears
The president promises to rebuild the U.S. steel industry but GOP lawmakers and others fear retaliation from exporting countries.
By
Matthew Heller
| March 2, 2018
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The Economy
Team Trump’s Tug-of-War
How will the president’s economic advisers alter the global business prospects of U.S. companies?
By
Russ Banham
| June 1, 2017
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Strategy
CEOs Urge Restraint in NAFTA Renegotiation
A group of top chief executives says the White House should seek to modernize, not overhaul, the trade agreement.
By
Matthew Heller
| May 29, 2017
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Regulation
Fortis Makes Big U.S. Utility Play With ITC Deal
Canada's largest utility owner buys a Midwest electricity transmission provider for $6.9 billion.
By
Matthew Heller
| February 9, 2016
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Strategy
Lowe’s to Acquire Canada’s Rona for $2.3B
The home improvement giant is hoping to avoid the political complications that helped derail its 2012 offer for Rona.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| February 3, 2016
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Technology
Why Target Lost Its Aim
A discount-store chain which forgot its formula for success.
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Economist Staff
| March 3, 2015
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Tax
Canada Inversions Beckon While White House Seethes
As the White House chafes over the latest tax inversion deal, its ally to the north is only too happy to accommodate its newest transplant.
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Iris Dorbian
| August 26, 2014
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