The war of words between Torrent Capital, a significant shareholder in Pivot Technology Solutions, and also the company about how better to proceed considering a proposed going private transaction continues. Torrent fired the latest salvo this week C the 3rd it’s made since Pivot announced its share exchange transaction fourteen days back. Torrent said it represents the interests of holders ...
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Fill ‘er up Edmonton, at an average 61 cents per litre, it’s the lowest gas price in Canada
Free-flowing refineries are prompting a “bloodbath” for retail gasoline prices in Edmonton, one analyst says. BY THE NUMBERS– Lowest price of gasoline in Edmonton: 57.9 cents– Average price of gasoline in Edmonton: 61.4 cents– Average cost of gasoline in Alberta: 67.8 cents– Average price of gasoline in British Columbia: 95.3 cents– Average national price: 85.0 cents– Highest price of gasoline ...
Read More »CI Investments to return $156 million to ‘harmed investors’ in OSC settlement
CI Investments Inc. has entered a no-contest settlement with the Ontario Securities Commission that will begin to see the fund management firm return $156.1 million to “harmed investors” after self-reporting errors in calculating fund unit values. The regulator said Wednesday it is the biggest quantity of investor compensation to date in a no-contest settlement — a kind of settlement recently adopted by ...
Read More »Tesla Motors Inc posts 11th straight quarterly loss, but expects to become profitable in 2016
Tesla Motors Inc forecast deliveries of Model S sedans and Model X SUVs that topped analysts’ estimates and said hello expects to show in a profit in 2016, sending its shares 15 percent higher in after-hours trading. The electric car maker has long enjoyed the status of Silicon Valley darling because of its brash innovation in electric cars. Its technological ...
Read More »Former NEB chair says politicians should stay out of pipeline reviews as energy watchdog comes under siege
Among the promises made by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to revive “trust” in the National Energy Board, there is one which former chairman Gaetan Caron really loves: Keep politics from pipeline reviews. Peter Foster: Trudeau turns the pipeline game into all snakes, no ladders Justin Trudeau has had a dysfunctional pipeline regulatory system making it not simply worse, but a ...
Read More »Ottawa talking to pension funds about investing in infrastructure
The Canadian government is speaking with the country’s largest pension funds about purchasing vast amounts of dollars price of infrastructure projects to assist stimulate the economy, the Infrastructure Ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won an election in October around the back of a promise to run three consecutive annual budget deficits of up to $10 ...
Read More »Gold miner Kinross Gold Corp reports big quarterly loss but offers solid 2016 guidance
Kinross Gold Corp. reported an enormous fourth quarter loss on Wednesday due to writedowns, however the company beat its production and price guidance and offered up a good outlook for 2016. Toronto-based Kinross was the very first senior Canadian gold miner to report earnings this quarter, and also the results set a comparatively upbeat tone for the rest of the ...
Read More »Agropur looking for growth in U.S. while defending Canada’s quota system
MONTREAL – Canada’s second-largest dairy producer, the farmer-owned Agropur Cooperative, says it sees the company’s growth not within the nation, where it’s defended the protectionist supply-management system when threatened with free-trade deals, however in the U.S. where it can import to international markets including north of the border. “It’s certain that development for all of us will come primarily from the Usa,” ...
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