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Bank of Montreal CEO William Downe’s compensation rose 2.1% to $10.2 million in 2015

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Bank of Montreal awarded Chief Executive Officer William Downe $10.Two million in compensation for fiscal 2015, a couple.1 percent increase from the year earlier. Downe, 63, received $1.88 million in salary, $8.27 million in shares, stock options and incentives, plus $16,625 in other compensation for that year ended Oct. 31, the Toronto-based lender said Tuesday in a regulatory filing. He ...

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PDAC 2016: Hope for a new bull market in metals springs eternal at mining conference

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TORONTO ? Veteran analysts in the world’s largest mining convention said Tuesday the commodity bear market may be near its end. The comments were made throughout a panel at the 2016 PDAC conference. Several analysts noted that there are bullish signs accumulating on the market, together with a dearth of new projects, signs of tighter supply and the very cheap ...

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PDAC 2016: China’s Zijin Mining eyes further global growth after landmark deals last year

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TORONTO ? Some from the global gold industry is retrenching, one of China’s leading producers continues to eye big global growth. “We wish to become a global leading company,” George Fang, executive director of Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., told a crowd in the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. It would be a rare public ...

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PDAC 2016: Ecuador turning a corner as Lundin plots big gold mine

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Mining entrepreneur Lukas Lundin includes a well-earned track record of succeeding in places where others won’t tread. Even, it appears, Ecuador. When his company Lundin Gold Inc. bought the Ecuador-based Fruta del Norte (FDN) project in 2014, it raised lots of eyebrows. Ecuador, in the end, was one of the most inhospitable places in the world for mining investment in ...

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PDAC 2016: Bankers see Toronto as destination for potential spin-off mining IPOs

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No concern is causing more concern for miners right now than use of capital. So a full house was available to hear from a panel of well-known Bay Street bankers, who gave their thoughts about the state of mining financing and also the broader health of the profession. The speakers included Egizio Bianchini (BMO Capital Markets), Peter Collibee (Scotia Capital), ...

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Hatching plans right to the end: A look inside the final days of Chesapeake Energy co-founder Aubrey McClendon

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Aubrey McClendon awoke that Tuesday, as he had 10,000 times before, prepared to work an offer. Aubrey McClendon dies at 56: Former Chesapeake CEO would be a mythical character who pioneered the shale revolution Aubrey McClendon was the face of the nation’s gas boom, a swashbuckling innovator who pioneered a shale revolution. Continue reading. McClendon, co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corp., ...

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Danier Leather starts closing sales at 76 stores across Canada

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TORONTO – Store closing sales start Tuesday at the remaining Danier Leather stores and outlets in Canada. How the rise of puffy parkas in Canada resulted in the downfall of Danier Leather Underpinning all of Danier’s woes in recent years was the rise of the now-ubiquitous puffy parka, turned into a Canadian fashion staple by Canada Goose more than 5 ...

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Pressure mounts on Lowe’s to up its offer for Rona’s preferred shareholders

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The battle for that support of Rona’s preferred shareholders – who in the takeover by Lowe’s are now being offered $20 per share, a $5 discount towards the original cost – is set to get a a bit more interesting three weeks prior to parties gather in Montreal to approve the transaction. This week, and perhaps as soon as Thursday, ...

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