Potash prices have continued to decline in recent weeks, putting significant pressure around the producers. As a result, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.’s 2016 earnings guidance – that was announced barely 8 weeks ago – is already looking shaky, based on CIBC World Markets analyst Jacob Bout. In late January, Potash Corp. predicted earnings of US90 cents to US$1.20 a ...
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Canada’s oil dealmakers just had their best quarter in 20 years, but don’t let the numbers fool you
Investors hungrily acquired share offerings of Canadian gas and oil companies within the first three months of the year, however the record-setting quarter hardly signals rising appetite for that troubled sector in the capital markets. 'Fragile five': These OPEC producers take presctiption the verge of collapse if oil prices don't stabilize ‘You will find five sovereign producers which are around ...
Read More »‘We’re not at the bottom yet’: Canada’s ever-shrinking oil industry braces for more layoffs
After almost 2 yrs of sinking oil prices and a minimum of 40,000 job cuts, Canada’s petroleum industry still isn’t finished tackling its bloated operations. How hard-hit oilfield workers are demanding respect amid 'absolute desperation’ They are demanding respect, however, you also feel the desperation as Canada’s hard hit gas and oil drilling and services companies mobilized this week to ...
Read More »Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ use of non-GAAP financial reporting highlights widespread problems, former Biovail board member says
MONTREAL – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s long fall is warming up the controversy over whether the company is having its own reporting metrics to sugarcoat a bitter financial situation, leading a former board person in the drugmaker’s predecessor Biovail to speak out against a trend that’s been adopted by some of Canada’s largest businesses. “It may not be illegal, but it is misleading,” said Spencer Lanthier, a ...
Read More »Canadians bursting with confidence because they have faith in their housing market
Canadians are searching past signs of damage from low energy prices and predicting the housing surge will continue. According to weekly polling by Nanos Research, the share of respondents expecting higher real estate prices reached probably the most since December 2014 last week, or 38.7 per cent. That pushed the Bloomberg Nanos Consumer Confidence Index to 54.7 a week ago, the ...
Read More »Putin associates stashed billions in offshore accounts, leaked records from Panamanian law firm reveal
Twitter Google+ Reddit Email Typo?More Comments LinkedIn TumblrPinterest DiggFarkItStumbleUpon MOSCOW C A St. Petersburg concert cellist continues to be revealed because the linchpin in an elaborate financial empire that manages billions of dollars apparently linked to Vladimir Putin, papers published Sunday show. Sergei Roldugin, a director from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and guest conductor in the Mariinsky Theatre, met Putin in the 1970s ...
Read More »Global shockwaves from China are only going to get worse, IMF warns
WASHINGTON – Global market spillovers from China’s economic shocks is only going to increase in coming years as the country’s financial influence grows and the yuan’s use as a funding currency broadens, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. In a portion of their latest Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF said developments in emerging markets now account for one-third ...
Read More »TransCanada Corp shuts down Keystone pipeline after oil spill in South Dakota
CALGARY – TransCanada has shut down its Keystone pipeline while it investigates an oil spill in South Dakota, the organization said Monday. Mark Cooper, a spokesman for TransCanada, said a nearby landowner noticed signs of an oil spill around noon local time Saturday and informed the organization. The pipeline, which carries about 500,000 barrels of oil a day, was shut ...
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