Investments
CPPIB investing $200M for stake in specialty food company Premium Brands
Premium Brands intends to use the cash to repay debt, finance organic and acquisition growth opportunities.
CPPIB look to cash in on ‘disruption’ and shifts in technology, demographics
“We’ve been embracing disruption, whether that disruption is technological, whether it’s demographic, or economic, or climate-change related,” said CPPIB chief executive Mark Machin
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Canadians hoarding a record $75B in extra cash: CIBC study
Nervousness over market volatility keeping Canadians from taking the investment plunge.
Denmark’s Maersk Line shipping slashes 4,000 jobs
Company is also reducing its network capacity and postponing investments.
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The pros and cons of the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut
Cheaper access could come at a much higher cost down the road.
Manufacturers that plan and invest are higher performers: report
Study calls for increased market diversification and closing the gap on the continuing shortage of skilled labour.
BoC survey suggests manufacturers poised to invest more in 2015
Some companies expect the lower dollar to help them reclaim market share and increase competitiveness.
Not a lot of small businesses investing in 2015
BMO survey finds training and online presence are priorities.
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Looking for capital?
There’s money to invest, some of it from “angels.”
$1.5B sale of Talisman’s Montney gas holdings approved
All-cash deal also includes interests in wells, pipelines and processing plants.
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Global auto assembly investments down by a third: OAVR
Dollars going to Canadian production in 2012 far behind Mexico.
Bank of Canada overestimated growth; interest rates stay low
Central Bank says Canada will have to earn its success by boosting exports and through investments by the corporate sector.
PetroBakken plans $675M capital spend in 2013
Boosting output in Bakken and Cardium formations.
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Forest industry gets $100M for innovation
Innovating with cast-off fibre from the production of forestry products. Photo: FPAC VANCOUVER: Canada’s forestry industry now has a $100 million fund available to it for the development of innovative bio projects and technologies that can be integrated with current…
