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April 30, 2013

Bureaucrats scored a huge win in Ontario today: The legislation would also crack down on fraud by giving FSCO the right to oversee health clinics that invoice insurers. It would also expand FSCO’s right to …

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April 29, 2013

Deutsche Bank is raising some capital: Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), continental Europe’s biggest bank, will raise as much as 4.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion) to increase capital as first-quarter profit climbed. The company will issue …

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April 26, 2013

It has become easier (for some) to buy (some) foreign securities: Offerings of securities in other jurisdictions are frequently extended to purchasers in Canada on a private placement basis. However, it is generally necessary to …

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April 25, 2013

Assiduous Reader JP sends in a clipping detailing the interesting defence to the fraud charges against S&P: Now, lawyers defending the company against the Justice Department’s recent civil lawsuit say that statements about independence and …

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April 24, 2013

The Globe was enthralled with the new Air Canada equipment financing: Air Canada said on Wednesday it plans to acquire five new Boeing 777-300ER series aircraft with funds raised through offering two tranches of enhanced …

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April 23, 2013

Well, that was interesting: The S&P 500 was up about 1 percent at about 1,578 at 1:07 p.m. New York time today when a posting on the Associated Press Twitter account said there had been …

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April 22, 2013

I am convinced that Toronto will have a major global competitive advantage in the next century – access to Lake Ontario: India, the world’s second-most populous nation, is doubling spending on water management to a …

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April 19, 2013

Civility trumps justice: Mr. Groia has spoken scathingly about his profession’s “civility movement” and has painted the discipline proceedings as a worrying attack on the ability of all lawyers to mount vigorous defences in high-stakes …

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April 18, 2013

So how much of what we think we know is actually a silly error? In the world of economic luminaries, it doesn’t get much bigger than Reinhart and Rogoff, whose work has had enormous influence …

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April 17, 2013

The Bank of Canada conveyed no surprises in its rate announcement: On a quarterly basis, growth in Canada is expected to pick up to about 2.5 per cent in the second half of this year. …

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