Project Type: Stories
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WestJet, Onex and the 737 Max fallout
BNN Bloomberg, June 24, 2019 • WestJet Airlines Ltd. was on track to receive a higher price from its acquirer Onex Corp., but the private equity firm ultimately slashed its offer after Boeing 737 Max aircraft were grounded earlier this year, according to new documents. Canada’s second-largest carrier announced in May that Toronto-based Onex had agreed […]
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Pot in Canada’s Tomato Capital
How cannabis is transforming the Tomato Capital of Canada BNN Bloomberg, Oct. 12, 2018 • For Cole Cacciavillani, his next biggest competitor isn’t Canopy Growth Corp. or Aurora Cannabis Inc. The co-founder of Leamington, Ont.-based Aphria Inc. says it could very well be in his own backyard. “When Netscape first came out they were the […]
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Shopify Unite comes home
‘Canada is having a moment’: Shopify brings its tech extravaganza home BNN Bloomberg, May 4, 2018 • Shopify is coming home. After holding its annual partner and developers’ conference in San Francisco for the past two years, the Canadian ecommerce company is bringing the event back north to Toronto permanently. Following the lead of some […]
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Toronto’s real estate spectacular
As Toronto housing cools, A-Rod, Pitbull bring wealth ‘cheerleading’ BNN Bloomberg, March 16, 2018 • A video of rapper Pitbull jumping and dancing on stage, surrounded by six dancers, isn’t an image one would typically associate with the property market. But that’s the first item showcased on the website of the Real Estate Wealth Expo, which […]
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WEDDINGS & WEALTH IN CHINA
Love don’t cost a thing, but weddings in China definitely do The Toronto Star, Aug. 18, 2011 • SUZHOU, CHINA — Qin Yuxia is tired. On a sweltering, 40C day, she has trawled through China’s largest wedding market, a sprawling block of more than 1,000 standalone shops in the silk-making city of Suzhou, in search […]
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Amazon’s Smart Home Play
The US$180 Echo has emerged as a serious contender in the smart home platform war and Amazon is now doubling down on the technology
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Fitness Tracker Security
Is all that data — everything from your daily step count to your moods, blood pressure and heartbeat — safe?
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iPad Pro Review
Apple Inc. is hoping to make iPads interesting again with its new 12.9-inch tablet beast
April Fong 