CALGARY — A year-long review of climate change risk disclosures to investors by large Canadian publicly-traded companies has found huge disparities in practices between corporations and industries. The Canadian Securities Administrators, a national body representing provincial securities regulators, says it plans to do further work to develop new guidelines and potentially new rules to help […]
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Not that long ago lithium was the it-mineral but miners are finding it harder to raise capital now that fears of over-estimated electric-car uptake have crept onto the scene
NEW YORK — Like a good thriller, you can’t be sure where the stock market is headed these days until the very end. The market has become so volatile that big swings are happening not only day to day but hour to hour as investors react to a mix of hard news, fear and speculation. […]
TORONTO — A report suggests Canadians who stream pirated TV and film content have shifted almost entirely from using BitTorrent technology to the more user-friendly Kodi software that’s commonly installed on TV set-top boxes running Google’s Android operating system. The Waterloo, Ont.-based network management company Sandvine analyzed anonymized data from 100,000 Canadian households last year […]
General Dynamics’ Gulfstreams are the top-selling business jet brand in China, where they compete fiercely against Bombardier’s Global series
TORONTO — The Bank of Montreal’s chief executive says the it is seeing investment outflow from Canada to the U.S. in the wake of tax reforms and other factors south of the border. Darryl White told reporters after its annual meeting of shareholders that this pattern is not “profound” at this stage. “In real time, […]
At the end of March, Pershing Square’s total assets under management sat at about US$8.2 billion, down from about US$18.3 billion in 2015
QUEBEC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expressing optimism that the NAFTA discussions with Mexico and the United States are moving forward in a significant way. Speaking in Quebec City today, Trudeau said he is hoping there will be good news to report because of what he called a current productive spell between Canada and […]
Concern that regulations on disclosing risks and financial impacts of these issues and more are insufficient