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How Shaw Communications Inc can pay for its $1.6B acquisition of Wind Mobile...

Shaw plans to pay for its $1.6-billion purchase of Wind Mobile entirely with a bridge loan, but exactly where the company will find the money to reduce its debt load is still up the air

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$2.75-billion nuclear contract award not enough to move the needle for...

The contract awarded Monday to a joint venture backed by SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Aecon Group Inc. is sizable, but not material enough to adjust their financial outlooks, analysts said

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Shaw Communications to sell Global TV network, specialty channels to Corus...

Corus Entertainment agreed to buy Shaw’s media business for $2.65 billion in cash and stock to add 45 television channels and 39 radio stations in Canada

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Corus revenue, earnings will more than double after Shaw Media deal

But its latest acquisition also increases the entertainment company's exposure to structural and regulatory headwinds that keep dragging on the media business, warns BMO

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Transformed Shaw Communications Inc shifts its focus to becoming a pure...

Shaw is in the midst of a multi-year reinvention and is turning to M&A instead of starting from scratch

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Why Shaw Communications Inc will pay the price to stake its claim as a...

After years of mixed signals, Shaw is finally about to join the wireless fray, but will pay a price for its tardiness as its Big Three competitors have built up a massive head start

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Shaw Communications to become growth story if deals approved: Scotia Capital

'We believe SJR has transitioned into a solid growth story by replacing media with wireless,' the analysts said in a note

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12 promising dividend-growth stocks: Desjardins

'We believe companies that can show consistent dividend growth will be highly coveted in 201,' Desjardins said. It is calling for dividend increases of 18 per cent for CNR Co. and 15.4% for Metro,...

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Investors should expect looming earnings period to be volatile

Analysts at Scotia Capital are expecting 'surprises' in this reporting round from energy and minerals. They note that the range of estimates between high and low is close to the widest it's ever been,...

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Boardwalk REIT gets dinged for exposure to energy-reliant provinces

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is feeling the pain from the ongoing rout in oil prices, as job layoffs across Alberta and a decrease in net migration push rental vacancy rates higher

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Fund flows could be more 'muted' as volatility takes hold: BMO

A record net $24.6 billion in cash piled into Canadian funds last year in the first quarter, but inflows may be 'more muted' this year

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Whether BlackBerry Ltd stays in hardware business will come to ‘critical...

The saga of BlackBerry's hardware business, which is losing subscribers and money, will come to a 'critical juncture' sometime this year, say Scotia Capital analysts

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Why Canadian stocks are down, but not out

It has been a miserable start to the year for equity markets in Canada, but a steep rally is in the cards for the TSX, predicts Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets

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Rogers Media to cut workforce by 4%, affecting 200 TV, radio, publishing and...

A memo to Rogers Media staff says the job cuts will begin in February and will conclude as soon as possible

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Rogers Communications Inc shares fall after results miss expectations in...

Rogers’s stock was jolted after the cable company reported fourth-quarter results that missed Bay Street's expectations. Making matters worse for Rogers was that it held its dividend steady

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Dividend pause at Rogers Communications Inc a sign of debt-equity tug of war

In a period where credit spreads are starting to widen, Rogers surprised the market when it decided to keep its quarterly dividend unchanged so it could reduce its debt load instead

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FP Watchlist: China's manufacturing data, oilpatch earnings, Amaya CEO seeks...

The Financial Post’s Christina Pellegrini looks at some of the day's top business and financial stories

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In volatile markets, look for companies still growing their dividends: BMO

In periods of elevated market volatility, investors ought to look to stocks that are growing their dividend for stability and fortitude rather than ones with only a high yield

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FP Watchlist: Cheap crude hits BP, Alphabet becomes world's most valuable...

BP, one of the world's largest energy companies, reported abysmal results for 2015, and it says it's all because of the cheap price of crude, plus more in today's Watchlist

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Renewable energy company Innergex gets upgrade on growth profile

For shares of Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., the future looks bright

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Intrawest Resort Holdings Inc gets boost from season’s pass sales, offsetting...

Selling season’s passes to its ski and winter resorts gave U.S.-based Intrawest a much-needed boost in the second quarter, as it tried to weather the warmest December on record

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FP Watchlist: BCE earnings, Suncor to cut costs, Trudeau visits Alberta

BCE reported quarterly profits that were in line with analyst estimates plus more in today's Watchlist

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BCE Inc hikes dividend, touts competitive cost structure: ‘We met all of our...

'We have strong operating momentum and a very competitive cost structure going into 2016,' BCE chief George Cope said during a conference call with analysts

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Assets under management slide in January at publicly traded fund managers

But, as a note from analysts at CIBC World Markets points out, shares in several of the companies still gained ground

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FP Watchlist: Alberta job carnage, low oil prices don’t cut output and oil...

The Financial Post’s Christina Pellegrini looks at some of the day's top business and financial stories

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Why Canadian telecom investors are grappling with dividend addiction

Canada’s two largest telecom companies sent different messages to yield-hungry investors, who, amid low interest rates and stumbling oil and gas sectors, rely on the maturing industry for income

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The behemoth, the biotech and the break fee: How a small Canadian firm ended...

Valeant and its Bausch & Lomb unit are locked in a legal tussle with a small Canadian biotech, which argues that Valeant was out to sabotage its growth and stifle innovation

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Chesapeake Energy Corp denies report that it's pursuing bankruptcy as shares...

The shale driller’s stock price fell more than 50% after Debtwire reported that Chesapeake had retained Kirkland & Ellis LLP to help restructure US$9.8 billion in debt amid the rout in oil prices

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TV pressures trump 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' for Disney shares

The success of the December movie hit 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' catapulted Walt Disney Co. to its best quarter in company history, yet shares of the media giant are down

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Telus narrowly misses profit estimates as oil prices wreak havoc in Alberta

Telus painted a much clearer picture Thursday about how its businesses in Canada’s oilpatch have weathered the uncertainty and job losses resulting from the ongoing rout in oil prices

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FP Watchlist: Countries freeze oil output, Element Financial, Goldman Sachs...

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela said they won't increase crude oil production above January's levels, plus more in today's Watchlist

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TMX shares rally despite market headwinds

Since late Thursday, when TMX Group posted earnings that fell short of estimates, its shares have been on a tear, jumping 4.3% Friday and an additional 2.4% Tuesday to $38.58

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Market turmoil doesn't spell impending doom for growth

Triple-digit swings in the markets have become more common. But who says markets are a reliable gauge, anyway?

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Twitter's new Canadian chief: ‘We have a ton of work to do’

In January Twitter Canada welcomed Rory Capern as its new managing director, filling a void in the office at an otherwise precarious time for the global social network

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FP Watchlist: Equity markets, OECD cuts 2016 growth outlook, Canadian Tire

The OECD is calling on governments around the world to increase spending in order to boost their sluggish economies, plus more in today's Watchlist

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Gold outlook is positive, TD says, as miners’ stock prices climb higher

Shares of Canadian gold miners have been on a recent tear, as investors pile into gold in search of safety

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FP Watchlist: Inflation rate rises, retail sales fall, Cenovus and Encana...

The cost of living in January increased to the highest annual rate since late 2014, with the rate of inflation rising 2% last month, plus more in today's Watchlist

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Is the recent TSX rally the calm before the storm?

Investors in Canadian equities have spent the first seven weeks of the year on a jolting roller-coaster ride

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Corus is overpaying for Shaw Media by $858 million, minority shareholder argues

Catalyst said that Corus could increase the value of its minority shares by between 23 and 107%, if it decided to renegotiate the terms of its proposed $2.65B transaction

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Catalyst's opposition to Corus-Shaw Media deal questioned by investors, analysts

The motives fuelling a minority shareholder's attempt to thwart Corus's $2.65B acquisition of Shaw Media were called into question Friday

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Analysts at banks advising Corus-Shaw deal take different tacks when it comes...

Analysts at RBC, which acted for Corus, published research notes offering a favourable opinion of the deal, but TD, hired by Shaw, has been prohibited from releasing comments

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Rogers Communications Inc bets 4K TV will take off, plans to air first...

Rogers is in a mad dash to produce live sports content in four times the definition than what is available today on most TV screens and sell cable subscribers the set-top boxes to display it

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Financings bridge the gaps in Shaw Communications Inc's rebirth

Here's a look at how bridge financing and other tools are helping Shaw recast its business

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‘Negative outperformance’: Breaking down Bill Ackman’s explanation for...

Ackman penned a letter to shareholders that relived the worst full year in his U.S. hedge fund’s 12-year history. Here are several phrases and ideas he references, and what he means by them

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Gold's rise in January bodes well for commodities for rest of 2016

With gold being up last month, there's a 72 per cent chance that the S&P GSCI, an index composed of 24 commodity futures, will rise this year

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FP Watchlist: Stocks, oil fights back, gold soars and tough times for...

The Financial Post’s Christina Pellegrini looks at some of the day's top business and financial stories

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Corus minority shareholder urges regulators to review ‘serious’ disclosure...

Regulators have been urged to review whether enough information about Corus' proposed $2.65B acquisition of Shaw Media have been publicly disclosed

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Shareholder advisor raises concern over Corus' debt, equity in Shaw Media...

An influential shareholder advisory firm has raised a red flag about the way Corus intends to fund its acquisition of Shaw Media, but is still advising shareholders to approve the transaction

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Lawyers clash at hastily called OSC hearing to discuss shareholder Catalyst's...

The hearing came together so quickly the panel hearing the case hasn't even had a chance to determine whether Catalyst has the technical legal right to launch the case

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Two takes on whether equity crowdfunding is a good idea

Has equity crowdfunding come of age? Two takes on whether investors should take the plunge — or steer clear

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