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Can you judge a book by its covers? We think so. Here, 25 of our best

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25 biggest deals

A look at the highest-value transactions from each of the past 25 years

You tell us

Who was the best CEO of the past 25 years?

The Maverick, Act II

Forget Sarah Palin. Sherritt's Ian Delaney is the original maverick

Big Idea

Appetite for destruction

Derivatives may have got us in this mess but we're going to need them to get us out of it

Energy

The champagne of fuels

When the economy rebounds, natural gas will have lots of fizz

Eric Reguly

Is the seal hunt worth it?

It makes meagre revenues and costs a fortune of goodwill abroad

In defence of sweaty armpits and clammy hands

Can't stand the heat? Get out of the wool suit

Ideas and Innovation

Out of order

Notable folks tell us what product they'd like to redesign. Join in with your ideas

Richard Currie

'They absolutely killed us': 10 business veterans on hard lessons

Richard Currie, Tony Fell, Jimmy Pattison and others offer inside looks at the biggest challenges of the past 25 years

The Top 1,000: Pain, no gain

Unless you were selling oil, it was the year that profits swooned in the heat of a global meltdown. And don’t put those smelling salts away yet

Timeline

Memorable moments

Can you remember what you were doing 25 years ago? Take a tour through a quarter century of Canadian business through the pages of Report on Business magazine

Dawn of a new era

Peter C. Newman gives us his take on the quarter century's watershed moment

Work hard. Play hard. Die hard

Gordon Capital is long gone, but you can see its influence everywhere on Bay Street. There’s the ranks of powerful alumni, the pre-eminence of the bought deal—and, of course, the sex in the bathroom

Bay Street then and now

What did Canada's financial capital look like in 1984? It cast fewer shadows, that's for sure

The Awards

Celebrating the most fascinating characters of the past 25 years in Canadian business

Robert Milton has a lot of baggage

Some call him a visionary. Others say he set Air Canada on a course for disaster. As Milton cuts his last ties with the floundering airline, he remains the most divisive figure in the aviation industry

ROB Magazine

The Empire Strikes Back

How Mega Brands made the acquisition from hell

Exit Interview
Talking with Bob Lutz
General Motors Edmonton dealer Doug Airey in his showroom
Five questions for...
a GM dealer
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GOOD LIFE
Some pig

Roast a whole hog this weekend

Cottage wines

What goes best with sunscreen and bug spray?

FROM THE ARCHIVES
50 Best Employers

This year's No. 1 employer offers some startling workplace lessons

CEO of the year

Fairfax Financial's Prem Watsa made $2 billion and thumbed his nose at his opponents at the same time