Report on Business

Number Cruncher A notch above junk: Heavily indebted firms to keep on your radar

Investor Newsletter The market bust no one understands, why cash isn’t trash now, and the perplexing poor performance of TSX bank stocks

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B.C. judge grants bail to Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Subscriber content

Wanzhou is wanted by the United States on allegations that the company skirted trade sanctions against Iran

China says arrest of Huawei CFO part of ‘political conspiracy’ by Canada, U.S.

Accusation comes as former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig was detained in China

B.C. forestry firms on board with China trip as minister bows out over Huawei furor Subscriber content

A British Columbian delegation intends to continue a trip to China as the Canadian corporate sector pushes to do business with the world’s second-largest economy in the midst of a worsening political storm over the arrest of a top Chinese executive

opinion

Canada is caught in the middle of a China-U.S. tech war

The Meng case is going to test our courage and wits on the precipice of a Sino-American confrontation

Paul Evans

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Canada’s spy agency cautions universities about research ties with Huawei Subscriber content

The meeting with 15 research-intensive schools was held well before the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, but came amid continuing U.S. pressure on Ottawa to ban Huawei’s access to Canada’s next-generation 5G wireless network

airlines

Competition watchdog launches predatory pricing probe of WestJet Subscriber content

Investigation the result of complaint from Flair Airlines which alleged that WestJet prices are forcing competitors out of the market

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Featured

The Big Six made $45.3-billion this year. Who’s shining brightest?

Business Briefing Luxury housing market set to revive in Vancouver (where luxury and price don’t always match) Michael Babad

The stock market boom no one loved has become the bust no one understands

Top Links Top 10 investment risks for 2019

The close: Energy, financial stocks lead TSX lower

The Big Six made $45.3-billion this year. Who’s shining brightest?

Companies must invest in women returning from workplace leave

Fired from Waterfront Toronto board, acting CEO Michael Nobrega opens up

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Streetwise

What crisis? Canada’s Big Six banks brush off oil-price crash With little exposure to riskier junior companies and reduced overall investment in the sector, major financial institutions dismiss fears

Quirky Canadian stock tickers now range from NERD to CARS to WEED Advent of four-character ticker symbols in 2016 sparked a creative naming burst, but they don’t always spell success

Mawer Investment Management to stay independent, rules out sale In November, company hired bankers to consider a sale amid frothy market for asset managers

Coinsquare exchange acquires BlockEQ cryptocurrency wallet for $12-million The deal will allow Coinsquare users to access Stellar, a blockchain-based payment network that allows users to swap fiat currencies for virtual ones and send money across borders

Walking the talk on diversity Hiring counsel from a certified ‘diverse’ law firm can pay off from a business standpoint as well

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Why are Canada’s oil patch CEOs changing their minds on carbon pricing? The oil giants are finally realizing they have no future unless they can be profitable in a low-carbon economy. Other sectors should follow before it’s too late Chris Turner

Meet the saviour of Sobeys, our 2018 CEO of the Year After bungling its Safeway acquisition, Sobeys turned to ousted Canadian Tire CEO Michael Medline to clean up the mess. Two years later, both have come roaring back

SNC-Lavalin’s CEO just can’t catch a break Under Neil Bruce’s watch, the engineering giant went from scandal-ridden to world class. Everything seemed to be going great—until it all fell apart.

Livin' large with Canada’s crypto king Anthony Di Iorio became a flashy cryptocurrency tycoon almost overnight. Now he wants to turn Toronto into the Silicon Valley of the blockchain age. Is he for real—or was he just lucky?

Justin Trudeau: Environmentalist or oil sands saviour? He can’t be both How can the Prime Minister reconcile fighting climate change and promoting massive new fossil fuel projects? He can’t Eric Reguly

Why privacy expert Ann Cavoukian quit Google’s Toronto smart-city project When a privacy expert with as much cred as Cavoukian sounds the alarm over potential mishandling of personal data—as she has with Google’s Toronto smart-city project—we should all worry

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Nature’s Path co-CEO Ratana Stephens on how she got the funding to start her multimillion-dollar business Entrepreneur, co-CEO of Nature’s Path (estimated revenue $400 million), organic evangelist

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Tencent Music goes public in U.S., raises nearly $1.1-billion December 11

Companies must invest in women returning from workplace leave December 11

Business School Research Death is not always deadly in advertising December 11

Argentine court sentences former Ford executives to prison in torture cases December 11 Updated

Cubans heading abroad to buy goods in short supply back home December 11

Canadians file class-action suits against Marriott in wake of Starwood data breach December 11 Updated

U.S. producer prices lifted in November by service sector December 11 Updated

Newly elected CBS board to decide former CEO Les Moonves’s exit pay December 11 Updated

Business video

Liftoff: David Saint-Jacques launches for the International Space Station 1:00 The Soyuz rocket carrying Canadian David Saint-Jacques and two other astronauts successfully launched from Russia Monday morning, heading toward the International Space Station for a six-month mission.

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See how the space station has grown and evolved over 20 years 1:58 Tuesday marks the 20th birthday of the International Space Station. Over the last two decades the configuration and size of the station has changed dramatically. This NASA animation shows how.

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How to manage your home equity line of credit 1:58 Personal finance columnist Rob Carrick outlines the best ways to manage a home equity line of credit. Rob says that figures suggest too many Canadians are using a line of credit as an ATM to fund lifestyle purchases such as electronics.

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Carrick Talks Money: Bonds not doing it for you? Try these alternatives 1:40 Personal finance columnist Rob Carrick offers some ideas for conservative investors in a rising interest rate world

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Light work: How a roll of film is processed 1:28 In the lab at Toronto's Downtown Camera, the staff is busy fulfilling developing and scanning jobs for photographers who are shooting on film. Here's a peek at how they processed a roll of Portra 800 120mm for The Globe's story on the expansion of the store to meet the growth of film usage.

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Carrick Talks Money: How to ensure your money lasts through retirement 1:46 Personal finance columnist Rob Carrick talks to author Fred Vettese about the best practices to stretch your retirement savings.

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Ultra human-like robots are at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence 0:35 Watch Vancouver-based Sanctuary A.I.'s trailer for their new humanoid robots currently in development.

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Marketing

Small Business Resource Centre ‘Export or die’: Doing business beyond borders can strengthen your operation

Rogers sells personal-finance website MoneySense to Toronto-based Ratehub

Small Business Resource Centre The right logo and branding can make or break a small business

International Business

China to cut tariffs on U.S. autos, White House official says

Nissan ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn’s detention appeal dismissed by court

Japanese prosecutors formally charge Carlos Ghosn and Nissan in financial misconduct scandal

Small Business

Business booming for Rocky Mountain backcountry sports companies

Report on Small Business Newsletter: Soaring rents force food entrepreneurs to think small – really small

Soaring rents force food entrepreneurs to think small – really small

Careers

Opinion It’s all about relationships, in the new world of work

Managing A year-end roundup of the best business reads

How artificial intelligence could change the hiring process

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