Report on Business

Stars and Dogs The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week

Real estate

Inside the fall of Fortress Subscriber content

Fortress Real Developments raised $920-million from 14,000 Canadians who thought they were getting low-risk, steady income. Now, as the company comes under the pressure of an RCMP investigation and faltering projects, some face the prospect of devastating losses

'My money is probably all gone’: The people fretting over Fortress payments Subscriber content

Three investors share their stories

pharmaceuticals

Apotex heir: A drug titan’s son steps in at a company in transition Subscriber content

As they streamline Canada’s largest generic drug company for a possible sale in the future, family members are also focused on legacy issues

It’s been a year since Barry and Honey Sherman were killed. There are so many questions. So few answers

The killing of a Toronto pharmaceutical tycoon and his wife made headlines around the world. Now, the culprit’s identity seems more elusive than ever – and the police face urgent questions about how they investigated the case

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Featured

Opinion This key interest rate is flashing a warning sign about buying a house Rob Carrick

The Listing Auditor’s report reveals Ontario’s rising elevator woes

Tax Matters Celebrate the holidays by singing The 12 Claims for Taxes Tim Cestnick

How AltaGas hopes to win back investors: Less debt and a lower dividend

The close: Dow drops almost 500 points, TSX at two-year low, as global growth concerns intensify

Ontario Legislature reconvenes Monday to block power workers' strike

Carrick on Money Getting up close and personal with your credit score Rob Carrick

The week’s most oversold and overbought stocks on the TSX

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Streetwise

CI Financial takes majority stake in Wealthbar, entering robo-adviser arena Vancouver-based robo-adviser will continue to run as a stand-alone business

Echelon Wealth Partners acquires Dundee Securities The deal, expected to close soon, will add almost $1-billion in assets under administration and management.

Lexpert: How lawyers must juggle overlapping interests In-house counsel need to manage interests that sometimes overlap, sometimes collide

GMP Capital’s global expansion peters out with sale of U.S. debt division GMP acquired the New York-based American fixed income unit in 2011 for US$44-million

Regulators move ahead with changes to how companies report non-GAAP results to investors The Accounting Standards Board of Canada will debut its framework on Wednesday for how all entities should use numbers that are deviating from generally accepted accounting principles

ROB Magazine

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

Oil and arms: How Saudi Arabia maintains its grip on the West World leaders excoriate Saudi Arabia, then keep selling it weapons

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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Scandal-plagued CBS will give US$20-million to 18 women’s rights groups in sexual-misconduct settlement December 14

The ROM’s new rock star: Meet Zuul the dinosaur, destroyer of shins December 14

Giving Back Raising money to help marginalized women break the cycle December 14

Nissan’s investigation of Carlos Ghosn focuses in on ‘CEO Reserve’ fund, subsidiaries December 14

France seeking Ghosn replacement as Renault board frays over CEO’s future: sources December 14

GM working to retrain employees affected by Oshawa plant closure December 14 Updated

Johnson & Johnson shares tumble on report company knew of cancer-causing asbestos in baby powder December 14 Updated

GM offers job transfers as U.S. layoff notices begin December 14 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

Business School Research Death is not always deadly in advertising

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

International Business

LVMH increases investment in high-end travel market with $3.2-billion Belmond deal

China to halt additional tariffs on U.S.-made cars Jan. 1 as trade dispute de-escalates

Costco shares fall as quarterly revenue misses estimates

Small Business

Report on Small Business Newsletter: Harley-riding Alberta nurse generates big buzz on L.A. fashion label

Business booming for Rocky Mountain backcountry sports companies

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

Careers

Leadership Lab Can an employee be terminated while on disability?

Philanthropy Another business school benefits from John F. Wood’s largesse

Leadership Lab How to get rated as a high-potential employee

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