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Jamieson Wellness owner makes huge return in IPO

Shares in vitamin and health-products producer Jamieson Wellness Inc. rose swiftly in its stock-market debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange with its U.S. private-equity backer among the big winners. Story

Calgary-based Paramount's stock sinks after purchase of Apache assests

Paramount Resources Ltd. shares dropped nearly 8 per cent Friday after the Calgary-based oil producer agreed to pay $459.5-million for Canadian assets held by U.S.-based Apache Corp. Story

Why Bay Street is fretting over HBC's Richard Baker

If there were a Hall of Fame for real estate investors, Richard Baker would be a unanimous, first-ballot inductee. Story

Liquor Stores names Kenneth Barbet as new president, CEO in shakeup

North America's largest publicly traded alcohol retailer landed the former head of Nova Scotia's liquor stores as its new chief executive on Friday, the first step in an expected shakeup at the chain. Story

Gluskin Sheff wins arbitration hearing with founders

Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. won a long-running dispute with its founders on Thursday, sending shares in the money management firm soaring. Story

CPPIB shakes up executive team as succession planning continues

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is shuffling its top brass, bolstering its management team amid ongoing succession planning efforts. Story

Canaccord buys U.K. rival amid British consolidation

Investment bank Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. vaulted into the top ranks of a consolidating British wealth-management industry on Wednesday by acquiring rival Hargreave Hale Ltd. in a deal worth up to $134-million. Story

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Canadian IPO market not keeping up with investor demand: survey

Canadian companies are going public at a blistering pace, raising $2.9-billion from 16 initial public offerings in the first half of the year, and experts say investors are hungry for more IPOs than corporations are willing to provide. Story

Warren Buffett invests in Canada, but should you?

When Warren Buffett acts, investors notice. And after he took a roughly $300-million (U.S.) position last month in Home Capital Group, a troubled Canadian mortgage underwriter, some investors saw it as a vote of confidence not only in that company, but also in Canadian stocks over all. Al Rosen takes a different view. New York Times

A Canadian venture capital firm is funding entrepreneurs to relocate and become citizens

Ray Sharma loves Toronto, and he's willing to bet entrepreneurs around the world will love it, too. Sharma is the CEO and co-founder of Extreme Venture Partners, a Canadian VC firm that recently assembled a fund for paying startup founders and their families to relocate to Toronto. Business Insider

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