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What We Talk about When We Talk about Dumplings. Ed. by John Lorinc. Oct. 2022. 174p. Coach House, paper, $18 (9781552454527). 641.81. Are dumplings spongy steamed pork buns? Crisp savory [...]

Few people navigate an entire career--in whatever field--without feeling that itch to switch. If you are an accountant in public practice, you might want to go into industry; if you're [...]

During the summer of 2009, Bay Street finance legend Brad Griffiths and a pair of co-investors created an oil-and-gas exploration company called Griffiths Energy International Inc. (GEI) and set out [...]

IN 2009, DANIEL RICICA, A SENIOR MANAGER IN KPMG'S TORONTO-based mining practice, embarked on a two-year stint at the firm's Rio de Janeiro office, which had been handling a steadily [...]

IN APRIL, A GROUP OF ANGRY CITIGROUP SHAREHOLDERS TOOK what was once thought to be an unthinkable action against a corporate board and its well-paid CEO. In a so-called 'say-on-pay' [...]

IN EARLY 2005, ONTARIO'S LIBERAL GOVERNMENT embarked on a hard-nosed negotiation with Bruce Power, an energy consortium, over a proposed deal to refurbish an aging nuclear plant on the shores [...]

Like all professional investors, Robert Floyd spends a lot of time poring over disclosure documents. And not surprisingly, the president of Birch Leaf Investments of Mississauga, Ont., has formed some [...]

NOT LONG AGO, Belleville, Ont., accountant Bob Robertson, a partner with Wilkinson & Co.'s Quinte West practice, found himself grappling with the problem of what to do about a difficult [...]

AS INVESTMENT PROPOSITIONS GO, IT WAS AN AMBITIOUS and visionary plan. In the early-2000s, when hospitality entrepreneur Ken Fowler began planning Red Leaves on Ontario's Lake Rosseau, he dreamt of [...]

In November 2009, Waterloo, Ont's DALSA Corp., a digital imaging and semiconductor firm with 2009 revenue of $162.5 million, invited financial analysts to an investor presentation with CFO Wajid Ali. [...]

LAST YEAR, ROBERT DAVIS, A PARTNER IN KPMG'S TRANSFER PRICING group found himself meeting a prospective client--a large Chinese manufacturer setting up a Canadian operation. While much was at stake [...]

For veteran Winnipeg CA Joel Lazer, it was a revelatory moment. A co-founder of Lazer Grant Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, he had set up an innovative employee bonus pool [...]

It was one of those roller-coaster rides that have become all too common in Canada's corporate landscape. In March 2008, Kim Yost, then president and CEO of The Brick Group [...]

LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS, northern Ontario CA Darryl Gagnier saw his outlook on retirement change dramatically after the meltdown on global equity markets this past fall. At 65, [...]

ONE DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EXPERT ON CLIMATE CHANGE and energy markets to realize that companies with large vehicle fleets are hurtling toward a future of rising operating costs [...]

Bottled water companies being criticized by environmentalists and anti-corporate activists, saying that they are taking much and profiting from natural resources and that packaging wastes are added to their products. Bottled water companies are enhancing their products by adding vitamins and other nutrients. Other issues regarding the industry are discussed.

An overview of Transat's management is presented. Transat, a travel company, acquired Thomas Cook's Canadian travel agency network in 2006. The company also invested in a Spanish hotel chain. Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat's chairman, also discusses the company's launching in 1987.

Glenn Murphy, chief executive officer of Gap Inc., is facing the task of restoring the company's profitability. The company's earnings per share and stock price have increased since the Canadian was recruited by the struggling clothing company in 2007.

A decade ago, Norma Goodwin was putting in long hours in the forensic accounting practice of a big firm. While cycling through a pair of foreign assignments, she had a [...]

A nuclear renaissance is taking place in Canada and elsewhere, and nuclear organizations and companies are spendig millions of dollars to promote a repackaged nuclear energy industry that can address the concert about climate change, air quality and blackouts. The history and forecasts and trends in the growing nuclear energy sector of Canada is presented.

Once in a while, Peter Yaremchuk, an Edmonton practitioner and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, needs to get a read on how other small firms in [...]

<> se rememore Tony lanni. Ron Gage, alors president de Ernst & Young (E & Y), avait convoque le jeune diplome de l'Universite Wilfrid Laurier au bureau de la direction. [...]

Increasing usage radio frequency identification devices in consumer goods supply chain management and disadvantages associated with this are discussed.

Une guerre se deroule sous nos yeux. Comme dans la plupart des guerres, des ressources rares sont en jeu, mais il s'agit d'une guerre sans armes, sans bombes et sans [...]

Onex Corp's brand image has been associated with it's chief executive officer Gerald Schwartz since years. The company is now planning an image change for which it has employed the services of public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard. The public relations efforts that need to be implemented by Onex for an image makeover are discussed.

The growth of Teacher's Private Capital, Canada's most influential private-equity (PE) player is discussed, describing how Jim Leech led the firm to generate huge profit for teachers. Public-sector pension funds investing huge money in PE firms who can be cheaters also, is a growing concern in Canada.

Gerry Schwartz, the Midas of Onex, is going through a midlife crisis as his company is facing a bad phase.

The various types of nursing home facilities are discussed.

The effects of the Enron debacle in the US on Canada are highlighted. The aims of setting up of Canadian Coalition for good governance are discussed. The proposed rules target five types of potential threats facing auditors, namely, self-review, self-interest, advocacy, familiarity and intimidation threat are described.

After years of being dictated to by car companies, frustrated buyers are forcing the auto industry to reinvent the way its vehicles are designed and sold. In hiring marketing whiz [...]

Management has no end of excuses for the death of Consumers Distributing. But if management wants to find the real culprit, maybe it should look in the mirror. When consumers [...]

Sympatico, Bell Canada's new Internet strategy, seems to be part service provider, part content provider and part cookies and milk. In the fast-paced world of the Internet, can even Bell [...]

Gabe Tsampalieros knows the food business from the kitchen floor up. Is that enough to lead the genteel Cara Foods (Harvey's and Swiss Chalet) against a ravenous swarm of Arch [...]

On the strength of his Exceed software package, Fred Sorkin flew Hummingbird Communications straight in the volatile Internet business. Now the brash Soviet emigre is betting that the 'intranet' market [...]

When tough US competitors moved north, it seemed inevitable that Canadian Tire would be flattened. But then a smart new CEO took over, and the confused retailer got a grip. [...]

Junk food and junk real estate--what a combination. For doughnut-store franchisors, it's paying off big: the industry thrives during hard times. The question is: can it survive a recovery? STANDING [...]

As a high-tech entrepreneur, John McLennan spent most of his career battling Bell. My, how times have changed. Now he's running the phone company--and busily drilling his troops to quell [...]

From cold calls to client presentations, computers are making sales much easier--and more profitable. MICHAEL SHEAHAN PRESSES large hands together and begins by reciting his profession's article of faith: 'There [...]

THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NORTHern Telecom Ltd. are not accustomed to hearing bad news at their annual meetings. And when they gathered one day last April in an opulent meeting room [...]

With memberships shrinking and more layoffs being announced daily, the labor movement needs every friend it can get. Now some trade unions are forming powerful new alliances - with management. [...]

ASK BILL GORDICA about finding profitable business opportunities in Russia these days and he's going to talk about adversity--but the kind that works for him. In May, 1992, after two [...]

The Tata Nano is notable for the way in which it has turned the traditional approach to making cars on its head. The idea for the car started in the late 1990's when Tata Group's chairman, Ratan Tata, started thinking of a car that would appeal to India's middle class. Laying out general goals for each part and asking several suppliers to submit designs that meet or exceed the goals was key to the revolutionary design process.