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HEXO Ranks On The Globe And Mail's Fourth-Annual 'Women Lead Here' Benchmark Of Executive Gender Diversity
Friday, March 24, 2023 - 10:13am | 484Read More...HEXO Corp. (NASDAQ: HEXO) (TSX:HEXO) has been included on The Globe and Mail’s 2023 Report on Business magazine’s Women Lead Here list. This annual editorial benchmark identifies Canadian businesses with the highest executive gender diversity. “We are honored that The Globe and...
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Medical Cannabis Growers' Privacy Upheld By Canadian Federal Court
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 8:10pm | 591Read More...In Canada, a Federal Court ruled that data on the locations of large-scale medical cannabis growers will be protected from disclosure, reported The Globe And Mail. What Happened In 2017, The Globe submitted a request to Health Canada seeking access to a list of addresses of individuals...
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Cannabis & Burdensome Excise Tax: Canadian Operators Urge Changes As Pot Prices Drop
Monday, June 13, 2022 - 8:34am | 612Read More...Canadian cannabis operators are urging lawmakers to amend current excise taxes as weed prices drop. With the decline of marijuana prices, the flat-fee tax structure is disadvantageous, to say the least, reported The Globe and Mail. According to marijuana business leaders,...
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First Heartbleed Bug Victims Announced
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 9:39am | 523Read More...The Heartbleed bug is serious but as far as the world knew, it was a victimless crime—until now. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, about 900 taxpayers’ social insurance numbers were stolen from its systems. The Government of Canada informed the CRA of the breach and the Heartbleed bug was...
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BlackBerry Doesn't Think it Needs Testing Staff (BBRY)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 2:30pm | 313Read More...Woes seem to be continuing for Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY), whose shares cannot seems to escape the nine dollar level. According to The Globe and Mail, the smartphone producer will be laying off 250 product testing staff. Concern for layoffs was already high as the company laid off 5,000...
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Royal Dutch Shell Forced to Pause Arctic Drilling Once Again
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 8:49am | 478Read More...In order to avoid what could become another accident of BP (NYSE: BP) proportions, Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) will be unable to drill oil wells in the Arctic this year as safety equipment necessary to the project has been damaged during testing. According to The Globe and Mail,...
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Research In Motion Denies Split
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 2:40pm | 276Read More...Troubled cellular phone distributor Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been covered in the press frequently as of late, with today's speculation being that the BlackBerry 10 developer is headed for a split. Now, the company is reaching out to deny claims made by U.K. news website The...
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Redbox Continues its Netflix Assault with Canadian Invasion
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 11:03am | 385Read More...Netflix can run but it can't hide from Redbox's continued growth and expansion. This time the DVD rental service, which is owned and operated by Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), is bringing its famed kiosks to Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) stores all across Canada. According to The Globe and Mail, Redbox has also...
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Iceland Considering a Switch to the Canadian Dollar
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 2:54pm | 199Read More...According to a report from The Globe and Mail Iceland is considering adopting the Canadian Dollar as its currency. The financial crisis of 2008 hit iceland particularly hard, as Iceland's three largest banks leveraged themselves to a tremendous extent. The resulting aftershock sent the country...
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Silvercorp Fights Off Short Seller Accusations
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:49pm | 598Read More...Earlier this week, Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM) announced their lawyers are now working with Deer Consumer Products (NASDAQ: DEER)—another Chinese company that has recently seen its share price drop on short seller fraud allegations—to fight against (what the company characterizes as) "false"...
