Veteran business correspondent at National Post/Financial Post. Coverage includes: finance, pensions, regulation, governance, ESG. [email protected]
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The United States dropped its recommendation for all children to be vaccinated against influenza, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, and hepatitis A, sparking warnings from public health experts reut.rs/4pjbGfP
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Toronto-Dominion Bank’s money-laundering crisis makes succession question messy and complicated. #TD #AML #SUCCESSION #DOJ financialpost.com/feature/td… via @
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BREAKING# Bank of Canada warns nation's renters showing signs of financial strain financialpost.com/news/econo…
Capital gains tax changes could lead to 'brain drain,' harm productivity as some fear tech exodus financialpost.com/technology… via @
US Fed’s about-face on stringent capital rules could leave Canadian banks uncompetitive, warns Royal Bank of Canada CEO Dave McKay @federalreserve @RBC #banks #Capital #Basel #loans #lending
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Tighter capital rules could leave Canadian banks uncompetitive, RBC's McKay warns financialpost.com/fp-finance… via @
Peter Aceto was going to be the cannabis industry's fall guy. Now he's making a career comeback financialpost.com/feature/pe… via @
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AI ‘hallucinated’ fake legal cases allegedly filed to B.C. court in Canadian first dlvr.it/T1nmPp
OSC's top enforcement official to leave at end of February financialpost.com/news/osc-d…
Scotiabank CEO shifts focus to North America, vows 'significant' change in mindset #banks #strategy #Canada @scotiabank financialpost.com/fp-finance… via @
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This was a very strange strategy choice by the province. They based their entire pitch on a number everyone knew was not credible (that’s why Kenney and Toews locked the report up for years) instead of on any other reason to create our own plan. Did they want it to fail?
“Alberta has paused its pension campaign … because the public questions the validity of the calculations offered by the provincial government”
Turns out taking 53% of the CPP wasn’t seen as credible… 🤭 theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
What is FINTRAC and why is it fining some of Canada's biggest banks? financialpost.com/fp-finance… via @
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A relatively inexpensive program in California schools helped improve students' reading ability more than costlier options, a new study found, potentially offering a new tool to educators as they look to help students recover from pandemic setbacks. nyti.ms/3uL9ffH
Are Canada's big banks just playing it safe or is there more trouble ahead? financialpost.com/fp-finance… via @
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Bank of America pays $12 mln fine for misreporting mortgage data reut.rs/3N3gwxJ
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UK bans vague ‘sustainability’ fund labels in greenwashing crackdown on.ft.com/415JCCo
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Remote work has EXTENDED the length of many Americans' Thanksgiving vacation, with Sunday before now bigger travel day than Wednesday trib.al/F8um6q7
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For years, senior employees at Binance knew that some of its users were criminals. Yet, despite regular warnings that some transactions on Binance.com were violating anti-money-laundering laws, the firm was reluctant to cut them off. nyti.ms/47pVJwp