Profs Beaumont, Schumacher and Weitzner awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Published: 14 April 2023

Congratulations to Paul Beaumont, David Schumacher and Gregory Weitzner, who were awarded a 2022-2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant...

Peer-to-peer lending platforms are a potential disruptor to a long-established industry

Published: 2 November 2022

For small businesses – and aspiring businesspeople -- banks have been a financial gatekeeper. Without assets and a business credit profile, businesses are often out of luck. But peer-to-peer...

Delve: How FinTech Lending to Small Businesses Opens the Door to Bank Loans, with Paul Beaumont

Published: 30 September 2022

Bank loans are the typical first step for most small and medium-sized businesses, but another form of business lending has emerged: FinTech companies that use algorithms to determine whether a...

Expert: Proposed Rogers-Shaw deal bad for Canada, says Telus

Published: 26 November 2021

On November 22nd, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began five days of public hearings into the proposed purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications....

A new act for Cirque du Soleil

Published: 22 July 2021

At the end of 2020, a creditor consortium led by Catalyst Capital became the new owner of Cirque du Soleil only months after the famed circus producer made a failed bid for bankruptcy protection....

Rogers purchases Shaw, erases competition

Published: 18 March 2021

Following its $26 billion acquisition of Shaw, Rogers has been criticized for eliminating regional competition. If the sale is approved by the Trudeau government, the company would become the...

Expert: Rogers and Shaw merge in $26 billion transaction

Published: 16 March 2021

Rogers Communications Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc., a takeover that will reshape the country’s telecom landscape provided it receives regulatory approval. The purchase...

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