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Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US... 2010-09-01


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Privately-owned Canadian oil sands player MEG Energy has released a preliminary filing ready for an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange later in 2010.

2010-06-23

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US-based Casey's General Stores has rejected a hostile takeover bid from Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard. Following Couche-Tard's publication of its bid,... 2010-04-14


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Canadian heavy oil producer Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation (AOSC) has said it will raise at least CAD1.35bn (US$1.33bn) in an initial public offering (IPO).

2010-04-07

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In a move that neatly underlines one of CFW's key market views ('Chinese Commodity M&A To Continue') PetroChina (the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation),... 2009-09-01


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The news that Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) is among those that are interested in acquiring nearly half of Thailand's Siam City Bank, is in line with its international M&A trend.... 2009-07-28


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With two of the three largest deals announced on July 20 coming from Canadian acquirers, CFW notes that M&A volume north of the 49th parallel continues to look relatively healthy,... 2009-07-21


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Despite Klondex Mines' precarious financial position, the Canadian miner has rejected Silvercorp Metal's unsolicited CAD70mn bid, stating that it significantly undervalues its assets.... 2009-07-16