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4.5 year – 2.45%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. increased its quarterly dividend Friday as it reported that its first-quarter profits more than doubled compared with a year ago, boosted by the acquisition of Statoil Fuel & Retail.5.5 year – 2.70%
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Pros and cons of stock-trading apps
– thestar.com
Online brokers are eager for mobile trading to catch on because it makes trading easier and more impulsive.Microsoft says it will meet regularly with shareholder ValueAct Capital, may offer board seat
– canadianbusiness.com
REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft Corp. says it will soon be holding regular meetings with San Francisco investment firm ValueAct Capital and potentially give the investment firm a seat on its board.
ValueAct owns less than 1 per cent of the software company’s outstanding shares, but is one of its largest shareholders.
Under an agreement announced Friday, ValueAct’s President Mason Morfit will meet with Microsoft directors and management to discuss a range of business issues. The agreement also gives ValueAct the option of having Morfit join the Microsoft board of directors after the company’s 2013 annual shareholders meeting.
“Microsoft is a world-class company with tremendous long-term potential,” Morfit said in a statement. “At this critical inflection point in the company’s evolution, I look forward to actively working together with the board and Microsoft’s management team to continue to create value for all shareholders.”
A representative for ValueAct could not be reached immediately for further details on the firm’s plans…
ValueAct owns less than 1 per cent of the software company’s outstanding shares, but is one of its largest shareholders.
Under an agreement announced Friday, ValueAct’s President Mason Morfit will meet with Microsoft directors and management to discuss a range of business issues. The agreement also gives ValueAct the option of having Morfit join the Microsoft board of directors after the company’s 2013 annual shareholders meeting.
“Microsoft is a world-class company with tremendous long-term potential,” Morfit said in a statement. “At this critical inflection point in the company’s evolution, I look forward to actively working together with the board and Microsoft’s management team to continue to create value for all shareholders.”
A representative for ValueAct could not be reached immediately for further details on the firm’s plans…
