The Conservative Party’s Kevin O’Leary factor + MORE May 26th

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Kevin O’Leary’s stalker is occupying a strategic position by the elevators. Plump and pleasant-looking, with dyed-blond hair and a pink T-shirt, she has lain in wait for 45 minutes in the upstairs corridor of a mostly empty office complex in suburban New Jersey. Signs she has whipped off on the boss’s printer are taped all over the walls. “Welcome Mr. Wonderful!” reads one. “Come this way and say hi to your fans,” begs another.
O’Leary has been busy playing salesman on this afternoon, visiting area brokerages to pitch an investment fund he’s fronting, but he’s dressed just the same as when he’s on TV. The wardrobe coordinator for Shark Tank hit upon the slightly menacing look—black suit and tie, Prada shoes, and a custom-made white shirt with a collar bar and death-head cufflinks—in the show’s third season, and it’s all he’s worn in the five years since…

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TD Bank reported a second-quarter profit of $2.05 billion, up from $1.86 billion a year ago as its retail banking operations on both sides of the border had stronger earnings.

WASHINGTON – It’s turning out to be a busy month for initial public stock offerings.
US Foods Holding Corp. shares rose more than 8 per cent Thursday, a day after raising more than $1 billion by selling 44.4 million shares at $23 per share. It plans to use proceeds from the offering to pay down debt and for general corporate purposes. The company, which posted revenue of $23.13 billion last year, is one of the country’s largest foodservice distributors. IPO research and investment firm Renaissance Capital said that was the largest IPO by sales since October of 2013.
US Foods shares rose $1.91 to $24.91. The stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “USFD.” Underwriters have an additional 30 days to purchase another 6.7 million shares in the Rosemont, Illinois-based company.
Meanwhile, Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. led the way Thursday, as its shares rose 18.8 per cent to close at $13.07. The Irving, Texas-based biopharmaceutical company sold 5…

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