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Potash: Fertilizer for growth
When Bill Webb showed up for work at Gluskin Sheff on the morning of Aug. 17, he was surprised to find the office buzz was all about potassium carbonate. News was filtering in that Australian global mining giant BHP Billiton had just launched a $38.5-billion hostile takeover bid for Saskatchewan’s Potash Corp., the world’s largest producer of the stuff, commonly known as potash. It...
The Performer: Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman
Acclaimed for her powerful, charismatic solo performances, Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, 33, has been described as possessing what “may be one of the great voices of the 21st century.” Since launching her career in 1998, she has performed with some of the world’s top orchestras in the most prestigious venues in North American and Europe. Last year, she survived a brush...
10 stocks to grow old with
Bill Turnbull is the living definition of the phrase “long-term investor.” The 89-year-old former bank manager has been saving money for more than 40 years — starting in the late 1960s, when his kids were young and his mortgage was new. Turnbull’s investment style has evolved over the years, but since the ’90s he has focused almost exclusively on blue-chip stocks that pay juicy...
Neil Young is forever Canadian
Every time Neil Young plays Winnipeg — he’s playing there tonight — it’s a big deal. While the legendary artist was born in Toronto and lived in Omemee, Ont., as kid, it was in the Peg where he spent his teenage years.
The city’s residents loves to claim Young as their own, and you can’t blame them — he played Winnipeg’s clubs, started his first band The Squires here, was friends...
Foreign stocks: Europe’s meltdown
Just when you thought it was safe to worry about something other than the fragile global economy, along comes the worst financial crisis Europe has seen in years. The panic set in on April 27, when Standard & Poor’s downgraded Greece’s credit score to junk status. Since then, the MSCI Euro index — the eurozone benchmark — has dropped 10%, creating global concerns about...
Investing: Prescription for profit
On March 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that gives roughly 32 million uninsured Americans health-care coverage for the first time. It was a historic moment for our southern neighbours, but here in Canada keen investors were watching something other than the explosion of punditry on CNN — they were watching stock prices in the volatile American health-care sector....
Emerging economies: Border crossing
It was just over a year ago that the stock market’s recovery officially began. Between March 9 and May 7, 2009, the S&P/TSX composite index jumped more than 2,800 points, and investors were thrilled that the dark days of the recession were over. Since then, however, the picture hasn’t been as rosy. In the following 11 months, the markets have climbed only 1,800 points, leaving anxious...
Business plan: Another piece of the pie
Any good entrepreneur knows that when an idea strikes, you write it down wherever you are — even if it’s a smoky bar. When Nick Quain’s big idea hit 10 years ago, he was in the midst of a heated discussion with a technology-minded friend (who would soon become his business partner). With a beer in one hand and a napkin near the other, the Web media exec began jotting down his thoughts...
Bryan Borzykowski is a Toronto-based writer and editor working mainly for business and entertainment publications. He regularly contributes to Canadian Business magazine, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, PROFIT, MoneySense and the Advisor Group. Bryan's the editor of Review magazine and is a senior editor with Connected for Business magazine. He's also a contributing writer with Hello! Canada and was once a weekly music columnist for Metro News. He's been nominated for several National Magazine Awards and recently co-authored