Welcome back to school; and welcome to more debt

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Where did the summer go? That might be one of the questions both students and parents are asking themselves as students head off to campusĀ  for another year of university. Along with meeting friends – old and new – registering for classes, buying textbooks and engaging in extracurricular activities, students are buzzing around campuses already,… Read more »

Whopper of a deal: Burger King pays billions for Tims

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One of the biggest Canadian business stories of the past week – if not the past year – has to be the announcement last week that Burger King and private equity firm 3G Capital are purchasing Canada’s favourite coffee chain, Tim Hortons. The price: a whopper-sized $12.5 billion. According to the National Post, the combined… Read more »