LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – The private equity consortium behind the mooted acquisition of Spanish telecoms firm Masmovil (MASM.MC) has secured a 2 billion euro ($2.3 billion) loan towards that deal, helping revive a leveraged loan market that has taken a beating this year. The seven-year loan, which will be issued by
Can U.S. state governments withhold public contracts or financial investments from companies that boycott Israel? Twenty-six states have laws and regulations to this effect (legislation is pending in 13 more), but the American Civil Liberties Union has recently brought suits on behalf of plaintiffs in four states who object to
A space in Calgary’s South Glenmore Park is starting to take shape. It is in the process of being transformed into a one-of-a-kind memorial garden that will reflect the vibrancy of five young promising lives. Zackariah Rathwell, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter, Jordan Segura and Lawrence Hong lost their lives on
Paul Manafort, while managing Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, is accused of passing private polling data to his Russia business partner, a man with alleged ties to Russian intelligence. This new information, revealed in an unsealed court filing, is likely to stoke the case in Congress for increased sanctions against
Daily on TV, radio and social media platforms, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has provided coronavirus updates, repeating that “our government” acts only on the best advice of medical and other experts. Advice hardly anchored in granite-like certitude, it would appear. Just this week, Canadians have been officially urged to wear
It appears the National Hockey League is skating a little closer to the resumption of its suspended 2019-20 season. The Return To Play committee met virtually over the weekend to discuss when, and how, the season would restart and the details were discussed in a conference call by the board
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Over the last two centuries, immigrants from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western and Southeast Asia have journeyed to Canada, bringing our society a rich cultural heritage with an infusion of many languages, ethnicities and religious traditions. This month is meant to offer all
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic: combine them. ABC Displays has created a cardboard bed with metal railings that designers say can double as a casket if a patient dies.
Breonna Taylor, an aspiring nurse and EMT, was shot and killed by police in her Louisville, Ky., home on March 13. She was 26. A lawsuit filed by her family last month says she and her boyfriend thought the police officers were burglars. He fired in self-defence, which was followed
They expected to spread a little joy and to bring some attention to their restaurant during the COVID-19 lockdown — but what staff at Calgary’s Greta Bar didn’t expect was that by giving, they too would get something back. “We realized, we don’t sell food and beer; we sell experiences.