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Insurance and IoT: When Data Becomes Dangerous

With increased data prevalence, consumers are now subject increased monitoring as companies continuously seek to better understand their customers and improve their profitability.

Business

How the Canadian Government Has Failed the High-Tech Sector

Year after year, Canadians watch multi-billion-dollar tech companies either collapse or flee to the bay area, and are left asking why their country seems unable to create long-term high-tech growth

Business

Fast But Unfair: The Rise of Online Lenders and Renewed Risks in Discriminatory Lending

Advances in technology and an increased access to data are changing the way consumers and small businesses secure financing. Everything and anything that’s available can be used to form a picture of who you are and whether you are a reliable borrower.

Business

Digital Danger: Cybersecurity in the Age of Global Connectivity

As businesses leverage technological innovation for enhanced efficiency and optimization, they in turn expose themselves to increased economic and security related consequences.

Business

Mega-Merger Mania

Last year set the new global record for the greatest value of M&A transactions at $4.7 trillion USD. What makes this particular bout of M&A activity unique however, is that it has so far been due more so to an increase in the scale of transactions than in their frequency.

Politics

Juggling Profits and Ethics in Big Pharma

At the end of 2015, it was estimated that 70% of Americans were using prescription drugs. Overall, society has benefited significantly from medicine. Drug researchers have found cures for serious illnesses and made it possible for people to live with severe diseases and enjoy a better life.

Business

The Price of M&A for Japanese Corporate Culture

In search of growth, Japanese corporate culture must adapt to support successful Merger & Acquisition activity

Economics

Humanity Redundant

When people do not have to constantly worry about self-sustenance through fulfilling their basic needs, they focus on specialization, leaving everyone better off. This cycle of innovation is ultimately what drives economic development and how standards of living rise.

Business

Female Directors Falling Overboard

The proxy advisory firms disclosed their policy recommendations for TSX-listed issuers. Advisors further restricted the number of public company boards on which a director may serve. The revised policy could hinder women in the workplace; however, it could also prove beneficial in the long run.