Jameson Berkow
@jamesonberkow.bsky.social
Capital Markets Reporter for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Toronto Chapter Director for the Canadian Association of Journalists, the country's main industry advocacy group.
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JUST IN: Walgreens is being taken private in a deal valued up to $23.7 billion, following a largely disastrous run on the public markets. cnn.it/3F7d83E
March 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
JUST IN: Walgreens is being taken private in a deal valued up to $23.7 billion, following a largely disastrous run on the public markets. cnn.it/3F7d83E
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L. Clifford Davis, a civil rights lawyer who led efforts to desegregate high schools in Texas, sometimes in the face of mob violence, hostility from state politicians and threats on his life, died last month. He was 100.
L. Clifford Davis, Who Fought to Desegregate Texas Schools, Dies at 100
As a civil rights lawyer who faced resistance and threats, he challenged school districts that tried to defy the Supreme Court’s 1954 ban on school segregation.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
L. Clifford Davis, a civil rights lawyer who led efforts to desegregate high schools in Texas, sometimes in the face of mob violence, hostility from state politicians and threats on his life, died last month. He was 100.
Love this idea. He's got my $10.80!
Opinion: A counter-offer to the president-elect: Why not let Canada buy Alaska?
Let’s see if we can beat Donald Trump at his own game of manifest destiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Love this idea. He's got my $10.80!
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Will Trump’s ‘economic force’ threat kill Canada’s very identity as trading nation?
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Jeff Mahon:
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Jeff Mahon:
Opinion: Will Trump’s ‘economic force’ threat kill Canada’s very identity as trading nation?
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has said he would be willing to use ‘economic force’ to persuade Canada to agree to a political union with the United States
buff.ly
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Will Trump’s ‘economic force’ threat kill Canada’s very identity as trading nation?
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Jeff Mahon:
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Jeff Mahon:
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Ok, so Trudeau will resign as party leader and prime minister after the Liberal party picks a new leader though a "robust, nationwide process." Says he can't be best option in next election "if I’m having to fight internal battles".
January 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ok, so Trudeau will resign as party leader and prime minister after the Liberal party picks a new leader though a "robust, nationwide process." Says he can't be best option in next election "if I’m having to fight internal battles".
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Oyez, oyez, oyez.
There are only about 50 town criers left in Canada.
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There are only about 50 town criers left in Canada.
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The tradition of town criers is slowly dwindling. But those who are left vow to cry to their last breath
Only about 50 town criers still exist in Canada, many of them taking up roles as city ambassadors
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oyez, oyez, oyez.
There are only about 50 town criers left in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
There are only about 50 town criers left in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Vancouver's Bench Accounting is done. Shopify (one of Bench's investors) blames "bad investors" who forced out co-founder Ian Crosby in 2022 for the bookkeeping startup's collapse.
Hundreds of jobs lost, thousands of customers left in a lurch. What a mess.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hundreds of jobs lost, thousands of customers left in a lurch. What a mess.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Bench Accounting shuts down abruptly, leaving customers in a year-end lurch
Vancouver company had raised more than US$100-million from Shopify and other large tech investors
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Vancouver's Bench Accounting is done. Shopify (one of Bench's investors) blames "bad investors" who forced out co-founder Ian Crosby in 2022 for the bookkeeping startup's collapse.
Hundreds of jobs lost, thousands of customers left in a lurch. What a mess.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hundreds of jobs lost, thousands of customers left in a lurch. What a mess.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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#ICYMI: ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
propub.li
December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
#ICYMI: ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
Even my 2yr old daughter is astounded by what’s in @theglobeandmail.com this weekend! (But she still enjoys it ☺️)
December 22, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Even my 2yr old daughter is astounded by what’s in @theglobeandmail.com this weekend! (But she still enjoys it ☺️)
Just *six* executives (4 current, 2 former) at Corus Entertainment received $13-million in total compensation this year (equivalent to nearly two thirds of the struggling company's total market value!)
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With @davidmilstead.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Corus paid bonuses to executives this year as its shares collapsed
Shares at the company fell 90 per cent over the course of the year, yet it paid out just under $13-million in compensation to four current executives and two who departed
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Just *six* executives (4 current, 2 former) at Corus Entertainment received $13-million in total compensation this year (equivalent to nearly two thirds of the struggling company's total market value!)
With @davidmilstead.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
With @davidmilstead.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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"Not panicked, but not in denial. Everyone was just kind of – there, waiting to see.
Except for one person. One person was really there, and that person was Ms. Freeland, who appeared just inside the doors of the dining room a little after 7:30 p.m. wearing a Liberal-red dress..."
(paywall)
Except for one person. One person was really there, and that person was Ms. Freeland, who appeared just inside the doors of the dining room a little after 7:30 p.m. wearing a Liberal-red dress..."
(paywall)
New from me: Justin Trudeau and the Liberals gathered last night for a jolly jolly family fight at their annual Christmas party. It was weird! #cdnpoli
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Opinion: Justin Trudeau and the Liberals gather for a holly jolly family fight
The vibes at Liberals’ Christmas party after Chrystia Freeland’s very public resignation: not devastated, but not jubilant either
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:17 PM
"Not panicked, but not in denial. Everyone was just kind of – there, waiting to see.
Except for one person. One person was really there, and that person was Ms. Freeland, who appeared just inside the doors of the dining room a little after 7:30 p.m. wearing a Liberal-red dress..."
(paywall)
Except for one person. One person was really there, and that person was Ms. Freeland, who appeared just inside the doors of the dining room a little after 7:30 p.m. wearing a Liberal-red dress..."
(paywall)
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Really sad news. www.biv.com/news/economy...
Tributes pour in for late FNMPC CEO Niilo Edwards
Head of FNMPC helped drive important vehicle for economic reconciliation in Canada
www.biv.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Really sad news. www.biv.com/news/economy...
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🧪 Great to see a lot of Australian academics following these last few weeks!
Hello! I am a science journalist. I have one piece of advice: Please talk to us. Tell us about the cool shit you're working on. Find writers you enjoy and ping them. I always want to hear about interesting science !!!!!
Hello! I am a science journalist. I have one piece of advice: Please talk to us. Tell us about the cool shit you're working on. Find writers you enjoy and ping them. I always want to hear about interesting science !!!!!
November 27, 2024 at 11:52 PM
🧪 Great to see a lot of Australian academics following these last few weeks!
Hello! I am a science journalist. I have one piece of advice: Please talk to us. Tell us about the cool shit you're working on. Find writers you enjoy and ping them. I always want to hear about interesting science !!!!!
Hello! I am a science journalist. I have one piece of advice: Please talk to us. Tell us about the cool shit you're working on. Find writers you enjoy and ping them. I always want to hear about interesting science !!!!!
Calgary-based banking startup Neo did not reveal its lead investor when it announced a new financing and has rebuffed queries about its identity.
Turns out it is China's Tencent.
I loved getting to assist on this @seansilcoff.bsky.social scoop www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Turns out it is China's Tencent.
I loved getting to assist on this @seansilcoff.bsky.social scoop www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
China’s Tencent uncloaked as mystery lead backer of Neo’s $100-million-plus financing
Digital bank challenger declined to reveal name of investor in financing backed by prominent Canadian tech entrepreneurs
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Calgary-based banking startup Neo did not reveal its lead investor when it announced a new financing and has rebuffed queries about its identity.
Turns out it is China's Tencent.
I loved getting to assist on this @seansilcoff.bsky.social scoop www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Turns out it is China's Tencent.
I loved getting to assist on this @seansilcoff.bsky.social scoop www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Kick-start for carbon credit market after loose rules agreed at COP29
https://www.ft.com/content/cc0cba2f-751a-4909-806d-c975c15feeea
https://www.ft.com/content/cc0cba2f-751a-4909-806d-c975c15feeea
Kick-start for carbon credit market after loose rules agreed at COP29
Final agreement overcomes a dispute about how much power would be given to a proposed UN registry
www.ft.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Kick-start for carbon credit market after loose rules agreed at COP29
https://www.ft.com/content/cc0cba2f-751a-4909-806d-c975c15feeea
https://www.ft.com/content/cc0cba2f-751a-4909-806d-c975c15feeea
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Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia
Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia
Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour
It is Friday night on a forested military base in western Finland. A group of women dressed in camouflage with matching purple beanie hats…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia
“We’re building a future where we aren’t even the narrators of our own story.”
Scary, poignant prose written by an actual human being that is well worth a read.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Scary, poignant prose written by an actual human being that is well worth a read.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The automation of writing is almost here. But what will happen to us if we cede our written language to AI?
Our written language has always been blurred by vague usage, clichés and careless generalities. But the advent of AI-generated text brings a far riskier degradation
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
“We’re building a future where we aren’t even the narrators of our own story.”
Scary, poignant prose written by an actual human being that is well worth a read.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Scary, poignant prose written by an actual human being that is well worth a read.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
Ancient clay cylinders reveal what may be world's oldest alphabetic writing
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
Seems like the lowest-hanging revenge fruit for a guy who has built an entire political philosophy on the idea of retribution. Should be obvious to everyone, especially the team in question.
Breaking news: President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, according to two individuals close to Trump’s transition.
Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election
The plans show how president-elect Donald Trump wants to use the Justice Department to address his own personal grievances.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Seems like the lowest-hanging revenge fruit for a guy who has built an entire political philosophy on the idea of retribution. Should be obvious to everyone, especially the team in question.
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There is "going to be enormous pressure" on Republican centrists to break away on any GOP-only legislation, as the party now holds an agonizingly small House majority.
One Democrat said of flipping GOP members: "It's hard, but it can be done ... it can stop a lot of bad things from happening."
One Democrat said of flipping GOP members: "It's hard, but it can be done ... it can stop a lot of bad things from happening."
House Democrats prepare to make Mike Johnson's life hell
There is "going to be enormous pressure" on Republican centrists to break away,
www.axios.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
There is "going to be enormous pressure" on Republican centrists to break away on any GOP-only legislation, as the party now holds an agonizingly small House majority.
One Democrat said of flipping GOP members: "It's hard, but it can be done ... it can stop a lot of bad things from happening."
One Democrat said of flipping GOP members: "It's hard, but it can be done ... it can stop a lot of bad things from happening."
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Baidu’s supercheap robotaxis should scare the hell out of the US
Baidu’s supercheap robotaxis should scare the hell out of the US
The vehicle costs less than $30,000 to manufacture.
buff.ly
November 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Baidu’s supercheap robotaxis should scare the hell out of the US
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If you buy a 1.5-litre-bottle of locally extracted water at a convenience store in Ontario you're paying more than 3,000 times the producer cost for the water itself
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Canada’s largest bottled water producer to pull out of Ontario
BlueTriton Brands plans to wind down its operations in the province by the end of January and sell a Guelph-area bottling plant
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
If you buy a 1.5-litre-bottle of locally extracted water at a convenience store in Ontario you're paying more than 3,000 times the producer cost for the water itself
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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• Food items, including chips, candies, baked goods, all prepared meals, catered meals,
• Beverages, including pop, bottled water, beer and wine, and coolers with up to 7 per cent alcohol content
(2/2)
• Beverages, including pop, bottled water, beer and wine, and coolers with up to 7 per cent alcohol content
(2/2)
November 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
• Food items, including chips, candies, baked goods, all prepared meals, catered meals,
• Beverages, including pop, bottled water, beer and wine, and coolers with up to 7 per cent alcohol content
(2/2)
• Beverages, including pop, bottled water, beer and wine, and coolers with up to 7 per cent alcohol content
(2/2)
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The items that will be exempt from the GST in the recent announcement include:
• Kids' clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats
• Select toys for kids under 14, including puzzles and video games
• Print newspapers and printed books
• Natural and artificial Christmas trees
(1/2)
• Kids' clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats
• Select toys for kids under 14, including puzzles and video games
• Print newspapers and printed books
• Natural and artificial Christmas trees
(1/2)
November 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
The items that will be exempt from the GST in the recent announcement include:
• Kids' clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats
• Select toys for kids under 14, including puzzles and video games
• Print newspapers and printed books
• Natural and artificial Christmas trees
(1/2)
• Kids' clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats
• Select toys for kids under 14, including puzzles and video games
• Print newspapers and printed books
• Natural and artificial Christmas trees
(1/2)