blake goldring is in the fight of his life

72 Pages·2015·5.22 MB·English

EMBRACE YOUR ASHTON CRUDE PRICES BE DAMNED,
INNER JERK KUTCHER CALGARY’S NOT WORRIED
LOVES THIS
STEPHEN HARPER:
AND OTHER EXECUTIVE SURVIVAL GEMS TORONTO
HATS OFF TO ALEX TILLEY START-UP ECONOMIC GENIUS OR FLOP?
BLAKE
GOLDRING
IS IN THE
FIGHT OF
HIS LIFE
THE INSIDE
STORY OF
THE MESS
AT AGF
SEPTEMBER 2015
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CONTENTS
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Siam Canadian
connects Thai
shrimp farms to
North American
buffet tables
FEATURES
24 Cry of the tiger 38 Jumbo shrimp
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PO giant during the mutual fund booms of the 1990s but that is indeed the name of the frozen seafood-
UEL and early 2000s. But now the firm with the trading empire that globetrotting Canuck Jim
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A new crew now
makes Tilley
hats, but could
there be a better
pitchman?
DEPARTMENTS
9 The Interview 14 Venture 19 Made in Canada 22 Reguly
Oh, stop fretting about oil Even meditation is going Would you believe that Someone has to keep
prices. Mary Moran, the digital. Would you like a Montreal taxi driver fiscal order and discipline
effervescent new CEO a headband to monitor founded the official in the euro zone, and
of Calgary Economic your brainwaves? manufacturer of tights Germans love their
Development, says it’s for London’s Royal Finance Minister for
time for some “purposeful 18 Corporate Academy of Dance? doing it
diversification” Governess
Best to stay dry at the 20 Disruption 58 Exit Interview
ON 12 Agriculture office pool party. And Tech giants in the West It’s hard for Alex Tilley
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ELLI reduced the chill in talent, one beer may grey. The start-ups in promoting his eponymous
Oë the Canadian Prairies. be better than multiple emerging markets are hat, even now that he’s
CHL Monsanto and DuPont interviews way more nimble—and sold the company
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