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Potash: Fertilizer for growth
When Bill Webb showed up for work at Gluskin Sheff on the morning of Aug. 17, he was surprised to find the office buzz was all about potassium carbonate. News was filtering in that Australian global mining giant BHP Billiton had just launched a $38.5-billion hostile takeover bid for Saskatchewan’s Potash Corp., the world’s largest producer of the stuff, commonly known as potash. It...
The Performer: Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman
Acclaimed for her powerful, charismatic solo performances, Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, 33, has been described as possessing what “may be one of the great voices of the 21st century.” Since launching her career in 1998, she has performed with some of the world’s top orchestras in the most prestigious venues in North American and Europe. Last year, she survived a brush...
Bryan Borzykowski is a Toronto-based writer and editor working mainly for business publications. He writes for the New York Times, Canadian Business magazine, Globe and Mail, Bloomberg Businessweek Custom Publishing, Toronto Star, MoneySense and more. Bryan's the editor of Review magazine and is a senior editor with Connected for Business magazine. He's also a contributing writer with Hello! Canada and was once a weekly music columnist for Metro News. He's been nominated for several National Magazine Awards and he's co-authored