Dollarama Raises Full-Year Same-Store Sales Forecast After Beating Estimates

Hudson’s Bay posts wider-than-expected loss on fewer stores, lower sales at Lord & Taylor: Reuters
Hudson Bay is evaluating a $1.74 billion go-private cash offer from its executive chairman Richard Baker and other shareholders

Dollarama raises full-year same-store sales forecast after beating estimates: Reuters
The Montreal-based retailer has been keeping price hikes to a minimum as it tries to fend off rivals such as Walmart and Dollar Tree

Employers had trouble filling 435,000 jobs in first quarter: CFIB: Geoff Zochodne
Report finds 'wide variations' by industry, but smaller firms typically hit harder by job vacancies

Battles move behind closed doors as activists, short-sellers off to quiet start in 2019: Victor Ferreira
Number of campaigns are down 77 per cent to date this year, report finds

Quickest route to China trade relief for Canadian farmers likely through Washington: analysts: Naomi Powell
'… if certain issues are settled between them, it would lay the groundwork for things to normalize for us.'

Canadian exporters in a sour mood as outlook drops to 7-year low: EDC: Nicholas Sokic
Global trade headwinds are deflating Canadian exporters' optimism

Lululemon beats estimates on first quarter revenue as efforts to boost sales pay off: Reuters
Lululemon's revenue rose to US$782.3 million in the three months ended May 5

What happens to the Raptors brand if they win — and Kawhi leaves?: Joe O'Connor
Marketing expert Tony Chapman speaks with Joe O'Connor about the Raptors brand and why Canada is the perfect place for Kawhi Leonard

As protesters fill Hong Kong’s streets, businesses becoming increasingly alarmed: The New York Times
'… resignation from big companies that rejecting extradition legislation will not address bigger problem of China’s growing reach into the city'

Liberals prepared to recall Parliament during summer to ratify new NAFTA deal: The Canadian Press
It is not clear obstacles in the U.S. Congress can be overcome before the House of Commons' session expires next week

No reason for Bank of Canada to cut interest rates — unless there is an external shock: Larysa Harapyn
Kevin Carmichael speaks to Larysa Harapyn about central bank moves around the world, and what we can expect from Canada

Facebook uncovers emails that appear to show Mark Zuckerberg knew about privacy issues, WSJ reports: Reuters
Within the company, the unearthing of the emails has raised concerns that they would be harmful to Facebook, if they were to become public

The quiet (and laudable) insurgency building among the world’s mega-wealthy millennials: Bloomberg News
Young heirs helping tilt family investments toward impact investing, with the help of an under-the-radar course at Harvard

Climate change poses major risks to financial markets, rogue U.S. regulator warns: The New York Times
Climate change risks comparable to those posed by the mortgage meltdown that triggered the 2008 financial crisis, Rostin Behnam says

Beyond Meat gains as Tim Hortons adds breakfast sandwiches at 4,000 shops across Canada: Bloomberg News
The question now is whether supply can rise fast enough to meet demand

Just what is Warren Buffett getting up to in Europe?: Bloomberg News
Selling 20- and 30-year bonds in euros and, for the first time, in pounds sterling has observers wondering if he's getting set for a shopping spree

Here are three ways Canada can take advantage of its head start in AI, according to Deloitte: Nicholas Sokic
One obstacle that's stunting growth of artificial intelligence is Canadians' high level of distrust of the technology

We must make the entrepreneurial grind easier for women, and affordable child care is the place to start: Kevin Carmichael: Kevin Carmichael
There's an opportunity cost of doing too little to balance a system tilted against half the population’s pool of potential economic actors

Canada’s financial consumer watchdog facing leadership limbo: Geoff Zochodne
Lucie Tedesco's term at the FCAC — extended twice — ended last week. The search for her replacement has been going on for a year

Quebec prepared to make riskier investments to help local companies: Bloomberg News
'Banks won't do it. Shareholders often have limitations, so we need to enter aggressively into this capital chain.'
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