Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company. It operates primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet connectivity, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets. Rogers has its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. The company traces its origins to 1925 when Edward S. Rogers Sr. founded Rogers Vacuum…
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA)
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), or simply Ritchie Bros., is industrial asset disposition & management company, selling heavy industrial equipment and trucks through live and online auctions, and other transactional channels. The company is headquartered in Burnaby, a suburb of Metro Vancouver, and has operations in 12 countries and 40 auction sites worldwide. The company sells…
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is the second-largest real estate investment trust (REIT) in Canada. It has an enterprise value of approximately $14 billion, and owns 289 primarily retail properties, with a net leasable area of 44 million square feet. The company properties are located across Canada. The current chief executive officer is Edward Sonshine….
Richelieu Hardware
Richelieu Hardware is a Canadian specialty hardware distribution and manufacturing company based in Montreal, Quebec. It has two manufacturing plants and 66 distribution centres in Canada and the United States, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Traded as: TSX: RCH; S&P/TSX Composite Component Industry: Hardware Manufacturing & Distribution Founded: 1968 Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec,…
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI)
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) is a Canadian-American multinational fast food holding company. Formed in 2014 by the $12.5 billion merger between American fast food restaurant chain Burger King and Canadian coffee shop and restaurant chain Tim Hortons, and expanded by the 2017 purchase of American fast food chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the company is…
Resolute Forest Products
Resolute Forest Products (Produits forestiers Résolu), formerly known as AbitibiBowater Inc., is a pulp, paper, tissue, and wood products manufacturer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed by the merger of Bowater and Abitibi-Consolidated, which was announced 29 January 2007. At the time, AbitibiBowater was the third largest pulp and paper company in North America, and…
Redline Communications Group
Redline Communications Group is a multinational wireless communications network designer and manufacturer headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It also maintains offices and operations in Florida, California, Romania and Oman. Redline Communications develops and sells wide-area industrial networks that operate over wide geographic areas. Redline sells wireless terminals that provide TCP/IP transport for fixed, portable and…
Recipe Unlimited Corporation (formerly Cara Operations Limited)
Recipe Unlimited Corporation (formerly Cara Operations Limited) is a Canadian company that operates several restaurant chains, as well as major food distribution for correctional facilities, educational facilities and other large operations. The company’s headquarters are in Vaughan, Ontario, in the Greater Toronto Area. In May 2018, CEO Bill Gregson announced that Cara Operations Limited would…
SHUAA managed Nujoom funds announce first dividend
DUBAI: SHUAA Capital psc announced the first dividend for investors in two of its Sharia-compliant funds, offering a 1% cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2020. The dividend is first dividend from the funds and within three months of their launch and translates to a 6.4% dividend yield for the investors. The Nujoom Aggressive…
Surge in telehealth usage as pandemic transforms health care delivery
NEW YORK: Year 2020 was arguably the most eventful year on record for telehealth as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of video-enabled visits by individuals and providers. As noted in the AM Best’s Special Report, “Telehealth Claim Surge from Pandemic Transforms Healthcare Delivery,” a recent industry survey found that just one-quarter of respondents said…
SGX and Temasek form JV to advance digital asset infrastructure in capital markets
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek have entered into a joint venture (JV), which is set to be Asia Pacific’s first exchange-led digital asset venture focused on capital markets workflows through smart contracts, ledger and tokenisation technologies, a news release said. This builds on the successful collaboration between SGX, Temasek and HSBC which culminated with…
Singapore Exchange reports 1H FY2021 net profit of S$228 million
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported 1H FY2021 adjusted net profit of S$228.0 million (S$213.9 million), with revenues of S$520.8 million (S$478.5 million). Adjusted EBITDA stood at S$321.2 million (S$298.8 million), while adjusted earnings per share was 21.3 cents (20.0 cents). Moving forward, to better reflect its underlying operating performance, SGX will disclose additional financial measures,…