Greenbacks flow to B.C. tech sector
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Vancouver, BC-based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has sold a $33.2 million stake in its film production operations to Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft Corp. British Columbia's businesses are receiving heavy investment from companies capitalizing on its growing high tech sector.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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Donovans get backing for their creativity (Michael Donovan and Paul Donovan, founders of Salter Street Films Ltd., now have financing)
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The founders of Salter Street Films Ltd., Michael Donovan and Paul Donovan, now have the financing and flowering of creativity that acquisition of Salter Street Films by Toronto-based television and entertainment giant Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., affords them.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
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Grassroots resistance greets Surrey Metro deal
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Canada Trust Co's bid to acquire Surrey Metro Savings Credit Union for $131 million has meet strong oppostion from the client-members of Surrey. The C$24-per-share offer was a 60% premium above the prebid price of Surrey Metro shares. The opposing group said that a takeover by a bank- like financial institution would take the control of the credit union out of the client-members' hands.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1999
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