A troublesome deal: concern is growing about a CBC partnership

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CBC and Power Broadcasting Inc formed Northbridge Programming Inc to produce two new television shows that will be offered to US customers: Newsworld International and Trio Entertainment Network. Some CBC employees are upset that the firm spent $20 million on the venture, but cut other programs.

Management, Television broadcasting industry, Joint ventures, Direct broadcast satellite television, Satellite television, DIRECTV Inc., Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Power Broadcasting Inc., Northbridge Programming Inc.

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Corporate crime buster: a tycoon funds a centre for the study of foul play

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Mark Nathanson donated $3 million to fund the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime at York University's Osgood Hall Law School to study how the global economy has exacerbated the vulnerability of both companies and countries to organized crime.

Research, Social science research, Organized crime, Nathanson, Mark

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Minding the books: an entrepreneur indulges his love for literature

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Rabinovitch, a wealthy property developer living in Toronto, Ontario, created the $25,000 Giller Prize for literature to commemorates his late wife Doris Giller. Author MG Vassanji wont he prize in Nov 1994, and this year's winner will be announced on Nov 7, 1995.

Authors, Writers, Achievements and awards, Biography, Canadian literature, Rabinovitch, Jack

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