Bay Street bonanza: million-dollar bonus cheques are no longer a rarity

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Many top executives and traders in Canada's securities and banking industries earned year-end bonuses totally more than $1 mil. CIBC Wood Gundy Pres John Hunkin earned $4.9 mil in compensation for 1996. Defenders of the bonuses say they are tied to performance and are less than in the US.

Banking industry, Securities dealers, Human resource management, Compensation and benefits, Statistics, Securities industry, Bonuses

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Why a network?

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Asper believes he can add a third network in Canada and still be profitable despite governmental requirements for substantial Canadian programming. Asper notes that Australia and New Zealand have more networks yet fewer viewers than Canada.

Planning, Television broadcasting industry, CanWest Global Communications Corp., Asper, Izzy

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Canada's prophets of profit

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Financial speakers such as Jerry White and Brian Costello are attracting Canadians to their seminars in droves. The speakers, sponsored by firms such as brokerages and mutual fund companies, are paid as much as $5000 for each seminar.

Financial services industry, Financial services, Marketing, Practice, Investment advisers, Speeches, lectures and essays, Motivational speakers

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