Trusts are holding back our future market gains

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The recent divestment by Precision Drilling of its foreign operations to Texas based Weatherford International for gaining trust status in Canada is analyzed. Hank Swartout, the chairman and chief executive of the company admits that once the company is converted into an energy trust there will be little room for ambition. The reasons for proliferation of trusts in Canada are analyzed and their adverse effects are discussed.

Acquisitions & mergers, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Organizational history, Executive changes & profiles, Texas, Oil and Gas Field Services, Officials and employees, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Forecasts and trends, Company acquisition/merger, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Market trend/market analysis, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, PD, Petroleum services industry, Company organization, Precision Drilling Corp., Organization formation, Massachusetts trusts, Business trusts, Weatherford International Ltd., Swartout, Hank

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Competition Bureau gets failing grade

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An international survey by the Global Competition Review ranked Canada's Competition Bureau at the bottom of a list of 25 countries' antitrust agencies. The group ranked Japan and Portugal below Canada.

National Government, Public Administration, All Other Publishers, Miscellaneous publishing, Business Svc Regulatory Info Pubs, Publishing industry, Services, Reports, Antitrust law, Surveys, Canada. Industry Canada. Competition Bureau, Regulatory publications, Canada. Competition Tribunal, Global Competition Review

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Read NAFTA before hitting auto insurers

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Canadian premiers focus on lowering auto insurance rates.

Commodity & service prices, Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers, Fire, marine, and casualty insurance, Auto Insurance, Prices and rates, Contracts, Automobile insurance, Company pricing policy

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