Press Digest: Canada - Jan. 20

Bragg Gaming

20/01/2021 12:02

Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    
    THE GLOBE AND MAIL
    South Korean internet giant Naver Corp  035420.KS  has
struck a deal to buy Toronto's Wattpad Corp, the latest in a
string of international mergers and acquisitions involving
Canadian technology companies. https://tgam.ca/3itLr5H
    
    WestJet Airlines Ltd has urged the federal government to
reject Air Canada's  AC.TO  takeover of Transat AT Inc  TRZ.TO 
or impose conditions that would limit the combined companies'
market dominance. https://tgam.ca/3iuutUF
                
    Vancouver entrepreneur and financier Roger Hardy of Coastal
Contacts Inc fame took a second run at the public markets this
week with yet another eyewear company: Kits Eyecare Inc, an
online glasses and contacts retailer that raised $55-million
with its initial public offering on Tuesday. https://tgam.ca/2MbfN0w
       
    NATIONAL POST
    Business leaders in Canada's most populous province,
Ontario, are still debating the question of whether the
accountants who scrutinize their books should take on a
proactive "warrior" role when it comes to itemizing and
measuring a company's environmental and social impacts. https://bit.ly/35XuaN6
    
    Toronto-based Bragg Gaming Group  BRAG.V  has been approved
to graduate from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX beginning
Jan. 27, the company announced Tuesday. https://bit.ly/3sGpxAW


 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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