Press Digest: Canada - Dec 19

Neighbourly Pharmacy

19/12/2023 13:56

Dec 19 (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
    ** U.S. private equity firm TPG Inc  TPG.O  has acquired a
75-per-cent stake in Oxford Properties Group for C$1
billion($747.05 million), marking one of the largest commercial
real estate deals in Canada this year.
    
    ** Canada is joining a U.S-led maritime force to protect
commercial ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under
attack from drones and ballistic missiles fired from parts of
Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

    ** Montreal-based Persistence Capital Partners has reduced
its take-private offer for Neighbourly Pharmacy  NBLY.TO  to
C$18.50 a share, more than two months after making its bid.     
  

($1 = 1.3386 Canadian dollars)

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