Press Digest: Canada - June 17

RF Capital

17/06/2019 12:33

June 17 (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
    ** Toronto's GMP Capital Inc  GMP.TO  is in talks to be
acquired by Stifel Financial Corp  SF.N , according to sources
in the financial sector, in a deal that would see a U.S. company
swallow one of the last sizable independent investment banks in
Canada. https://tgam.ca/2XQU3bm
    
    ** French multinational food company Danone SA's  DANO.PA 
Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Faber is forecasting that the
global food industry will face a decade of changing consumer
appetites in which demand will increasingly shift toward
plant-based offerings. https://tgam.ca/2XQgLk5
                
    ** Borrowell, an online loan provider that offers Canadians
free credit-score reports has raised an additional C$20 million 
($14.92 million) in equity and venture debt funding, co-led by
Power Financial's Portag3 Ventures. https://tgam.ca/2XTZ9nc


($1 = 1.3407 Canadian dollars)

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