MONTREAL - The ad agency brief was clear: Get more people shopping at a Montreal bicycle store. The creative talent came cheap: 30 marketing students working free-of-charge for two weeks. And after an evening of pitches to a panel of judges and the selection of winners, the end game now approaches: A $10,000 publicity campaign to be launched in April.
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Published on: 5 Feb 2013
Desautels BCom students took three top 3 podiums at the聽25th edition of the Jeux du Commerce, hosted by HEC Montreal from January 4 to 6, 2013.
Over 1,200 students from 13 Eastern-Canadian universities attended this inter-university competition. In addition to competitions that applied academic knowledge to real-life situations, there were opportunities to network with students from different universities, and connect with members of the business community. Sports and social competitions were also part of the event.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2013
A Desautels BCom team composed of Jacqueline Crapper and Wenxi (Kathy) Kang placed 1st in the Human Resources case competition at the 35th annual Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) hosted by Queen鈥檚 University from January 3 to 5, 2013.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2013
MONTR脡AL, Dec. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Montr茅al Exchange Inc. (MX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group Limited and Canada's derivatives exchange, today announced the winners of the 2012 University Partnership Awards. The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with TMX Group's Board of Directors reception held last evening at the MX.
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Published on: 6 Dec 2012
A dot-com millionaire, a real estate investor and a money manager are sitting at a bar, talking passionately about national unity over the near-deafening techno music blaring from overhead speakers. Just another Thursday night in Montreal, where a thriving subculture of entrepreneurs frequently huddle in dark spaces to talk politics, celebrate their successes and plot their futures.
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Published on: 8 Nov 2012
Tom Velk and Olivia Gong say the West gains nothing from bashing China. Rather, it should welcome its investment in commodity-producing assets in the form of transparent partnerships.
鈥� Tom Velk is a professor of economics and director of the North American Studies programme at 鲍鱼直播. Olivia Gong is a BCom student in finance and research assistant at 鲍鱼直播.
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Published on: 30 Oct 2012
CALGARY, Oct. 11, 2012 /CNW/ 鈥� Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) (NYSE:CP) today announced that Brian Grassby (BCom鈥�79, DPA鈥�80) has been appointed Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective November 1, 2012. Kathryn McQuade has informed the company she will retire from the role of CFO on that date. McQuade will remain as a Senior Advisor to Grassby until the end of her contract in May 2013 to ensure a successful transition.
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Published on: 18 Oct 2012
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA鈥�(Marketwire 鈥� Oct. 16, 2012) - Sama Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SME) (鈥淪ama鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�) is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Mr. Benoit La Salle (BCom鈥�76, DPA鈥�78), FCPA, FCA, has been appointed a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Published on: 18 Oct 2012
Love, respect and integrity: those are the three principles upon which Aldo Bensadoun (BCom鈥�64) says he has built his global shoe business, now worth $1.8 billion in retail sales annually.
Given his charitable work, ready smile and the respect with which his thousands of employees refer to him as Mr. B., there may be something to it.
鈥� The shoe business runs in the family. Bensadoun鈥檚 grandfather was a cobbler in Algeria, and his father had stores in Morocco. He grew up in Morocco and France before heading to the U.S. and then to 鲍鱼直播 for his university education.
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Published on: 18 Oct 2012
America is currently facing a crisis of leadership in business and in government. Yet at the same time 鈥� participation in leadership seminars and programs has never been higher. The leadership industry, with many of its roots in America, is now a $50 billion industry. If America is so good at developing leaders however, then why is America a mess? Both presidential candidates are impressive men but neither seems, at this point, to really rise to equal leaders of the past.
-Article by Karl Moore and BCom student Emma Bambrick
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Published on: 9 Oct 2012
On Friday September 21, the IMA was successfully re-launched with the first annual International Management Networking Breakfast. The event was sponsored by RDA Capital and hosted in Bronfman building. With 43 people in attendance including students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the IMA executive team, it was an excellent start to accomplishing the IMA鈥檚 vision to build a strong community within the International Management program.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2012
Students at the Desautels Faculty of Management will have access to state-of-the-art software used by financial professionals, thanks to a new agreement between the Faculty and Thomson Reuters.
Under the five-year pact, Thomson Reuters will provide software licenses for Eikon, its flagship financial-markets platform, and will supply training and support for the desktop system. The Eikon desktops give Desautels finance students and professors access to essential news, data, analytics and trading tools.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2012
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