Janice Yip (BCom'05) has developed an incredibly diverse profile during her eight years in marketing, from media planning for ALDO鈥檚 YouthAids campaign to deciphering the market positioning of different drugs, launching business jets internationally, and attending fashion shows in Sweden...
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Published on: 13 Sep 2013
Le quotidien Enqu锚te annonce, dans sa livraison du jour, l'arriv茅e d'un nouveau Pr茅sident du conseil d鈥檃dministration (Pca) 脿 Ecobank S茅n茅gal. Il s鈥檃git de Gabriel Fal (MBA'80), Pr茅sident-directeur g茅n茅ral de CGF Bourse, pr茅sident de la Bourse r茅gionale des valeurs mobili猫res (BRVM).
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Published on: 26 Aug 2013
When used properly, YouTube can be a powerful tool in getting the word out about your business faster than nearly any other social media network. In May 2011, YouTube reported on its company blog that it received more than three billion views per day. Just seven months later in January 2012, YouTube stated that figure had increased to more than six billion views per day*. That number continues to grow everyday and that means big money for businesses who utilize YouTube as part of their marketing strategy.
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Published on: 16 Aug 2013
Cogeco C芒ble a annonc茅 mardi la nomination de Louise St-Pierre (BCom'78) au poste de pr茅sidente et chef de la direction de Cogeco C芒ble Canada.
... Dipl么m茅e de l'Universit茅 McGill, en finances et en marketing, Mme St-Pierre avait auparavant g茅r茅 et offert des services de consultation chez DMR au Qu茅bec, au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Alberta, et men茅 des mandats aupr猫s d'IBM.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2013
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to Claude Mongeau (MBA'88), CEO of CN.
Read full transcript: , August 13, 2013
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Published on: 14 Aug 2013
"MONTREAL 鈥� A mentoring program for students in the faculty of dentistry at 香蕉视频 has been launched by Dr. Norman M. Miller, a 1974 graduate of the school. The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation matched his funding, and the result is a six-figure gift that provides the seeds of an endowment fund for the nascent program."
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Published on: 6 Aug 2013
"I wish it never happened.鈥�
For the past 90 minutes, Denis Desautels (BCom'64) has been reflecting amicably over lunch on a career that included a decade-long stint as Auditor-General of Canada and another decade as chairman of Laurentian Bank of Canada.
... 鈥淗is only fault, which we tease him about, is that he doesn鈥檛 know how to say 鈥楴o,鈥欌�� says Sheila Fraser (BCom'72), his successor as auditor-general and former colleague at Ernst & Young.
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Published on: 19 Jul 2013
It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of John Dobson (BCom'49) at The Montreal General Hospital.
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Published on: 2 Aug 2013
We took a look at the Top 10 most-read posts of all time on SocialFinance.ca and realized something surprising. Of all of our posts鈥攑ieces on the ins and outs of microfinance, deep-dives on social impact bonds and thoughtful analyses on the state of Islamic finance鈥攖wo of the pieces that made the top ten were job postings; offerings of employment either from the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing or from our friends at SiG.
... Katie Gibson (MBA'07): Impact Finance Lab Fellow
What she鈥檚 up to at the Centre:
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Published on: 5 Jul 2013
WB II Acqui颅si颅tion Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a 鈥渢hree-cornered鈥� amal颅ga颅ma颅tion agree颅ment (the 鈥淎mal颅ga颅ma颅tion Agree颅ment鈥�) pur颅suant to the pro颅vi颅sions of The Busi颅ness Cor颅po颅ra颅tions Act (Saskatchewan) dated July 5, 2013 with Input Cap颅i颅tal Corp. (鈥淚nput鈥�) and 101235015 Saskatchewan Ltd. (鈥�WB II Subco鈥�), a wholly-owned sub颅sidiary of WB II, whereby Input will amal颅ga颅mate with WB II Subco (the 鈥淎malgamation鈥�).
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Published on: 11 Jul 2013
Four national team members, including a pair of Olympians and McGill鈥檚 1982 Redmen soccer team 鈥� which captured the Canadian championship 鈥� headline a new cast of inductees selected for the McGill Sports Hall of Fame, bringing the list of honoured members to 116 since the pantheon opened in 1996.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2013
An online social platform that accurately forecasts future sales of new products has won first place at the Desautels Faculty of Management鈥檚 entrepreneurial competition, the Dobson Cup.
... Team leader and Desautels graduate Grant Yim (BCom'03) says 鈥淚t is unique in the fact that there is nowhere else to find, in one place, information about products that have not yet been released. Also, existing market research organisations do not leverage social media, and as such their data is expensive and the sample sizes are smaller.鈥�
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Published on: 11 Jul 2013
July 1st is a particularly important day at McMaster this year. It鈥檚 the day the University鈥檚 Centre for Leadership and Learning (CLL) officially becomes the Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (MIIETL) and it is the official start date for its new leader, Arshad Ahmad (MBA'81).
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Published on: 28 Jun 2013
Nanotech Security, based out of Simon Fraser University, is welcoming back an alumnus to join the team for anti-counterfeit technology KolourOptiks.
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Published on: 24 May 2013
Bernard Finestone (BCom'41), a veteran of the Second World War who shared vivid stories of battle, death and loss from the front with Montreal schoolchildren, has died at age 93.
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Published on: 24 May 2013
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