A special meeting of Air Transat shareholders, scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, will determine the future leadership of the company. Pierre Karl P茅ladeau鈥檚 investment firm, Financi猫re Outremont, is the airline鈥檚 largest shareholder; he is calling for a smaller board of directors.
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In a recent piece in The Conversation, Professor Emmanuelle Vaast聽examines the growing tensions between the use of artificial intelligence in warfare and surveillance. The discourse is prompted by a decision from AI company Anthropic, whose CEO refused to grant the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI systems. The company established two "red lines": prohibiting the use of its technology for mass surveillance of citizens and preventing the deployment of fully autonomous weapons without having human oversight.
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 expansion into Luxembourg is being spearheaded by finance professor , who initiated talks with the Ministry of Finance, ABBL and ALFI after identifying a gap in high鈥憀evel, finance鈥慺ocused executive education.
Canada鈥檚 proposed open banking legislation, Bill C 15, could become a powerful tool for women experiencing economic abuse, according to researcher . The framework would allow consumers to securely share their financial data with trusted third parties, helping survivors access crucial records without relying on abusive partners.
Affordability has reached a breaking point, and most households now depend on two incomes just to stay afloat. In this environment, telework has become essential, told La Presse.
Europe is aging, and some national pension funds are better prepared to manage its changing demographics than others. Many European countries use a 鈥榩ay as you go鈥� model in which current workers fund the retirement of current pensioners. An aging population strains this type of pension model, but changing the model would be a hard sell, according to research by 91丝瓜视频 Desautels Associate Professors and .
Remote work leapt into the public consciousness during the Covid-19 pandemic, when many jobs shifted to a fully remote model for public health reasons. However, the concept of telecommuting long predates the pandemic. 鈥淚t was invented in the 1970s, for environmental reasons,鈥� told La Presse.
In a ruling on February 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump鈥檚 imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was illegal. The ruling could be good news for companies that paid tariffs over the past year, but consumers who paid higher prices for tariffed products aren鈥檛 likely to get any money back, according to , an Associate Professor at 91丝瓜视频 Desautels.
Doyin Agbaje, MBA'27, brings an exceptional record of academic achievement, professional experience and community leadership to the 91丝瓜视频 Desautels MBA program. A Nigerian Canadian, Doyin earned the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal upon graduating as valedictorian from Douglas College before building a career as a marketing specialist at Apple. She also ran the Black Block Association, a non-profit responsible for one of Vancouver's largest Black community events.
罢丑别听Entrepreneurship & Innovation (E&I) Initiative聽was proud to support this year鈥檚聽Dare to Venture聽student startup pitch competition, hosted by the 91丝瓜视频聽Entrepreneurship Society (MES), by contributing half of the $1,000 grand prize and participating in the expert judging panel. Dr. Niels Billou represented E&I as a member of the judging panel, helping evaluate the finalist pitches.聽
As global trade wars, geopolitical聽tensions聽and AI advances reshape financial markets, pension funds face mounting pressure to adapt. Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance at 91丝瓜视频 Desautels, argues that 2026 demands three priorities from pension leaders: building more agile portfolios capable of withstanding regime shifts, forging proactive partnerships with governments on infrastructure investment, and rethinking their exposure to private markets as retail investors flood in.
The price of groceries is rising鈥攁nd so is the number of liquidation grocery stores. Once considered a niche聽option聽for cash-strapped shoppers, liquidation grocery stores are now being used by a broader cross-section of Canadian society, according to reporting in Canadian Grocer.聽The growth of liquidation of stores like Liquidation Marie reflects broader supply chain pressures, says Yu Ma, a Professor of Marketing at 91丝瓜视频 Desautels.
To rent or to buy鈥攖hat鈥檚聽the dilemma facing many today. Real estate prices are at historic highs, and elevated interest rates have pushed up the cost of homeownership. At the same time, stock markets have delivered strong returns in recent years. Beyond these financial pressures, the nature of homeownership itself adds another layer of complexity.
Today鈥檚 online retail experience is built for convenience, removing聽nearly every聽barrier between browsing and buying. 鈥淓-commerce has reduced the friction of the purchasing process,鈥� says Siddhanth Mookerjee, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the聽Bensadoun聽School of Retail Management.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reviews hundreds of thousands of applications each year, making efficiency a challenge. When managers introduced cash incentives for meeting quotas, men and women reacted differently.聽Men tended to increase their output to secure the bonus, but the quality of their reviews declined. Women, by contrast, often prioritized聽maintaining聽high-quality work, even if it meant聽missing out on聽the financial reward.
