AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoM&A Watch: Merck KGaA has agreed to buy Bio-Techne for about $11.3B, aiming to expand multi-omics tools and end-to-end life-science workflows. Energy & Industry: Moment Energy has officially opened Megafactory 1, billed as the world’s largest EV battery repurposing plant, turning retired packs into grid storage. Payments & Fintech: Kinfos Events launched Instant Payments Summit Canada 2026 in Toronto, focusing on real-time payments, fraud prevention, and cross-border money movement. Food Safety: CFIA says it stopped more than 150,000 kg of misrepresented food from reaching Canadian shelves through targeted testing and enforcement. Finance Regulation: FCAC fined RBC $4.25M over credit-card credit transfer errors affecting 227,947 accounts. Housing in B.C.: Prime Minister Mark Carney defended a rent-to-own plan to convert unsold condos into affordable housing, saying it’s about helping buyers, not bailing out developers. Saskatchewan: Student aid applications opened for 2026-27, and the province also announced a rent-to-own transfer of ten social housing units in Regina. Sports: PWHL star Marie-Philip Poulin will undergo ACL surgery next month and is expected to be out indefinitely.
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