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Welcome to the Morning Meeting, a compendium of some news you can use as the week kicks off.
Whistleblower windfall
Well, cash bonuses may be down, but it turns out that the financial reform bill in the United States has created another way to get a multi-million dollar check: Become a whistleblower. The Financial Times reports that the new bill's payouts to tipsters may create a surge in allegations of wrongdoing.
Who'll buy oil? Mr. Icahn can!
Energy stocks had a horrible quarter with oil prices dropping and crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, but there was at least one big buyer. Bloomberg News reports that Carl Icahn was stuffing almost $1-billion (U.S.) into the sector in the second quarter.
Trust Tye
Globe and Mail mining reporter Brenda Bouw took a long look at Kinross Gold chief executive officer Tye Burt and his plans to buy Red Back Mining, and at the perception that the mining boss is a deal junkie.
Azrieli still wheeling and dealing
Canadian developer David Azrieli, after successfully completing the biggest ever IPO in Israel, talks about his plans. He's looking for acquisitions in Israel, the U.S. and Canada, he tells the Financial Post.
U.S. IPO Market in a word: Ick
The outlook for the IPO market is still so-so as investors are still very picky, viewing the recent slate of deals as "slop on tin plates," the Wall Street Journal reports in a look at what's on tap for the new issue business.
Saudi Ladies' Men to suffer from Blackberry outage
The BlackBerry messenger service that the Saudi Arabian government is concerned about and looking at shutting down is a big player in the cloistered dating scene in the country, according to Bloomberg News.
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