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Welcome to the Streetwise morning meeting, a compendium of news about deals and dealmakers to start the day.

West Face's stake in Maple Leaf resulted from strategic falling out

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan dropped its support for Maple Leaf Foods Inc.'s controlling McCain family after a disagreement over strategy in the meat business, the Globe and Mail reports.

Now that West Face Capital has a 10 per cent stake in Maple Leaf, here's a look at some of their likely targets.

Who is West Face? Here's a look at Greg Boland, the founder of West Face, by the Globe and Mail's Derek Decloet. It's an oldie, but a goodie, as they say.

A search for targets at Google

Google Inc.'s internal growth projects are not panning out, so the search company is looking to double its acquisition pace to make up the difference, Bloomberg News reports.

Race to be Wall Street's cop picks up

It's a wide open race for the job of New York attorney general, a job that includes policing Wall Street. Reuters (via the New York Times site) takes a look at the campaign.

Alberta royalty changes pay off for companies

Alberta's rollback of energy royalties is having the desired effect, boosting the value of drilling in the province, the Globe and Mail's Nathan VanderKlippe writes.

Canadian connection to Liverpool bid no "cowboy"

Yahya Kirdi, the Montreal resident who says he's leading a bid for the Liverpool Football Club, says he's no "cowboy" and won't pay "one pound more than the value," he told Bloomberg News.

The New York Times, meantime, profiles Kenny Huang, the man said to be leading a Chinese bid.



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