Irving vs. Irving: Canada's Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won't Tell
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143189956 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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They built their empire--which includes Canada's largest refinery, soon to be linked by pipeline to Alberta's oil fields--by remaining private. The inside story of how these ambitious, often ruthless entrepreneurs came to dominate the economic and political affairs of Atlantic Canada, and how they learned to love the property that perplexed them most: their media monopoly They are Canada's third wealthiest family and one of the largest private landowners in the U.S.A. And they have always placed a premium on discretion and family unity. The Irvings also control all of New Brunswick's English daily newspapers, which often allowed the family's business pursuits to escape journalistic scrutiny. Irving, veteran journalist Jacques Poitras tells the story of how these ambitious, often ruthless entrepreneurs came to dominate the economic and political affairs of Atlantic Canada, and how they learned to love the property that perplexed them most: t
Simon Jacques said sensationalism tone. I have not learnt about any of the BUSINESS & Entrepreneurial aspects in their companies.Too much effort were devoted on sensationalism rather than trying explain the underlying business Dynamics.The big missing point in this book is: it's really decision making within the ECONOMIC Context that is driving the business world and the Irving Companies. K.C Irving took enormous risk to build gas stations across the maritimes in the 19sensationalism tone I have not learnt about any of the BUSINESS & Entrepreneurial aspects in their companies.Too much effort were devoted on sensationalism rather than trying explain the underlying business Dynamics.The big missing point in this book is: it's really decision making within the ECONOMIC Context that is driving the business world and the Irving Companies. K.C Irving took enormous risk to build gas stations across the maritimes in the 1930's. Kenneth Irving took also a big risk with the undertaking of Canap. 0's. Kenneth Irving took also a big risk with the undertaking of Canap. The Irvings and Their Newspapersand Not Much Else Fred Regan Irving vs Irving is competently written but focuses almost entirely on the family's relationship with its various newspapers and the editors and writers and their struggles balancing journalistic independence and due deference to the owners. This is interesting up to a point, but the larger story of how the Irving family built a multibillion forestry and oil business and in the process came to dominate New Brunswick, both financially and politically, is dealt with only secondarily, anecdotally and al. Three Stars Ken Robinson Repeative
Irving Poitras attempts to set the record straight." --Maclean's"A thorough often amusing look at a province where economy is massively reliant on a single family and where the family, its billions aside, persists in seeing itself as a humble lot trying to earn 'enough for a hamburger now and again.'" --Toronto Star. In Irving vs. "Deftly recounts the tale of Canada's third-richest family." --The Chronicle-Herald"Since the Irvings own most of the province's newspapers, there were always
He is the author of three previous books: The Right Fight: Bernard Lord and the Conservative Dilemma, Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy, which was a finalist for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, and Imaginary Line: Life on an Unfinished Border, which was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Irving vs. Irving was shortlisted for the National Business Book Awa