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The Hudson’s Bay Company<\/a> is the oldest company (if not organsiation) in Canada. It is so integral to the very existence of Canada that much of western Canada was created from real estate that HBC owned. It turns out that HBC announced<\/a> they have accepted a takeover deal<\/a> proposed last month by American businessman Jerry Zucker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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