According to the most recent management proxy circular, BCE Inc. paid six executive officers a total of $15,761,246 or almost $0.02 per share in "One-Time Privatization Transaction Related Payments" during 2008. Now if memory serves when it was announced on Nov. 26, 2008 that the deal would not go through, ...

When opining about the proposed BCE privatization, the last thing anyone should do is make firm predictions. Nevertheless, it's looking like this deal is dead. After some 20 months of twists, turns, sharp corners and speed bumps, this oversized Bell Canada service van just got its wheels blown out by KPMG ...