PRESS DIGEST- Canada- Aug 6
Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** The Conservative government was so confident in recent weeks it would sign a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that it was asking business groups to loudly support the conclusion of an agreement, reasoning their voices would drown out those of unhappy milk producers - the one sector Ottawa expected would be sorely disappointed. (http://bit.ly/1IJM53W)
** Manulife Financial Corp's profit dropped in the second quarter, even as the company posted higher sales of wealth and insurance products and benefited from currency changes. (http://bit.ly/1T6yKbK)
NATIONAL POST
** Barrick Gold Corp has slashed its dividend, signed a streaming deal and put a host of assets up for sale as it tries to reduce a crippling debt load in a weak gold price environment. (http://bit.ly/1gd7uM4)
** A large majority of Torontonians support a possible bid for the 2024 Olympics, a new poll shows. Though the city was in knots over the Pan Am Games, residents ended up enjoying themselves, so much so that 58 percent now favour an Olympic bid, an exclusive Mainstreet Research poll for Postmedia shows.(http://bit.ly/1K4YTTJ) (Compiled by Rishika Sadam in Bengaluru)
