Anita Balakrishnan

Automotive tech journalist/writer: electric vehicles, batteries, critical minerals, software and self-driving

toronto, ontario, canada

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Reporter following the money in business, tech and law. Currently: Writing a features, investigations and an in-depth weekly newsletter about the transformation of the auto sector. https://thelogic.co/shift-newsletter-sign-up/Seeking innovation experts, policy agenda setters and early adopters.

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Canadian target M&A suffers steepest drop since 2022

Canadian takeover activity fell sharply in the third quarter. The value of deals targeting domestic companies dropped 45 per cent year over year to US$28.3 billion, while deal volume fell 67 per cent to 227 announced transactions, according to London Stoc... See more

thelogic.co•Anita Balakrishnan•Oct 7, 2026

Weston retail empire in talks to buy iconic U.K. drugstore Boots for US$9B, reports say

Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom The Weston family, which controls Shoppers Drug Mart, is said to be in talks to buy Boots for US$9 billion including debt through its investment arm, Wittington Investments. Boots is currently owned by private equity fi... See more

thelogic.co•Anita Balakrishnan•Oct 1, 2026

Canada's landmark ESG case heads to a final decision

Lawyers made closing arguments Friday in Canada’s first major securities enforcement hearing about environmental, social and governance claims, a case that could define how far Canadian regulators will go in scrutinizing investment firms’ ESG strategies a... See more

thelogic.co•Anita Balakrishnan•Sep 25, 2026

B.C. sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting

Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom The province and local school board filed a lawsuit against the ChatGPT parent company and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the San Francisco-based company designed a defective product that aided the February school shooting, w... See more

thelogic.co•Anita Balakrishnan•Sep 22, 2026

Brookfield says it's not becoming the 'WeWork of AI,' despite data-centre slowdown

Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom Brookfield Asset Management will be “really, really choosy” about data centre investments, company chair Bruce Flatt said at the asset manager’s investor day Thursday, saying the company won’t compromise its tech infras... See more

thelogic.co•Anita Balakrishnan•Sep 18, 2026

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