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W inter is only a fewdays away and theHoliday Season is now in full swing. It is a time for, year ends and for reflecting on 2016. It was an exciting year that is for sure with most of the headlines relating to the U.S. Presidential Election and all the speculation around President Elect, Donald Trump and the impact that it will have on the U.S. and Canadian Economies as well as globally. Voters were sending a message all around the world this year as we also saw the people of the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union. It was not all about the vote, for some it was about extending an open hand and looking to develop economic ties as Air Force One carried U.S. President, Barack Obama to Cuba becoming the first Americanpresident to visit Cuba in nearly a century, and the first since a revolution led by Fidel Castro toppled a US-backed strongman in 1959. 2016 was not all about politics as major acquisitions also captured the head- lines with events like when the IT Industry was stunned with the announce- ment in June that Microsoft inked a deal to purchase LinkedIn for $26.2 billion USD. There was the finalization of the Dell’s $62.0 Billion acquisition of EMC. With that deal only to be out done by Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $107 billion USD acquisition of competitor SABMiller this was not a surprise to anyone. There were a few legal business battles with Oracle being ordered to pay Hewlett Package Enterprise $3.0 Billion USD in damages for a long-running battle between the two companies over software support of the HPE Itanium servers and then there was Apple’s legal standoff with the FBI refusing to develop encryption software, maintaining the software would undermine the security of its product and set a dangerous precedent making the headlines. In this issue you will find our most viewed articles of 2016, and we wanted to share them with you again in our “Best of 2016” Issue, just in case you are one of the few that did not get a chance to read them the first time around.
We thank all our feature companies for allowing us to tell your amazing stories and all of our advertisers for your business in 2016. Spotlight on Business Magazine looks forward to influential entrepreneurs, business groups, associations, and all levels of government in the new year, so you can be up to date on the latest business news along with feature articles on companies succeeding in today’s ever changing marketplace and the people behind making it all happen. From new start-ups to established businesses, small towns to major cities we look forward to telling your story and help you connect with people and businesses. From our families to yours, we wish you the very best this Holiday Season and look forward to an amazing 2017.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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