Key Dates
- 1991 - A profitable undertakingVancouver Sun, Apr 6, 1991, p. E1. Article about pace of growth at Loewen.
- 1993 - Loewen Group spent more than expected to add funeral homesWall Street Journal, Sep 13, 1993, p. A10.
- 1993 - Loewen Group revenue rises 36.3 per centVancouver Sun, Nov 10, 1993, p. D3.
- 1994 - Loewen Group kicks off renewed acquisition plan with Toronto buyVancouver Sun, Sep 27, 1994, p. D1.
- 1995 - Jury tells Loewen to pay damages of $500 millionWall Street Journal, Nov 3, 1995, p. B13.
- 1998 - Loewen Group Names 3 Outside Directors In New CEO's PlanWall Street Journal, Dec. 21, 1998, p. B6.
- 1999 - Loewen gets a boost: Lacey to be chairmanNational Post, Jan 26, 1999, p. D2.
- 1999 - Loewen debt cut to junk bond statusGlobe & Mail, Aug. 26, 1998, p. B4.
- 1999 - Former Loewen CEO ousted from boardNational Post, Apr 15, 1999, p. A9.
- 1999 - Loewen Group files for Bankruptcy Protection As It Seeks to Convert DebtWall Street Journal, Jun 2, 1999, p. A8.
- 1999 - Former Scott's chief to take over at Loewen GroupNational Post, Dec 2, 1999, p. C03.
- 2000 - Loewen Group Files Reorganization Plan In Bankruptcy CourtWall Street Journal, Nov 15, 2000, p. C19
- 2000 - TSE suspends Loewen trading following reviewGlobe & Mail, Nov 22, 2000, p. B18.
- 2001 - US court approves Loewen Group reincarnation as AlderwoodsCanadian Press, Dec 5, 2001.
- 2002 - Alderwoods Group shares began to tradeNational Post, Jan 4, 2002, p. FP12.
- 2003 - Loewen loses controversial NAFTA caseDispute Resolution Journal, Aug-Oct 2003, p.10.
- 2003 - Alderwoods funeral firm, formerly Cdn owned, to sell UK assetsCanadian Press NewsWire, Sep. 29, 2003.
- 2006 - Ghost of Loewen in U.S. handsNational Post, Apr. 4, 2006, p. FP1.
- 2006 - 300 Burnaby jobs lost in $856-million takeoverVancouver Sun, Dec. 2, 2006, p. G5.
- FTC Approves SCI $1.2 Billion Acquisition Of AlderwoodsFinancial Wire, Jan. 8, 2007, p. 1.
- 2007 - Funeral Homes Fight Profit SqueezeWall Street Journal, Oct. 15, 2007, p. A9.
Regulatory Filings
- EDGAR This link opens in a new windowAlderwoods Group Inc. and Service Corp. regulatory filings with the US Securities & Exchange Commission.
- SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis & Retrieval) This link opens in a new windowLoewen Group regulatory filings from 1997 until its reorganization in 2001. Remember to expand the date range in your search.
Analysis
- Financial Post. Historical FP Yellow cards for the Loewen GroupBorrow at David Lam Library service desk; financials back to 1990.
Additional Reading
- Corporate governance reform and reemergence from bankruptcy: Putting the structure back in restructuringVanderbilt Law Review, Nov 2002, 55:6, p. 1917-1932. Discusses corporate governance and Loewen Group case.
- Fight to the deathTime, Dec. 9, 1996, p. 62. Competition between Loewen and SCI.
- Death stockForbes, June 22, 1992, p. 86-88. Warning of potential collapse of Loewen Group.
- More articles about Loewen Group(ProQuest databases.)
- Recent articles about the funeral industry(ProQuest databases.)