Frustration over BCE Inc.'s 4,800 job cuts earlier this year spilled over at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, as investors and employees questioned executives on their compensation during a period of belt-tightening for staff. But board chair Gordon Nixon and Bell Canada president and CEO Mirko Bibic defended the decision, with the former referring to last year as a "challenging but also very transformational year" for the Montreal-based telecom and media giant. Bell announced t
BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, including the election of the Directors by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy:
MONTREAL — BCE Inc. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it faced higher severance, acquisition and other costs related mainly to job cuts. The company also says it faced increased net mark-to-market losses on derivatives, higher interest costs and increased depreciation and amortization expenses. BCE says it earned a profit attributable to common shareholders of $402 million or 44 cents per share for the quarter ended March 31. The result compared with a profit of