* Bank of Nova Scotia reported earnings per share of C$1.70 in the second fiscal quarter, compared to EPS of C$1.62 in the year-ago period.
* Bank of Montreal and Simplii Financial, a unit of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, warned yesterday that hackers may have accessed personal and financial information of up to 90,000 customers, CBC/Radio-Canada reports.
* Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services is advising AmTrust Financial Services shareholders to reject the insurance company's pending go-private merger transaction, The Insurance Insider reports. However, another proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of the go-private deal.
* Meanwhile, shareholders of Employers Holdings voted to declassify the insurer's board.
* Blackstone Group acquired the La Quinta Resort & Club and the PGA West golf course in La Quinta, Calif., from the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Ltd. in April, The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun reports, citing county real estate records.
* Goldman Sachs' private equity fund, West Street Capital Partners, invested about $200 million in Voodoo, a French mobile video game maker, an unnamed source told Reuters.
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