Manulife Financial News

The Bank of Nova Scotia has increased its stake in a Chinese bank to 14.8 per cent, with plans to eventually hold one-fifth of the financial institution.

A.M. Best , and Moody's Investors Service released ratings updates. The following are some of the most recent: A.M. Best Co.

CGI Group Inc. , a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced that Mr.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The minimum wage in Newfoundland and Labrador will increase by 50 cents to $9.50 an hour on Jan 1. The government has committed to raising it to $10 per hour by July.

Close You asked. We're building it. Montreal - The Canadian Press Published on Tuesday, Dec.

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, Canadian insurance giant Manulife Financial has earned a respected four-star ranking .

GE and Plutonic jointly contributed C$52.5 million to purchase the fully permitted project located 1,100 kms northeast of Vancouver from EarthFirst Canada Inc.

In a joint news release, Vancouver-based Plutonic and GE Energy Financial Services said the jointly contributed $52.2 million to buy the fully permitted, 300-megawatt project, 1,100 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.

Most Canadian stocks fell, led by financial shares, after a cut in Spaina s credit outlook raised concern that defaults will spread through the global economy.

Dec 09, 2009 Tremware helps Manulife Financial win leading North American award December 8, 2009 - " London, Ontario Canada - " Tremware is excited to announced that its work with Manulife's Group Savings and Retirement Solutions area has yielded a Best on Show award recognizing Manulife's new enrolment kits.

John Heinzl Published on Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009 7:54PM EST ' T is the season for tax-loss selling.

MFC Global Investment Management, the institutional asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, is launching a new Canadian Separately Managed Account website to better serve its sub-advisory client relationships, the company announced on Thursday.

By Ed Leefeldt Dec 5, 2009 Canadian insurer and financial services giant Manulife Financial recently took some knocks for surprising investors with a $2.5 billion stock offering, described by one major shareholder as "god-awful." Now comes some good news.

Manulife Financial Corp. , North Americaa s largest insurer by market value, said Chinaa s confidence in the stability of Canadian financial institutions will help the company expand in Asiaa s second-biggest economy.

Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Wednesday evening.

By Ed Leefeldt Canadian insurer Manulife Financial raised eyebrows in November when it surprised the stock market with a $2.5 billion common share offering.

The good news is that Canada's largest life insurer can now weather severe storms.

Artist's conception of the proposed EDC headquarters and O'Connor and Slater streets.

Stephen Harper , making his first trip to China as Canadaa s prime minister, will encourage companies such as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.

Blogs Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:54 PM Manulife gains more respect from Moody's Simon Avery M oody's Investors Service has improved its ratings outlook on Manulife Financial's subsidiaries to "stable" from "negative" and affirmed the Aa3 insurance financial strength ratings on the company.