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Canadian stocks fell the most in a month, led by commodity producers, as metals and oil prices retreated and after Dubaia s attempt to reschedule its debt rattled investors.

Confidence in the Canadian economy among senior chartered accountants soared in the third quarter, with profit, revenue and jobs all on the rise for the first time in a year, according to a new survey.

AFFORDABILITY TAKES A HIT The costs of owning a home are up for the first time in 18 months - and the number of mortgages in arrears is rising TAVIA GRANT T he golden age of cheap home ownership is over.

Starting next week, Canadaa s big banks will report multibillion-dollar annual profits that are among their best ever.

A photograph of the Royal Bank of Canada sign in Toronto's financial district in downtown Toronto on Thursday, Feb.

Berkshire Hathaway 's Warren Buffett is a value investor, right? Everyone knows that! Well don't tell that to Gerald Martin and John Puthenpurackal of American University and UNLV.

Health problems, including stress and dizziness, were cited as reasons for clearing a former Nova Scotia university student from paying back more than $50,000 in student loans.

Auditor General Jack Wagner called for the repeal of a 2003 law that paved the way for the State College Area school district to enter into a complex and risky financial transaction with the Royal Bank of Canada.

Canadians say their top three financial priorities are retirement savings , home ownership and regular payments to reduce or eliminate debt , but not everyone puts their money where their priorities are, according to the RBC Financial Priorities Poll.

Financial reforms working their way through Congress are designed to make sure the big players who sell mortgage securities, derivatives and other financial products have more of their own capital backing their assets.

Bikes Belong named Minneapolis-based Colle+McVoy as its agency of record. ... Multiply, Minneapolis, redesigned and developed a Web site for information-technology business solutions company Accelare.

Fitch Ratings has given a new covered bond issue from Royal Bank of Canada a AAA rating.

Royal Bank of Canada employees are taking a starring role as Wall Street greed returns to the big screen.

Blogs Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:17 PM TransAlta nails down Canadian Hydro financing Andrew Willis U tility TransAlta locked down financing for its recent acquisition of Canadian Hydro Developers by selling $500-million of six year bonds.

Canadian stocks advanced for a fifth day, led by commodity-linked companies and banks, as Tropical Storm Ida helped boost oil prices and the U.S. dollar neared a 15-month low against major world currencies.

WLU student organizer Emily Slofstra gives first hand accounts of the Powershift conference in Ottawa and the associated direct actions including the Flash Mob Dance which "filled the hill," a morning wake-up call at 24 Sussex, a die-in to highlight tar sands financing by the Royal Bank of Canada, disruptions of question period, and meetings with ...

Consumer confidence fell across the board in the past month, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH Index.

A CANADIAN NATIVE likes to give this quiz to his u.s. friends: What's the most boring word in investing? Answer: "Canadian." How can you make it even more boring? Put the word "banks" behind it.

The investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada hires Mike Bass as Asia head of fixed income and currencies, while Mark Otis Zownir joins as head of US dollar rates trading.

United Arab Emirates: 33 minutes ago RBC cees, part of RBC Wealth Management, a division of the Royal Bank of Canada, today announced the expansion of its employee benefit plan administration business into the Middle East.