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Employment surge leaves analysts agape
Canada's labour market posted its strongest gain ever in September, Statistics Canada said Friday, astounding analysts with 10 times the number of new jobs that had been expected amid a blizzard of negative ...
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Banks cut rates after Ottawa steps in
Royal Bank of Canada's Barbara Stymiest paused at midday yesterday in the midst of explaining the balancing act that's required to fund a major financial institution during a credit crisis.
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Looking for reassurance at a time like this
As he watches the global stock markets continue to be pummelled by the spreading economic crisis, Ronald Losier says the New Brunswick business climate will be impacted.
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The Markhama 'Unionville race features a field of five: Liberal veteran John McCallum, Conservative Duncan Fletcher, New Democrat Nadine Hawkins, the Green Partya TMs Leonard Aitken and Libertarian Allen Small.
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Yeah, it's bad out there. Really bad. But behind burning stock markets and teetering banks, the business of doing deals, investments and even loans was still kicking.
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Canadian Markets: Canadian benchmark plunges, led by energy, materials shares
Canadian stocks followed the grim global trend Friday and ended sharply lower as energy and materials issues led broad-based declines, though news that the government would buy mortgages from banks to boost ...
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Calgary's jobless rate inches higher: StatsCan 2 hours ago
Canada's labour market posted its strongest gain ever in September, Statistics Canada said Friday, astounding analysts with ten times the number of new jobs that had been expected amid a blizzard of negative ...
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Toronto stock index sinks below 9,000 level
The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index plunged on Friday afternoon, slipping below 9,000 for the first time in more than three years, as commodity issues fell along with underlying prices on deepening fears ...
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U.S. consumer confidence plummets
A consumer confidence index dropped 32 points in October -- its largest single-month drop since the Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household Index began in 2002.
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Canadian job growth stuns; government to aid banks
The Canadian economy created more than 10 times the number of jobs expected in September, figures released on Friday showed, while the government unveiled a plan to buy insured mortgages to help cushion banks ...
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Toronto stock index sinks as oil drops
The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index dropped on Friday morning as oil slid to $82 a barrel on fears demand will shrink if the world economy goes into recession, pulling down energy shares.
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Canada Aids Commercial Banks, Buy Mortgages, in Bid to Cut Borrowing Costs
The Canadian government shored up the nation's banks by taking on some of their mortgages in a bid to ease soaring borrowing costs that have crippled lending.
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North American stock market indexes began Friday with a thud and got worse by the minute.
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Banks rate rebellion doesn't add up
The deeper you dig into the credit spreads enjoyed by Canadian banks, the harder it is to understand the big five's rebellion Wednesday against the Bank of Canada's rate cut.
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In the maelstrom of continuing financial market manoeuvring throughout the world, news that the money terms for a major Quebec road project had been signed and sealed swept through Canadian and international ...
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TSX plunges on weak financial stocks
The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index plunged more than 450 points on Thursday after giving up a 330-point gain earlier in the day, with financial stocks leading the charge downward.
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Banks don't pass on rate cut savings to Canadians
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he's "disappointed" the big banks won't immediately pass on to consumers the full value of a half-point interest rate cut, the banks defending their smaller cuts as necessary ...
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RBC settles fine with U.S. authorities
Royal Bank of Canada will pay a fine and reimburse customers as part of a settlement with U.S. federal and state authorities over its role in the collapse of the auction-rate securities market that left many ...
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Ruby awards to celebrate business jewels in Welland, Pelham
... Nathalie Kita, Chez Formage; Kelly Corfe, The Quilting Bee. RBC Business Initiative Award, sponsored by RBC Financial Group: John Morrone, Timbro Design Building; Peter Van-Helsdingen, Feastivities By Homestyle Catering; Gerald Patt, Universal ...
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RBC Cash Index: U.S. Consumer Confidence Experiences Largest Single...
The implosion of Wall Street and the spreading economic crisis have taken a heavy toll on consumers, driving their confidence back down after a brief rally the past two months.
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