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207Healthy‘Good progress,’ but few details on how to strengthen global economy as G20 summit concludes
OTTAWA – Canada’s finance minister says he’s encouraged by “very positive feedback” from his Group of 20 peers to the Liberal government’s economic...
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269HealthyPeer-to-peer loan arranger Lending Loop, in talks with regulators, halts new loan requests
Lending Loop, a Canadian fintech firm which was extending U.S.-style peer-to-peer crowdsourced loans to small businesses, has stopped posting new loan requests on...
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257HealthyBarrick Gold Corp chairman John Thornton looks to future acquisitions as company comes out of ‘intensive care’
John Thornton looks on Barrick Gold Corp. as a patient finally ready for discharge from hospital and determined to abandon the short...
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187HealthyAnalysts at banks advising Corus-Shaw deal take different tacks when it comes to research
The two Canadian investment banks that acted as financial advisers in Corus’ $2.65-billion acquisition of Shaw Media took opposite approaches to how their...
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244HealthyPeter Tertzakian: Will electric cars unplug oil prices?
Electric car sales are beginning to obtain traction. Analytically, the numbers are showing growth. But you have no need for a spreadsheet...
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214HealthyFood inflation has deepened the price gap at discount grocery stores, and Loblaw Cos is set to cash in
TORONTO – A spike in food prices has widened the price divide between Canada’s grocery stores as well as their discount divisions...
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214HealthyCanada’s second-hand economy worth $28 billion: report
Canada’s so-called “second-hand economy,” typified by sales of products on consumer websites for example Kijiji and Craigslist, may be worth $28 billion,...
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260HealthyMaple Leaf Foods Inc profit beats as prepared meat products margins improve, raises dividend
Canadian pork processor Maple Leaf Foods Inc posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as margins in its prepared meats business improved. Adjusted operating...
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239HealthyCanada’s economy grows more than expected, lifting loonie higher
OTTAWA – It’s reliable advice many Canadians were glad to see the rear of 2015. There was a mini-recession, fuelled with a...
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212HealthyBanks take maximum amount of Enbridge stock, boosting financing to $2.3 billion
CALGARY – Enbridge Inc. says it raised $2.3 billion in its latest stock offering since it’s syndicate of underwriters fully exercised their...
