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272Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $1.6-billion deal to buy 279 Esso gas stations is heavy on the Timbits
TORONTO – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. waited in excess of 3 years to acquire the Ontario and Quebec retail assets of Calgary-based gas...
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197Bank of Canada holds key interest rate as it waits on Ottawa’s fiscal boost
OTTAWA -The divergence of monetary policy in North America is widening. Canada's economy not from the woods yet: What analysts say about...
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235Energy rout puts infrastructure dividend growth story in doubt
If they didn’t know it before, investors around the globe have quickly found that collapsing oil prices negatively impact sectors beyond energy,...
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267Canadian banking complaints on the rise, says ombudsman
Complaints against banks are on the rise, according to the financial services industry’s ombudsman. Overall complaint volumes remained stable, but banking-related complaints...
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204Canadian banks embracing fintech even as global CEOs see threat in technology: PwC
Canadian banks are actively pursuing opportunities to play a vital part in the growth of fintech, even though 81 percent of global...
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221PDAC 2016: NexGen’s star rising as uranium discovery continues to grow
TORONTO ? Within the halls of this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) mining conference in Toronto, Leigh Curyer was...
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221What Ontario needs to unlock Ring of Fire’s mineral wealth is a Marshall Plan
Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” mineral belt, found in the province’s remote James Bay Lowlands, is thought to carry more than $60 billion...
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264European Central Bank, Federal Reserve policies leave Bank of Canada firmly in the middle
OTTAWA – Mario Draghi is not the type of central banker to back away from a fight, and Thursday was no different....
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227Penn West Petroleum Ltd posts loss of $1.6 billion net loss in Q4, seeks leeway from lenders
CALGARY – Penn West Petroleum, which posted a $1.6-billion net loss for the last 3 months of 2015, wants some leeway from...
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226Manitoba voices its objection to national securities regulator again
It took 16 pages but when there was question that Manitoba was not in favour of a national securities regulator the content...
