Canada's tame inflation cuts chances of rate hike soon
Tame inflation, combined with weak economic growth in this country and continuing global uncertainty, will likely keep interest rates at rock-bottom levels for some time to come
View ArticleStartup Roundup: 500px 'acqui-hire', fundraising and partnering
In FP Tech Desk’s Startup Roundup series, we take a look at Canadian startup news from the past week
View ArticleDavid Rosenberg's 10-point plan to fix America's fiscal mess
Markets have enjoyed the recent optimism surrounding the fiscal cliff, but the deadline is inching closer and Republicans and Democrats still have different demands. What to do?
View ArticlePfizer, AstraZeneca team up with Quebec on 'new approach' to drug research
Their joint venture, the Neomed Institute in Montreal, will host researchers, university officials and employees from the drug makers as well venture capitalists
View ArticleEnbridge says pipeline leak won't affect operations
Enbridge Inc said on Friday that one of its pipelines in the U.S. Midwest was shut briefly this week after oil leaked, but the line was restarted the same day
View ArticleEastern Canadians paying more for gas than Westerners: StatsCan
A study by Statistics Canada says gasoline prices in Central and Eastern Canada are rising more quickly than those in the West
View ArticleGreece inches closer to clinching aid payment
The IMF has relaxed its debt-cutting target for Greece and only a 10-billion euro) gap remains to be filled for a vital aid installment to be paid, Greece's finance minister said on Friday
View ArticleIs Apple set to launch a cheap iPhone in 2014?
Apple analyst Gene Munster put out a note with a few interesting predictions in it this week — including a US$200, unsubsidized iPhone, coming in 2014
View ArticleEnbridge and oil companies at odds over ‘air barrel’ relief as pipeline...
Enbridge and oil companies at odds over ‘air barrel’ relief as pipeline network squeezed
View ArticleRIM stock closes up 14% in New York, but in Toronto, the party's already over
On the Nasdaq market, which reopened after being closed Thursday for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, RIM shares closed up almost 14% at US$11.66 during a shortened trading session
View ArticleHere's how Black Friday is about to suck $5-billion out of our economy
Canadian retailers will lose 25% more sales to the United States this holiday season as Canadian shoppers rush across the border to take advantage of higher duty-free limits, lower U.S. prices and the...
View ArticleTSX closes higher on optimism over U.S. holiday retail season
The Toronto stock market closed higher Friday amid hopes for a strong U.S. holiday retail season and positive economic news from Europe’s biggest economy
View ArticleCanada urged to 'get act together' as national debt to hit $600-billion Saturday
It should never have reached that level, said Canadian Taxpayers Federation director Gregory Thomas, who blamed the Harper government’s economic stimulus for the historic level
View ArticleDiane Francis: China's checkered track record in Canada a cause for concern
Diane Francis: The China-Canada trade deal would open the floodgates to tens of thousands of sovereign enterprises then exempt them from Investment Canada scrutiny if they want to buy more
View ArticleCP Rail moving headquarters from glass tower in Calgary to nearby rail yard:...
CEO Hunter Harrison told U.S. union leaders and a Canadian union president that the railroad will move employees out of its Calgary HQ as part of an ambitious cost-cutting plan
View ArticleQuebec vows to make hostile takeover bids for firms like Rona more difficult
The new PQ government wants to change the law to make it more difficult for Quebec companies such as Rona to be sold in a hostile takeover bid from foreigners
View Article'It's over': EU budget talks collapse as countries reject Britain's call for...
EU leaders failed to reach agreement Friday on a new seven-year budget for their troubled bloc, calling off talks in less than two days
View ArticleThomson family retains top position on richest Canadians list despite 5.7%...
The influential Thomson family is still atop the list of richest Canadians, though their wealth dropped from a year ago. Here's the complete list
View ArticleAlberta premier wins more support from counterparts for shipping oil to...
Alison Redford is drawing support from a growing number of premiers who say it could help stimulate the economy while serving as the foundation for a national energy strategy
View ArticleCanadian taxpayers could be on hook for Quebec fracking decision
A U.S.-based oil and gas producer has launched a formal fight under NAFTA rules against Quebec’s move to cancel exploration permits for deposits under the St. Lawrence River
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