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Tough rate call ahead for Mark Carney

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:04

Increase expected, but markets nervous about what comes after


Categories: Financial

In wake of oil spill, Enbridge CEO makes all the right moves

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:04

Pat Daniel has run a successful public relations campaign on the ground in Michigan, but his company isn’t out of the woods yet


Categories: Financial

An old inflation fighter sticks to his guns

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:00

Former Fed chief Paul Volcker on financial reform, the U.S. residential mortgage market and price stability


Categories: Financial

For Canadian banks, tourism hot spots turn cold

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:47

Delinquent loans are on the rise, including those held by corporate and commercial clients


Categories: Financial

As food prices jump, UN group tries to avoid fuelling new crisis

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:16

While soaring food prices spell good news for Potash Corp.’s takeover battle, strain is beginning to show in the developing world


Categories: Financial

No massive up-tick in September trading

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:08

Traders’ returning from vacation don’t historically light up the market


Categories: Financial

For investors, September begins well, but fear lingers

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:07

Talk of a double-dip recession is suddenly starting to wane


Categories: Financial

TIFF finally finds a home

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 17:49

Bell Lightbox, at King and John streets in the heart of Toronto’s media and entertainment district, will be an anchor for the movie festival as well as a centre for the celebration of film in the city


Categories: Financial

World markets close higher

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:35

With North American markets closed, Friday’s positive U.S. jobs reports continued to boost global sentiment


Categories: Financial

Canadian bank stocks: Nice dividends but few capital gains

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:08

Scotiabank seems to offer the best opportunity to work a range-bound stock for trading profits


Categories: Financial

The weekend's best investing features

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 15:26

Here's the best from Globe Investor and the Report on Business, in case you missed it


Categories: Financial

Turns out you can buy happiness after all

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 14:26

It just depends on what measure of happiness you use, new research suggests


Categories: Financial

BA-Iberia eye takeover targets

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 14:08

Airlines, which plan to merge by the end of the year, see 12 potential deals


Categories: Financial

Job market stuck in sluggish growth

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:26

With the exception of the education sector, the Canadian jobless rate is expected to stay in the same range


Categories: Financial

Sellers' market over for housing

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:09

Data show Vancouver sales were down 36% from August, 2009; Toronto sales 22% lower


Categories: Financial

Viterra expects hit from Saskatchewan floods

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:08

Crucial market hard hit by rain this summer; industry sales could decline by 15 per cent to 17 per cent this year because of lost acreage


Categories: Financial

Shifting out of neutral: The long and the short of it

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:22

The case for alternative investments in the current investment environment


Categories: Financial

P&G looks for growth in emerging markets

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:22

Analysts see potential in bluest of blue-chip stocks


Categories: Financial

RESPs: How to spend after saving

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:21

Twelve years after the introduction of the Canada Education Savings Grant, most people are asking about using their investments


Categories: Financial

Canadians don’t consider health-care status quo so sacred

Globe and Mail - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:20

As the system slowly implodes, lessons can be learned from the for-profit food industry


Categories: Financial