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It could have been worse? - Globe and Mail As of: 2007-11-29
Canada.com- It could have been worse?- Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago- As it is, the Caisse's $13.2-billion investment in non-bank-issued ABCP represents more than a third of such paper outstanding in all of Canada, ...- Caisse reveals ABCP holdings Globe and Mail- Attention Business/Financial Editors: Canada NewsWire (press release)- Head of Quebec's Caisse de depot warns of possible $500-million loss CanadianBusiness.com- CJADall 55 news articles -
Banks plans bid for Rodd hotels - CBC Prince Edward Island As of: 2007-11-29
Banks plans bid for Rodd hotels- CBC Prince Edward Island, Canada - 4 hours ago- pei's biggest developer, Tim Banks of APM, is planning to make a bid for the Rodd Hotel chain. The Rodd family announced Wednesday it was putting its chain ...-  -
Rate cut hopes drive markets - London Free Press As of: 2007-11-29
Rate cut hopes drive markets- London Free Press, Canada - 7 hours ago- "The good thing is that the banks appear to be prepared to take the (writedown) hits. Retail numbers seem to be OK, employment still seems to be OK, ...- Short-lived correction, or eye of the storm? Globe and Mail- all 9 news articles -
AROUND THE GLOBE - Globe and Mail As of: 2007-11-29
AROUND THE GLOBE- Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago- The European Central Bank lent three-month funds to banks at its highest rate since April, 2001, after unexpectedly strong demand yesterday from a market ...- Bank urged to extend liquidity provisions Globe and Mail- all 3 news articles -
Morning business file: Explosion ups oil price - Edmonton Journal As of: 2007-11-29
Morning business file: Explosion ups oil price- Edmonton Journal, Canada - 34 minutes ago- "I would think the banks would try to write off as much as they could write off, in order that they won't have to do it again next year," said Douglas Davis ...- Morning business file: Travel deficit soars Edmonton Journal- all 2 news articles -
Scotiabank's Global Expansion Continues with New Representative ... ... As of: 2007-11-29
Scotiabank's Global Expansion Continues with New Representative ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 3 hours ago- Scotiabank was named "Best Trade Finance Bank in Canada" by Global Finance Magazine, 2006. - Correspondent banking allows foreign banks to conduct business ...-  -
NB to set limits on payday loan fees - CBC New Brunswick As of: 2007-11-29
NB to set limits on payday loan fees- CBC New Brunswick, Canada - 3 hours ago- The changes to the Cost of Credit Disclosure Act will set limits on fees used by payday loan companies, while interest rates will be set by the province's ...- New Brunswick governments moves to regulate short-term lenders CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador- all 6 news articles -
Toronto Moving Tips: Regifting, Reusing and Recycling Clutter - Move Sma... As of: 2007-11-29
Toronto Moving Tips: Regifting, Reusing and Recycling Clutter- Move Smartly, Canada - 3 hours ago- While I'll be moving to a more spacious place, a purge is in order because showing up with boxes full of junk (including a mortifying CD collection that has ...-  -
We can't see people as things - Owen Sound Sun Times As of: 2007-11-29
We can't see people as things- Owen Sound Sun Times, Canada - 3 hours ago- Safe n' Sound is a collection of area people who knew another winter could not go by without assuring there were safe emergency beds available for those who ...-  -
No end in sight to lumber woes plaguing Fort St. James - Prince George C... As of: 2007-11-29
No end in sight to lumber woes plaguing Fort St. James- Prince George Citizen, Canada - 8 hours ago- Pope & Talbot's sawmill in Fort St. James remains closed as the company works its way through bankruptcy proceedings in Canadian and US courts, ...- Interfor agrees to acquire Pope & Talbot sawmills Pulp & Paper Canada- all 2 news articles -
Struggling tso's deficit drops below $9-million - Globe and Mail As of: 2007-11-29
Struggling tso's deficit drops below $9-million- Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago- The new figure of $8.94-million is still almost $2-million higher than the number when TSO flirted with bankruptcy in 2001. "It's nice to see the deficit ...-  -
The Canadian Investment Awards is Proud to Present the 2007 Winners! - C... As of: 2007-11-29
The Canadian Investment Awards is Proud to Present the 2007 Winners!- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 2 hours ago- Celebrating excellence in the Investment industry TORONTO, Nov. 29 /CNW/ - The Canadian Investment Awards, Canada's premier awards program, ...-  -
Canada's First Environmental Investment Management Company ... - Can... As of: 2007-11-29
Canada's First Environmental Investment Management Company ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 3 hours ago- 29 /CNW/ - Investeco Financial Corporation (IFC), a leader in environmental investing, today announced the availability of the Investeco Global ...-  -
Manulife Monthly High Income Fund celebrates 10 years of ... - Canada Ne... As of: 2007-11-29
Manulife Monthly High Income Fund celebrates 10 years of ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 1 hour ago- "His strict adherence to value investing has helped steer this Fund through some choppy waters since its launch. For investors, this has translated into ...-  -
How our loonie crashed the commodities party - Globe and Mail As of: 2007-11-29
How our loonie crashed the commodities party- Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago- Commodity prices and the Canadian dollar are bouncing around in a way that's taking a lot of the fun out of investing in commodity stocks. ...-  -
Fanshawe pioneer school house gets boost from London Life - LondonTopic.ca As of: 2007-11-29
Fanshawe pioneer school house gets boost from London Life- LondonTopic.ca, Canada - 5 hours ago- London's Fanshawe Pioneer Village has announce a major contribution to its BIG ON HISTORY campaign courtesy of London Life Insurance Company. ...-  -
Manulife Financial signs health care product agreement with accelmd - Ca... As of: 2007-11-29
Manulife Financial signs health care product agreement with accelmd- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 56 minutes ago- Manulife Financial is one of two publicly traded life insurance companies in North America whose rated life insurance subsidiaries hold Standard & Poor's ...-  -
Media Advisory - Canadian Institute of Actuaries - Separate ... - Canada... As of: 2007-11-29
Media Advisory - Canadian Institute of Actuaries - Separate ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 3 hours ago- ... statistics and risk theory on problems faced by pension plans, government regulators, insurance companies (both Life and Property/Casualty), ...-  -
AGF Makes Early Warning Report - Canada NewsWire (press release) As of: 2007-11-29
AGF Makes Early Warning Report- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 25 minutes ago- ... the Harmony asset management program, AGF Institutional Account Services, private client products, and AGF Trust gics, loans and mortgages. ...-  -
A crash course in health care politics - Globe and Mail As of: 2007-11-29
A crash course in health care politics- Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 hours ago- And the high court's decision to strike down a ban on private health insurance for procedures currently performed in the public system - the so-called ...-  -
City endorses health and safety campaign - NorthernLife.ca As of: 2007-11-29
City endorses health and safety campaign- NorthernLife.ca, Canada - 39 minutes ago- BY TRACEY DUGUAY There were 594 lost-time injuries recorded by local companies registered with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the last ...-  -
Don't skimp on US insurance - Edmonton Journal As of: 2007-11-29
Don't skimp on US insurance- Edmonton Journal, Canada - 7 hours ago- Because we are used to publicly funded health care, he says, we may resent the cost of insurance and foolishly buy the policy with the lowest premium. ...-  -
TD Bank beats expectations, sees slower '08 - Reuters Canada As of: 2007-11-29
StarPhoenix- TD Bank beats expectations, sees slower '08- Reuters Canada, Canada - 18 hours ago- Shares in TD rose as results showed that each of the bank's businesses grew at a double-digit pace year over year, helped in the final quarter by a strong ...- TD steps around credit mess Financial Post- TD pleased at avoiding credit crunch fallout Globe and Mail- TD Bank dodges subprime, profit beats expectations Reuters Canada- all 53 news articles -
Food banks welcome commitment to poverty reduction, call on ... - Canada... As of: 2007-11-29
Food banks welcome commitment to poverty reduction, call on ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 19 hours ago- 29 /CNW/ - The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) welcomes the provincial government's commitment to poverty reduction in today's Throne Speech. ...-  -
Subprime losses could erase 2008 bank earnings: report - Investment Exec... As of: 2007-11-29
Subprime losses could erase 2008 bank earnings: report- Investment Executive, Canada - 19 hours ago- By James Langton Fallout from the subprime lending crisis could effectively wipe out next year?s profits for the global banks, suggests research from UBS ...-  -
Media Advisory - Canadian vs. US Mortgage Industries - Canada NewsWire (... As of: 2007-11-29
Media Advisory - Canadian vs. US Mortgage Industries- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 19 hours ago- caamp's membership base consists of mortgage lenders, brokers, insurers and other industry participants. caamp's other primary role is that of consumer ...-  -
Payday loan association welcomes regulations - Business Edge As of: 2007-11-29
Payday loan association welcomes regulations- Business Edge, Canada - 10 hours ago- Payday loans, small-sum, short-term loans typically for a few hundred dollars, have come under intense scrutiny in the past, primarily due to high interest ...- Canadian Payday Loan Association Applauds New Brunswick for New ... Canada NewsWire (press release)- all 4 news articles -
Marni Soupcoff's Click Here: The "Predatory Lending Association... As of: 2007-11-29
Marni Soupcoff's Click Here: The "Predatory Lending Association ...- National Post, Canada - 13 hours ago- There?s clearly a serious message lurking behind this send-up of greedy store-front lenders offering 400% interest rates: Payday loans are inherently ...-  -
Hearing Told Payday Companies Should Share - CJOB As of: 2007-11-29
Hearing Told Payday Companies Should Share- CJOB, Canada - 18 hours ago- Shared information between payday loan companies is being called for to prevent consumers from racking up multiple loans they can't afford. ...-  -
Police arrest four men for robberies - Winnipeg Sun As of: 2007-11-29
Police arrest four men for robberies- Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 21 hours ago- Police said two males robbed a payday loans cash store in the 900 block of mcphillips Street. Police allege one of the males was armed with a firearm, ...-  -
Governments look closely on upcoming BC virtual ID card pilot - InterGov... As of: 2007-11-29
Governments look closely on upcoming BC virtual ID card pilot- InterGovWorld.com, Canada - 20 hours ago- The collection and storage of personal information in government systems that may not be strictly necessary to provide a service can be avoided in the ...-  -
TSO hits high note with $500K surplus - National Post As of: 2007-11-29
CBC Nova Scotia- TSO hits high note with $500K surplus- National Post, Canada - 12 hours ago- It teetered near bankruptcy in 2001 before being bailed out by its foundation and the provincial and federal governments. She credited her organization?s ...- Struggling tso's deficit drops below $9-million Globe and Mail- all 3 news articles -
IP Applications Corp. Reports Q3 2007 Results and Continuing Progress - ... As of: 2007-11-29
IP Applications Corp. Reports Q3 2007 Results and Continuing Progress- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 16 hours ago- In November 2007, the Company concluded a debt settlement arrangement and closed a private placement which dramatically improved the balance sheet. ...-  -
BMO Widens the Gap Over Competitive Loyalty Reward Programs With ... - C... As of: 2007-11-29
BMO Widens the Gap Over Competitive Loyalty Reward Programs With ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 21 hours ago- In June, when BMO introduced a debit card component to its existing credit card reward program, the bank stated its number one priority was to attract new ...-  -
Poll finds more are investing in rrsps - Financial Post As of: 2007-11-29
Poll finds more are investing in rrsps- Financial Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- More troubling is the finding that 45% expect this debt to be in the form of credit cards, lines of credit or personal loans. Investors Group vice-president ...-  -
Blake Goldring, AGF, Wins CIA 2007 Person of Influence Award - Canada Ne... As of: 2007-11-29
Blake Goldring, AGF, Wins CIA 2007 Person of Influence Award- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 14 hours ago- That includes investing in the future business leaders of tomorrow through leadership in education, as well as stimulating debate and discussion about ...-  -
Ont. Liberals promise a boost to education spending in throne speech - C... As of: 2007-11-29
Canada.com- Ont. Liberals promise a boost to education spending in throne speech- Canada.com, Canada - 18 hours ago- David Onley read the speech on behalf of the government, which promised to improve the funding formula for schools by investing an additional $3.1 billion ...- Moving Forward the Ontario Way Canada NewsWire (press release)- all 64 news articles -
TD Bank profit up 44 per cent in Q4 as US operations climb, mild ... - C... As of: 2007-11-29
TD Bank profit up 44 per cent in Q4 as US operations climb, mild ...- Canada East, Canada - 22 hours ago- The division's revenues were up 10 per cent on growth centred in its real-estate secured lending, credit cards and deposits. The results beat expectations ...-  -
Manulife Investments wins Best New Initiative and marketing honour ... -... As of: 2007-11-29
Manulife Investments wins Best New Initiative and marketing honour ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 14 hours ago- Manulife Financial is one of two publicly traded life insurance companies in North America whose rated life insurance subsidiaries hold Standard & Poor's ...- Manulife Monthly High Income Fund celebrates 10 years of ... Canada NewsWire (press release)- all 7 news articles -
Nunavut finance minister linked to companies that received gov't ...... As of: 2007-11-29
Nunavut finance minister linked to companies that received gov't ...- CBC North, Canada - 17 hours ago- Simailak told the standing committee Thursday that he only learned of loans on Monday, and those companies are now in a blind trust and are therefore out of ...-  -
Former SEC chief decries 'deification of debt' - Financial Post As of: 2007-11-29
Former SEC chief decries 'deification of debt'- Financial Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- "This is what happens when trust breaks down -- a number of market actors did not perform as we had hoped ... I'm afraid investors are losing faith. ...-  -
AGF Makes Early Warning Report - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) As of: 2007-11-29
AGF Makes Early Warning Report- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 11 hours ago- ... the Harmony asset management program, AGF Institutional Account Services, private client products, and AGF Trust gics, loans and mortgages. ...-  -
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) As of: 2007-11-29
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 11 hours ago- Actions entiercées : 1 050 813 Agent des transferts : Compagnie Trust CIBC Mellon (Montréal, Toronto) Symbole au téléscripteur : CNX (nouveau) Numéro de ...-  -
The Goldfarb Corporation announces third quarter results - Canada NewsWi... As of: 2007-11-29
The Goldfarb Corporation announces third quarter results- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 21 hours ago- Held-to-maturity, loans and receivables and other liabilities are initially recognized at fair value and subsequent thereto at amortized cost, ...-  -
Success breeds its own problems for Canadian-led Haitian police - Canada... As of: 2007-11-29
Canada.com- Success breeds its own problems for Canadian-led Haitian police- Canada.com, Canada - 18 hours ago- ... Canadian-funded projects: it receives $15 million over 10 years from the Canadian International Development Agency to strengthen local credit unions. ...-  -
Report showed questions need asking about health care - Niagarathisweek.com As of: 2007-11-29
Report showed questions need asking about health care- Niagarathisweek.com, Canada - 11 hours ago- Patients should have access to choice in buying private health insurance, and Ontario's restrictive OHIP health marketing board should face payer and ...-  -
ICBC to hit bad drivers with extra premiums of up to $905 per year - Tim... As of: 2007-11-29
ICBC to hit bad drivers with extra premiums of up to $905 per year- Times Colonist, Canada - 20 hours ago- VANCOUVER - Bad drivers are going to be hit with extra car insurance premiums of $320 to $905 a year for three years under a new program announced today by ...-  -
Be aware of accident chasers! - AM900 CHML As of: 2007-11-29
Be aware of accident chasers!- AM900 CHML, Canada - 23 hours ago- HAMILTON (AM900 CHML) - Police, along with the Insurance Brokers Association of Hamilton and the Hamilton District Autobody Repair Association are teaming ...-  -
NB to set limits on payday loan fees - CBC News As of: 2007-11-29
NB to set limits on payday loan fees- CBC News, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- The changes to the Cost of Credit Disclosure Act will set limits on fees used by payday loan companies, while interest rates will be set by the province's ...-  -
Judge approves chemical maker Solutia?s plan to exit bankruptcy by ... -... As of: 2007-11-29
Judge approves chemical maker Solutia?s plan to exit bankruptcy by ...- Oilweek Magazine, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- LOUIS _ The chemicals maker Solutia Inc. won court approval to exit bankruptcy protection by the end of December. US Bankruptcy Judge Prudence Carter Beatty ...-  -
Best Western and MBNA Canada Bank Launch Best Western Platinum ... - CNW... As of: 2007-11-29
Best Western and MBNA Canada Bank Launch Best Western Platinum ...- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - Nov 29, 2007- ... MasterCard issuer in Canada and with its subsidiary, CUETS Financial Ltd., MBNA is Canada's leading MasterCard credit card provider for credit unions. ...-  -
uaw's retiree health benefits takeover could change way care is ... ... As of: 2007-11-29
uaw's retiree health benefits takeover could change way care is ...- Canada East, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- ... UAW will have to quickly learn the nuances of health-care finance or risk being manipulated by more savvy insurance companies or health-care providers. ...-  -
Credit crunch produces plunge in profits for major US banks - London Fre... As of: 2007-11-29
Credit crunch produces plunge in profits for major US banks- London Free Press, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- By AP WASHINGTON -- Third-quarter profits at federally insured banks and thrifts plunged to a four-year low as large institutions set aside billions to ...-  -
Paralegal convicted in massive mortgage fraud - Edmonton Journal As of: 2007-11-29
Paralegal convicted in massive mortgage fraud- Edmonton Journal, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- During the five-week trial, the judge reviewed more than 400 exhibits and listened to 50 witnesses, including police, straw buyers, mortgage brokers and ...-  -
Canada's First Environmental Investment Management Company ... - CNW... As of: 2007-11-29
Canada's First Environmental Investment Management Company ...- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - Nov 29, 2007- 29 /CNW/ - Investeco Financial Corporation (IFC), a leader in environmental investing, today announced the availability of the Investeco Global ...-  -
Joggers hit by car win $50M settlement - Hinesberg Journal As of: 2007-11-29
Joggers hit by car win $50M settlement- Hinesberg Journal, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- Both husbands said their insurance does not cover 24-hour nursing care and they were forced to quit their jobs to care for their wives full-time. ...-  -
Minnesota AG Swanson Targets Third Firm Over - CanadianBusiness.com As of: 2007-11-29
Minnesota AG Swanson Targets Third Firm Over- CanadianBusiness.com, Canada - Nov 29, 2007- Swanson's lawsuit against Midland National Life Insurance is her third since January targetting investment plans sold to retirees who say they later learn ...-  -
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