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| Parmalat is a black eye for big banks - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Parmalat is a black eye for big banks- Globe and Mail, Canada - 48 minutes ago- But investors aren't just buying a portfolio of cheese and long-life milk; they're buying a play on the settlements from the banks and accounting firms ...- - | |
| Bogus bank climate list - Financial Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Bogus bank climate list- Financial Post, Canada - 3 hours ago- Given the subprime fiasco, the US dollar meltdown, and fears of recession, you would think that banks have more important things to worry about than the ...- Banks should push clients to adopt green practices, report says Financial Post- Canadian banks need more action on climate change: Ceres report Investment Executive- US Banks Ranked Below Europeans on Responding CanadianBusiness.com- all 62 news articles - | |
| No-merger rule 'out of step,' bank group says - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| No-merger rule 'out of step,' bank group says- Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago- OTTAWA -- Canadian banks are mounting a challenge to the Harper government's no-bank-merger policy, suggesting yesterday that a panel reviewing federal ...- Banks call for national securities regulator in submission to ... CanadianBusiness.com- Let market decide competition policy, bankers urge ReportonBusiness.com- Canada bank group urges end to merger restrictions Reuters Canada- all 20 news articles - | |
| TSX Ends Higher On Fed, Gold, Banks - Financial Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Montreal Gazette- TSX Ends Higher On Fed, Gold, Banks- Financial Post, Canada - 3 hours ago- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM/TSX) was among the biggest net gainers, rising $2.34, or 3.4%, to $71.34. Mr. Bernanke said in remarks to a housing ...- Outlook bleak for Canadian banks after worst year in decade Financial Post- Reuters Canada Business Summary ReportonBusiness.com- all 139 news articles - | |
| Bank of America to buy Countrywide - Pierceland Herald | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Bank of America to buy Countrywide- Pierceland Herald, Canada - 16 minutes ago- By IEVA M. AUGSTUMS, AP Business Writer 2 minutes ago CHARLOTTE, NC - Bank of America Corp. said Friday it has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 ...- - | |
| Stocks Head to Lower Open on Worries of Further Investment Bank ... - Ca... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Stocks Head to Lower Open on Worries of Further Investment Bank ...- CanadianBusiness.com, Canada - 5 minutes ago- The start of earnings season has investors worried about how banks and brokerages have fared after suffering losses in the collapse of the subprime mortgage ...- - | |
| Quick Money Sunflashes - Winnipeg Sun | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Quick Money Sunflashes- Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 5 hours ago- The investment bank said yesterday that global oil supply will increasingly have trouble keeping pace with demand, and by 2012 that could send prices at the ...- - | |
| Canadian CMBS Market collapses - Financial Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Canadian CMBS Market collapses- Financial Post, Canada - 3 hours ago- "The banks and life insurance companies are going to be able to increase their fees because they won't have to compete with CMBS to attract loans anymore," ...- - | |
| Smugglers cross all lines - Canada East | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Smugglers cross all lines- Canada East, Canada - 3 hours ago- During an interview at the Moncton office yesterday, Richard showed a collection of bizarre knives that were seized from a mail shipment to a Metro Moncton ...- - | |
| Beckermann Kitchens folds - Waterloo Record | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Beckermann Kitchens folds- Waterloo Record, Canada - 2 hours ago- The two-year struggle to revive Beckermann Kitchens has come to an end with a sudden bankruptcy filing, leaving 77 workers jobless. ...- - | |
| Pope & Talbot sells pulp mills - Prince George Citizen | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Pope & Talbot sells pulp mills- Prince George Citizen, Canada - 5 hours ago- Pope & Talbot, which is in bankruptcy proceedings, is selling off its assets to pay down its debt. "We are delighted with this development, ...- Mackenzie Mill Part of Tentative Deal Opinion250 News- all 31 news articles - | |
| Tabbies coach denies he's heading south - Canada.com | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| CBC Toronto- Tabbies coach denies he's heading south- Canada.com, Canada - 50 minutes ago- Players in Hamilton have dealt with a series of tumultuous situations over the past five years - from bankruptcy to coaching and management changes - and ...- US college team woos Taaffe Globe and Mail- all 56 news articles - | |
| How a nasty rumour can ruin an investor's day - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| How a nasty rumour can ruin an investor's day- Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago- ... shares of Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest US mortgage lender, lost half their value as it denied speculation it will file for bankruptcy. ...- - | |
| A one-horse town searches for a fix - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| A one-horse town searches for a fix- Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago- Oregon-based Pope & Talbot, in business for more than a century and with significant operations in BC, filed for bankruptcy and put its assets on the block, ...- - | |
| Where does it end? - Winnipeg Sun | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Where does it end?- Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 5 hours ago- Within a few months he breached, fled his halfway house with stolen credit cards and eventually robbed a bank, a heist in which he threatened to kill a ...- - | |
| Pay for everything - Vancouver Province | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Pay for everything- Vancouver Province, Canada - 4 hours ago- Break out the cash, credit cards and whatever else needed to pay for his future care. I'm talking about all his medical expenses, not his BC Medical ...- - | |
| Holiday cheer lingers in letters from readers - StarPhoenix | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Holiday cheer lingers in letters from readers- StarPhoenix, Canada - 5 hours ago- All my credit cards, bank cards, ID and $60 cash was in there!" It wasn't until the end of a day of shopping in Saskatoon on Dec. 31 that Sherry Skagestad's ...- - | |
| Caldwell bets on an Amex bid - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Caldwell bets on an Amex bid- Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago- When the NYSE completed its IPO in the spring of 2006, generating a return of nearly 400 per cent on the seats held by Urbana, "an investing concept was ...- - | |
| Mark Grammer - Morningstar.ca | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Mark Grammer- Morningstar.ca, Canada - 4 hours ago- Grammer says he mitigates his risk by investing in companies whose balance sheets are "much better than average." It's important, he adds, ...- - | |
| Investor expectations will be the loser in the coming rate drop - Globe ... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Investor expectations will be the loser in the coming rate drop- Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago- And rates in real terms (ie excluding inflation) have also fallen due to such factors as higher global savings rates, reduced investing rates and lower ...- - | |
| ACM Commercial Mortgage Fund announces 24% Growth in 2007 - Canada NewsW... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| ACM Commercial Mortgage Fund announces 24% Growth in 2007- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 1 hour ago- This fixed income investment provides low volatility, low credit risk, consistent monthly income, low management fees and a yield premium over competitive ...- - | |
| SaskCentral has new CEO - StarPhoenix | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| SaskCentral has new CEO- StarPhoenix, Canada - 5 hours ago- REGINA -- Ken Anderson has been named the new CEO of SaskCentral, the umbrella organization for Saskatchewan's 66 credit unions, replacing Sid Bildfell, ...- - | |
| SF Health Care Program Given Approval - E Canada Now | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| E Canada Now- SF Health Care Program Given Approval- E Canada Now, Canada - 36 minutes ago- The health care plan is a new plan by the city to help people without health insurance. The law states that businesses with more than 20 employees must pay ...- - | |
| Investments bite back - Canada.com | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Investments bite back- Canada.com, Canada - 3 hours ago- ... the Insurance Corporation of BC and the Fraser Health Authority have together invested $180 million into now-troubled asset-backed commercial paper, ...- - | |
| Schwarzenegger sinks in California's tax quagmire - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Schwarzenegger sinks in California's tax quagmire- Globe and Mail, Canada - 48 minutes ago- ... proposing huge and unaffordable new spending programs, including a state-run health insurance program with enormous new costs imposed on Golden State ...- - | |
| Skid school - Driving.ca | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Skid school- Driving.ca, Canada - 2 hours ago- The cost of the course, which has been offered and refined over the past 12 years, covers track rental, plowing and grooming, insurance, coffee and ...- - | |
| Cellphone chat may contribute to commuter agony - Business Edge | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Cellphone chat may contribute to commuter agony- Business Edge, Canada - 4 hours ago- If you commute by car an hour a day, it could all add around 20 hours a year to your commute, Strayer said. "The distracted driver tends to drive slower and ...- - | |
| ?Covered Girl Bandit? hits five Mississauga banks - National Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| ?Covered Girl Bandit? hits five Mississauga banks- National Post, Canada - 15 hours ago- Peel Regional Police say a woman robber they?ve nicknamed ??the Covered Girl Bandit?? has hit five Mississauga banks in two months. ...- Woman suspected of robbing five Mississauga banks 680 News- all 7 news articles - | |
| Quebecor refinancing plan splits Canadian, foreign banks - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Quebecor refinancing plan splits Canadian, foreign banks- Globe and Mail, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- 15 showdown with its banks over new financing, one debt analyst came up with a novel way to get the embattled printer out of the soup. ...- Quebecor World deal with banks 'not a slam dunk': source Financial Post- Quebecor World close to financing deal: report Reuters Canada- Quebecor World stock rallies on financing report CBC News- London Free Press - Reuters Canadaall 81 news articles - | |
| Banks get wake-up call in climate change report - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Banks get wake-up call in climate change report- Globe and Mail, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- Canadian banks are lagging Europe's major financial institutions when it comes to taking actions to deal with climate change, suggests a new report by an ...- Banks wrestle with climate change London Free Press- all 9 news articles - | |
| Miranda breaks the Banks! - Doghouse Boxing | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| The Sweet Science- Miranda breaks the Banks!- Doghouse Boxing, Canada - 8 hours ago- Banks fought hard and did his best but his best was not good enough when a big right hand from Miranda sprawled the Portland pugilist down and out of the ...- Canadian Jean Pascal unanimously outpoints Omar Pittman SLAM! Sports- Pascal looks to shine against Pittman, Bute to fight veteran Joppy 940 News- all 37 news articles - | |
| Constellation Copper reports delayed third quarter 2007 financial ... - ... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Constellation Copper reports delayed third quarter 2007 financial ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 15 hours ago- The Company is amending its commodity swap arrangements to defer $5.1 million of settlement payments and also to close-out approximately 7.5 million pounds ...- - | |
| The Weekend Fix: Celebrity Birthdays, the latest news, and more. - MTV News | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| The Weekend Fix: Celebrity Birthdays, the latest news, and more.- MTV News, Canada - 18 hours ago- According to RollingStone.com,the two sides have now reached a settlement, and as a result, the allegations have been dropped. Details of the agreement, ...- - | |
| RBC Direct Investing clients can win $25000 to invest - Canada NewsWire ... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| RBC Direct Investing clients can win $25000 to invest- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 20 hours ago- 11 /CNW/ - Even though the height of the gift-giving season is behind us, RBC Direct Investing is starting the new year by giving self-directed investors a ...- - | |
| Province investing in trade unions - NorthernLife.ca | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| NorthernLife.ca- Province investing in trade unions- NorthernLife.ca, Canada - 19 hours ago- ?By investing in apprentices and skilled workers, we?re building a stronger workforce for Sudbury. I am proud that our government recognizes the importance ...- - | |
| McGuinty Government Investing In Skills Training In Kingston - Canada Ne... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| McGuinty Government Investing In Skills Training In Kingston- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 23 hours ago- Through the Skills Training Infrastructure Program, the Ontario government is investing almost $25 million in 2007-08, including nearly $7.9 million at this ...- - | |
| Market Commentary - HoweStreet.com | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Market Commentary- HoweStreet.com, Canada - 14 hours ago- All these funds have one thing in common they are holding a ton of dollars and they are tired of getting a miserable 4% rate of return by investing them in ...- - | |
| Canadian Life and Health Insurers respond to competition panel ... - Can... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Canadian Life and Health Insurers respond to competition panel ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 15 hours ago- The industry provides a wide range of financial security products such as life insurance, annuities (including RRSPs, RRIFs and pensions) and supplementary ...- - | |
| TRIA receives seven year extension - Canadian Underwriter | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| TRIA receives seven year extension- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 16 hours ago- ... as covering group life and requiring insurers to offer insurance for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attacks," Lloyd's reports. ...- - | |
| TIFF co-founder loses fight with cancer - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| TIFF co-founder loses fight with cancer- Globe and Mail, Canada - 16 hours ago- His father Karl was a Communist who worked as a house painter, a union organizer and ultimately an insurance agent, while his mother Lillian sold bed linens ...- - | |
| Indian care adequate, IRB tells claimant - National Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Indian care adequate, IRB tells claimant- National Post, Canada - 11 hours ago- Only 10% of Indians have insurance, the World Bank notes. "Nearly all private health service providers require families to spend out-of-pocket at the point ...- - | |
| Ethics guru: MLAs must rap Simailak - Nunatsiaq News | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Ethics guru: MLAs must rap Simailak- Nunatsiaq News, Canada - 22 hours ago- ... he put them into a blind trust where they are managed by a trustee without his knowledge. Simailak told MLAs he didn't know about any of those loans ...- - | |
| Canada's CMBS market 'vaporizes' - National Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Canada's CMBS market 'vaporizes'- National Post, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- "The banks and life insurance companies are going to be able to increase their fees because they won't have to compete with CMBS to attract loans anymore," ...- - | |
| Mortgage fraudster gets one year in jail - Edmonton Journal | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Mortgage fraudster gets one year in jail- Edmonton Journal, Canada - 10 hours ago- The $393279 that banks and other mortgage lenders lost on home loans that Brito obtained through trickery has never been repaid. ...- - | |
| Quiet on the set - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Quiet on the set- Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago- (Ontario also raised its tax credit for domestic productions to 35 per cent while BC's is 30 per cent.) Indeed, Toronto appears to be enduring the strike ...- - | |
| On Strike! WGA vs. Show Business - The Gate | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| On Strike! WGA vs. Show Business- The Gate, Canada - 9 hours ago- What is at issue here is money (what else is always at issue in labour disputes between unions and powerful companies or associations?). ...- - | |
| 104 Ontario insurers enrolled in HCAI as of Jan. 2 - Canadian Underwriter | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| 104 Ontario insurers enrolled in HCAI as of Jan. 2- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 18 hours ago- The new Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) system for electronically submitting accident benefit health care claims forms in Ontario has 104 insurance ...- - | |
| Indians sell ballpark naming rights - National Post | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates News- Indians sell ballpark naming rights- National Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- The Cleveland-based car insurance company will annually pay the Indians approximately $3.6 million as part of the contract - a total of nearly $57.6 million ...- Indians announce US$58-million deal to rename ballpark Progressive ... Metro Toronto- all 150 news articles - | |
| 20 Best Bond Vehicles - Canoe.ca | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| 20 Best Bond Vehicles- Canoe.ca, Canada - 9 hours ago- Must be hell on the car insurance bill though. For a guy like Q, who is always hounding Bond to return his gadgets and vehicles in one piece, ...- - | |
| Forgetful drivers plague our roads - Montreal Gazette | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Forgetful drivers plague our roads- Montreal Gazette, Canada - 6 hours ago- Using sample test questions from the auto insurance board's theoretical exam to obtain a permit, we tested 10 licensed drivers in the Montreal area. ...- - | |
| RBC Direct Investing clients can win $25000 to invest - CNW Telbec (Comm... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| RBC Direct Investing clients can win $25000 to invest- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - Jan 11, 2008- 11 /CNW/ - Even though the height of the gift-giving season is behind us, RBC Direct Investing is starting the new year by giving self-directed investors a ...- - | |
| Reuters Canada Business Summary - ReportonBusiness.com | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Reuters Canada Business Summary- ReportonBusiness.com, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Workers at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd repair shops in Canada have given their negotiators a mandate to strike if ...- - | |
| Peel Launches New Cold Alert System - Brampton News | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Peel Launches New Cold Alert System- Brampton News, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- This includes ambulance services, public health, long-term care, child care, waste collection, recycling and disposal, water and wastewater services, ...- - | |
| Stocks slide on worries over writedowns; C$ falls more a cent on ... - C... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Stocks slide on worries over writedowns; C$ falls more a cent on ...- Canada East, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- Adding to investor nervousness was a warning from American Express Corp. that slower spending and more delinquencies on credit card payments will hamper ...- - | |
| Bank of America to buy troubled mortgage lender Countrywide for US ... -... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Bank of America to buy troubled mortgage lender Countrywide for US ...- 570 News, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- Delinquencies and loans in pending foreclosure are rising in Countrywide's loan portfolio, and Lewis said Friday "there are near-term challenges" in the US ...- - | |
| Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion - ReportonBusiness.com | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion- ReportonBusiness.com, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- Combining Bank of America with Countrywide would create a company that makes about one in four US mortgage loans, roughly twice as many as Wells Fargo & Co ...- - | |
| Off the map in Africa - Globe and Mail | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Globe and Mail- Off the map in Africa- Globe and Mail, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- And most oil companies are neither based in Geneva, best-known for United Nations' agencies and secretive banks, nor expect takeover offers from Asian ...- - | |
| Stocks down on fears of more big writedowns; C$ tumbles on job data - Ca... | As of: 2008-01-11 |
| Stocks down on fears of more big writedowns; C$ tumbles on job data- Canada East, Canada - Jan 11, 2008- Adding to investor nervousness was a warning from American Express Corp. that slower spending and more delinquencies on credit card payments will hamper ... - | |
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