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More US banks on "problem list" - National Post As of: 2008-08-26
ABC News- More US banks on "problem list"- National Post, Canada - 5 hours ago- "More banks will come on the list as credit problems worsen," Sheila Bair, chairman of the FDIC said in a statement. "Assets of problem institutions also ...- Number of troubled US banks jumps ReportonBusiness.com- FDIC: 117 troubled banks, highest level since 2003 Maximum Edge- FDIC: 117 troubled banks, highest level since 2003 Ottawa Recorder- CanadianBusiness.comall 744 news articles -
Natural gas, Claymore Investments, Bank of Montreal, US home ... - Natio... As of: 2008-08-26
Natural gas, Claymore Investments, Bank of Montreal, US home ...- National Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- Bank of Montreal reported lower than expected third quarter earnings before the opening. Consensus was $1.19 versus $1.25 last year. ... -
Speech by Bank of Canada?s David Longworth - Financial Post As of: 2008-08-26
Speech by Bank of Canada?s David Longworth- Financial Post, Canada - 10 hours ago- While the average effective borrowing spreads faced by banks, non-financial businesses, and households have increased by about 75 basis points vis-a-vis the ...- Credit crunch not enough to knock out US Financial Post- all 6 news articles -
At the open: Soured on banks - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Vancouver Sun- At the open: Soured on banks- Globe and Mail, Canada - 13 hours ago- Weak results from the Bank of Montreal ? the first of Canada's Big Banks to report its quarterly earnings ? dealt a blow to most of the financial sector on ...- The close: Fed lifts mood Globe and Mail- At noon: No dividends for you! Globe and Mail- Premarket: BMO misses Globe and Mail- all 9 news articles -
Big drops seen for Canada's big banks - Financial Post As of: 2008-08-26
Windsor Star- Big drops seen for Canada's big banks- Financial Post, Canada - 17 hours ago- Amid rising worries around credit quality and liquidity worldwide, Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal are expected to report a drop in earnings when ...- Hope for bank stocks CanadianBusiness.com- Bank of Nova Scotia profit dips 2 percent Reuters Canada- Scotiabank earnings slip ReportonBusiness.com- CFTKTV - 570 Newsall 79 news articles -
Bank profit fears drag down Bay St. - Financial Post As of: 2008-08-26
680 News- Bank profit fears drag down Bay St.- Financial Post, Canada - 20 hours ago- Home-grown anxiety also weighed on the large financial sector as the major Canadian banks are set to report quarterly results this week. ...- North American markets tumble amid financial worries TheChronicleHerald.ca- Toronto stocks little changed as banks drag ReportonBusiness.com- TSX flat on lower financials, higher energy stocks as oil rises on ... KBS Radio- all 74 news articles -
Central banker says growth estimate may have been too cheery - CBC.ca As of: 2008-08-26
CBC.ca- Central banker says growth estimate may have been too cheery- CBC.ca, Canada - 6 hours ago- David Longworth, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, says Canadian banks look comparatively healthy. (Bank of Canada) A deputy governor of the Bank of ...- Economy grew slower than expected: BoC ReportonBusiness.com- Reuters Canada Business Summary ReportonBusiness.com- all 74 news articles -
Housing slump hits BMO's bottom line - Financial Post As of: 2008-08-26
The Money Times- Housing slump hits BMO's bottom line- Financial Post, Canada - 10 hours ago- BMO was the first of the big banks to report third quarter earnings. For all the red ink that is expected, the Canadian banks troubles pale in comparison ...- Q3 Earnings to Show Canadian Banks Remain Under Pressure CEP News- BMO downgraded to 'sell' as provisions may weigh on TD and Royal National Post- BMO profits plunge 21 per cent Canada.com- ReportonBusiness.com - ReportonBusiness.comall 113 news articles -
Canada's Black Swans - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Canada's Black Swans- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- This is great both for consumers, because it gives them peace of mind, and for insurance brokers, because they have no exposure to their E&O policies for ... -
Sears Canada Reports Second Quarter Earnings - Canada NewsWire (press re... As of: 2008-08-26
Sears Canada Reports Second Quarter Earnings- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 15 hours ago- Consequently, the restated Section 3855 adjustment to 2007 opening retained earnings is a total credit of $2.4 million, net of taxes of $1.2 million. ... -
Dumping makes cost of doing business too - Collingwood Wasaga Beach As of: 2008-08-26
Dumping makes cost of doing business too- Collingwood Wasaga Beach, Canada - 7 hours ago- Earlier this summer, Simcoe County councillors voted to cancel bulky item collection, which in Wasaga Beach is in the form of vouchers. ... -
maXx Images Represents Denkou Images - Free Press Release Center (press ... As of: 2008-08-26
maXx Images Represents Denkou Images- Free Press Release Center (press release), Canada - 9 hours ago- One of North America's top rights managed and royalty free stock photography agencies, www.maxximages.com, announces the representation of Denkou Images. ... -
A Manual for Digital Revolt - TheTyee.ca As of: 2008-08-26
A Manual for Digital Revolt- TheTyee.ca, Canada - 3 hours ago- The pervasive sense of helplessness leads to one of two extremes: you take it on faith that government agencies are doing what is necessary for security, ... -
The right for food - Miramichi Leader As of: 2008-08-26
The right for food- Miramichi Leader, Canada - 43 minutes ago- It is these measures and other similar ones which led the agricultural producers of these countries to bankruptcy. For example, Malawi and Zimbabwe were ... -
The silent death of killer apps - IT World Canada Blogs As of: 2008-08-26
The silent death of killer apps- IT World Canada Blogs, Canada - 8 hours ago- These included declaring ?e-mail bankruptcy,? and abandoning all attempts to respond to messages, or deleting your Facebook account (which, as Mark Evans ... -
CFL, Reebok agree on five-year extension - National Post As of: 2008-08-26
CFL, Reebok agree on five-year extension- National Post, Canada - 4 hours ago- Reebok reached its initial five-year agreement with the league in 2003, when the Argos and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats descended into bankruptcy within weeks of ... -
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada - Government of Canada Newsroom (p... As of: 2008-08-26
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada- Government of Canada Newsroom (press release), Canada - 8 hours ago- The search for yield also led to rapid growth in the demand for, and development of, more complex structured financial products, such as collateralized debt ... -
Not in Kansas Anymore... - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Not in Kansas Anymore...- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- The Insurance Bureau of Canada has targeted improving the country's water and sewerage infrastructure to offset claims from sewer back-up coverage on ... -
Protect your good name -- crooks want to steal it - Canada.com As of: 2008-08-26
Protect your good name -- crooks want to steal it- Canada.com, Canada - 12 hours ago- Increasingly, thieves are using a person's ID to apply for credit cards from other banks and retail stores, maxing out their credit, all without the ... -
CA's advice designed to help students save money, make money - Sault... As of: 2008-08-26
CA's advice designed to help students save money, make money- Sault This Week, Canada - 10 hours ago- This credit was expanded in 2007 to include payments for electronic payment cards and weekly passes where an individual purchases passes for four ... -
Investing in Russia? Plan to lose - National Post As of: 2008-08-26
Investing in Russia? Plan to lose- National Post, Canada - 20 hours ago- "BP is the pillar of complicity, investing US$1-billion in the stolen assets of [Russia's] Rosneft and now look at what it has gotten then in Russia," he ... -
Four picks for investing in the deep-water boom - Morningstar.ca As of: 2008-08-26
Four picks for investing in the deep-water boom- Morningstar.ca, Canada - 7 hours ago- by Stephen Ellis | 25 Aug 08 | E-mail Article to a Friend Deep-water exploration is seen as the new frontier for oil and gas companies seeking the next big ... -
TBR: Salesforce.com investing in enterprise market - eChannelLine As of: 2008-08-26
TBR: Salesforce.com investing in enterprise market- eChannelLine, Canada - 9 hours ago- TBR expects the investment in sales and marketing activities, combined with the tapering off of growth, to keep the company's operating margins at 6 percent ... -
THE INVESTING IN ONTARIO ACT - Exchange Morning Post As of: 2008-08-26
Canada.com- THE INVESTING IN ONTARIO ACT- Exchange Morning Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- The surplus for 2007-08 is sufficient to enable a payment under the Investing in Ontario Act of $1.1 billion in additional funding to municipalities to ...- McGuinty announces $1.1B municipal investment Orillia Packet & Times- Ont. premier promises $1.1B for infrastructure Canada.com- Durham to get $52 million Newsdurhamregion.com- Canada NewsWire (press release) - LondonTopic.caall 145 news articles -
Investing for small business owners - Times Colonist As of: 2008-08-26
Investing for small business owners- Times Colonist, Canada - 20 hours ago- Is it worthwhile to start investing outside of the business? It's challenging enough to plan for retirement, but if you are a small business owner, ... -
$8M bonus for local projects - St. Thomas Times-Journal As of: 2008-08-26
$8M bonus for local projects- St. Thomas Times-Journal, Canada - 10 hours ago- "This investment is going to be most welcome by municipalities. Investment in infrastructure is critical to the future. Opportunities to invest in the ...- Infrastructure Funding Announced For Perth-Wellington CKNX Radio- all 2 news articles -
Claymore Investments announces the launch of the Claymore Global ... - C... As of: 2008-08-26
Claymore Investments announces the launch of the Claymore Global ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 14 hours ago- We're very excited to have partnered with Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc., the index provider and a premier name in real estate investing globally, ... -
Signs of life rise out of ashes - TheChronicleHerald.ca As of: 2008-08-26
Signs of life rise out of ashes- TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 16 hours ago- He praised his insurance company for making the arduous task of cataloguing their life here in Canada as easy as possible. ?There were things we had to ... -
Insurance-Linked Securities: Here to Stay? - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Insurance-Linked Securities: Here to Stay?- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- Cat bonds in particular have experienced a surge in popularity, as have life bonds. ILS products that transfer risk to the capital markets as an alternative ... -
OBIT: Malott, advocate for disabled, dies at 66 - Canada.com As of: 2008-08-26
OBIT: Malott, advocate for disabled, dies at 66- Canada.com, Canada - 17 minutes ago- She was able to pursue a career with the federal government's manpower division, and later as an adjudicator with the Workplace Safety Insurance Board until ... -
Moves & Views - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Moves & Views- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- 1 In the most recent Canadian Underwriter online poll we asked: "Have insurance companies managed the market cycle well over the past 12 months? ... -
Shaking Up the Status Quo - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Shaking Up the Status Quo- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- Like many others in the industry, Daigle stumbled into his career in the insurance industry almost unintentionally. His father was an insurance appraiser, ... -
Insurer Kingsway knocks back debt - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Insurer Kingsway knocks back debt- Globe and Mail, Canada - 9 hours ago- Struggling insurer Kingsway Financial Services took steps to keep its creditors happy on Monday by selling off an orphaned auto insurance division. ... -
Bank of Montreal third quarter drops - Financial Post As of: 2008-08-26
Bank of Montreal third quarter drops- Financial Post, Canada - 14 hours ago- ... concerns about financial institutions credit exposures on traditional products such as home equity lines of credit, auto loans and commercial loans. ... -
Defying Gravity - Canadian Underwriter As of: 2008-08-26
Defying Gravity- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 13 hours ago- For example, there has been a dramatic increase in claims severity recently seen in Canada's auto results. "I didn't think we've seen this kind of severity ... -
iPhone and BlackBerry Now Integrated with QuickBooks Online - Palluxo! -... As of: 2008-08-26
iPhone and BlackBerry Now Integrated with QuickBooks Online- Palluxo! - Mac Dose of All Things Apple, Canada - 6 hours ago- The company?s financial institutions division, anchored by Digital Insight, provides on-demand banking services to help banks and credit unions serve ... -
More than 45 M Americans without health insurance - CTV.ca As of: 2008-08-26
Center For American Progress- More than 45 M Americans without health insurance- CTV.ca, Canada - 9 hours ago- AP The US Census Bureau says the number of Americans lacking health insurance dropped by more than one million in 2007. Officials say it's the first annual ...- Poverty rate holds steady in US; number without health insurance ... CanadaEast.com- Census: Income up, poverty down in state KVOS- Number of uninsured drops; Poverty holds steady Hinesberg Journal- CEP Newsall 975 news articles -
Americans Without Insurance Spend $30 Billion Annually On Medical Care -... As of: 2008-08-26
dBTechno- Americans Without Insurance Spend $30 Billion Annually On Medical Care- E Canada Now, Canada - 16 hours ago- Washington (ECN) - A new study published in the journal Health Affairs online has revealed that uninsured Americans spend $30 billion out-of-pocket each ...- Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study Canada.com- all 79 news articles -
Number of uninsured Americans declines modestly - Canada.com As of: 2008-08-26
Canada.com- Number of uninsured Americans declines modestly- Canada.com, Canada - 6 hours ago- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans went without health insurance last year for the first time since President George W. Bush took office as more people ... -
ICBC reports strong profits, cites investment income as source - Canadia... As of: 2008-08-26
ICBC reports strong profits, cites investment income as source- Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 8 hours ago- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) reported a net income of Cdn$255 million for the first half of 2008, roughly the same as the Cdn$256 ... -
Innisfil-based business intensifying motorsport - The Barrie Examiner As of: 2008-08-26
Innisfil-based business intensifying motorsport- The Barrie Examiner, Canada - 16 hours ago- "As for insurance, if the car's not driven on the road, it's cheaper to insure." Track racing is the perfect fit for drivers who want to put the pedal down ... -
In the driver's seat - Daily Gleaner As of: 2008-08-26
In the driver's seat- Daily Gleaner, Canada - 18 hours ago- The Milletts could be the car insurance industry's poster couple - Myron with his 64 years, and Hazel with her 50 years, of accident-free driving. ... -
Retirement Planning simple steps - Myiris.com As of: 2008-08-26
Retirement Planning simple steps- Myiris.com, India - 12 hours ago- So the important lessons in retirement planning are simple - make an estimate of your needs, adjust them for time value, compute the amount that you need to ... -
The Eternal Question - Planadviser.com As of: 2008-08-26
Planadviser.com- The Eternal Question- Planadviser.com, CT - 3 hours ago- This alone will create the need for our staffs to be well-rounded with respect to total retirement planning. More challenging is how to factor in events ... -
Don't Plan Too Far Ahead for Retirement - U.S. News & World Report As of: 2008-08-26
Don't Plan Too Far Ahead for Retirement- U.S. News & World Report, DC - 8 hours ago- The researchers concluded that planning too far in advance doesn't help workers meet their retirement goals unless they think about it in terms of ... -
The Price of Going Pro - Financial-Planning.com As of: 2008-08-26
The Price of Going Pro- Financial-Planning.com, NY - 16 hours ago- Estate and tax planning can be kind of complicated, but attorneys and tax accountants are the primary experts in those fields. Retirement planning requires ... -
4 Ways to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits - Smartmoney.com As of: 2008-08-26
4 Ways to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits- Smartmoney.com - 7 hours ago- [Meanwhile,] health plans are disappearing as well as regular pensions," says Kathryn Hanson, who oversees retirement planning initiatives at financial ... -
Scotiabank leaves door open to CI deal - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Scotiabank leaves door open to CI deal- Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago- Bank of Nova Scotia will need to see a whole lot of upside from a mutual fund deal before it will consider taking a minority stake in CI Financial Income ...- Scotiabank earnings dip 2% ReportonBusiness.com- all 9 news articles -
Sell at a loss? - Sympatico MSN Finance As of: 2008-08-26
Sell at a loss?- Sympatico MSN Finance, Canada - 5 hours ago- Socially-Responsible Funds provides in-depth reviews and ratings for 40 "green" mutual funds and ETFs, many of which are producing above-average returns. ... -
Alberta Surplus Now Projected at $8.5 Billion - CHQR As of: 2008-08-26
Alberta Surplus Now Projected at $8.5 Billion- CHQR, Canada - 8 hours ago- Expense is forecast to be $38.1 billion, an increase of just over $1 billion, or three per cent, including increases for disaster/emergency assistance, ... -
Preferred share issues hot in otherwise cool market - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Preferred share issues hot in otherwise cool market- Globe and Mail, Canada - 21 hours ago- Its debt is made up of $172-million of bank loans, $220-million of senior unsecured debentures and $87-million of subordinated debt. -
Racist slurs carved into vehicles at dealership - Winnipeg Sun As of: 2008-08-26
Racist slurs carved into vehicles at dealership- Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 21 hours ago- By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA A vandalism spree has wreaked havoc on an Assiniboia car dealership, with racist slurs literally carved into nearly half of its ... -
Scotiabank unscathed by credit crisis - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Scotiabank unscathed by credit crisis- Globe and Mail, Canada - 21 hours ago- Scotiabank ramped up retail advertising campaigns during the past year and was rewarded with greater market share in areas such as mutual funds and savings ...- Scotiabank earnings dip 2% ReportonBusiness.com- Crunching numbers and strategy on CI and Scotiabank Globe and Mail- Scotiabank leaves door open to CI deal Globe and Mail- all 8 news articles -
Lake Babine residents await renovations - Lakes District News As of: 2008-08-26
Lake Babine residents await renovations- Lakes District News, Canada - 22 hours ago- Bertacco said she has had to go to emergency for breathing problems after cleaning the mould, and ended up on a respirator. ... -
Premarket: BMO misses - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-08-26
Premarket: BMO misses- Globe and Mail, Canada - Aug 26, 2008- US banks and securities firms have $871-billion (US) of bonds maturing through to 2009, and rising debt yields could cost these financial firms $23-billion ...- The close: Fed lifts mood ReportonBusiness.com- all 12 news articles -
New Census figures on poverty due Tuesday - CEP News As of: 2008-08-26
CEP News- New Census figures on poverty due Tuesday- CEP News, Canada - Aug 26, 2008- Associated Press (08/26/08 11:41) - The Census Bureau on Tuesday reports new numbers on poverty, income and health insurance _ an annual snapshot of the ... -
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