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| Banks beat expectations, brace for future - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Financial Post- Banks beat expectations, brace for future- Globe and Mail, Canada- Canada's big banks are preparing for tougher times ahead, but signalling they expect to remain profitable in the face of the global financial crisis and keep their dividends up. Financial reporting season wrapped up yesterday with the country's top six ...- Steady as she goes for Canada's top banks Canada.com- Canada banks' long history of steady dividends Financial Post- Bank of Montreal profit slides 12 per cent. The Gazette (Montreal)- Financial Post - Globe and Mailall 121 news articles - | |
| Central bank changes tack on credit crisis - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Central bank changes tack on credit crisis- Globe and Mail, Canada- OTTAWA ? Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is rearming to fight a recession that is proving tougher than the central bank anticipated. Mr. Carney cut the benchmark mark lending rate by half a percentage point yesterday, dropping the target for ... - | |
| BMO dividend a big red flag - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| BMO dividend a big red flag- Globe and Mail, Canada- If you're a Bank of Montreal investor, the above might resonate. And I don't mean just the numbers, which are BMO's actual first-quarter figures. I mean also the liberties the bank, and other banks for that matter, take with their earnings reports. ... - | |
| The boom inside the bust - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| The boom inside the bust- Globe and Mail, Canada- There is no simple way to track the volume of Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act filings made by distressed companies seeking bankruptcy protection from their creditors, but Mr. Anderson estimates that the numbers "have far more than doubled. ... - | |
| Bernanke's tone on AIG bailout adds to jitters - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Bernanke's tone on AIG bailout adds to jitters- Globe and Mail, Canada- The Federal Reserve is playing a game of poker knowing a couple of cards the public can't see, Mr. Brusca suggested. "It knows more about what positions AIG has and about the counterparties." But AIG is only one - albeit the largest - of several ... - | |
| Nagging doubts pull Manulife lower - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Nagging doubts pull Manulife lower- Globe and Mail, Canada- "The equity risk is the key thing," said Tom MacKinnon, insurance analyst at Scotia Capital. Analysts said the continued lack of stability in the equity market is threatening to further erode both balance sheets and profits for the insurers, ... - | |
| CA-BUSINESS Summary - ReportonBusiness.com | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| CA-BUSINESS Summary- ReportonBusiness.com, Canada- TORONTO (Reuters) - Two of Canada's largest banks pushed through the global financial crisis to report profits on Tuesday, but also disclosed higher provisions for bad loans that point to tougher quarters ahead. Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal ... - | |
| Cancer-testing inquiry finds failure at all levels - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Cancer-testing inquiry finds failure at all levels- Globe and Mail, Canada- Oct. 2, 2005: A weekly newspaper in St. John's reveals that Eastern Health is repeating tests dating back to 1997. Oct. 18, 2005: A lawyer for Eastern Health's insurance agency advises against sending patients a letter informing them that their tests ... - | |
| Mutual fund sales take 68% plunge - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| SYS-CON Media- Mutual fund sales take 68% plunge- Globe and Mail, Canada- Canadians pumped nearly $1.8-billion into mutual funds in February - the key month in RRSP season - but that was sharply lower from a year ago as stock markets continued their freefall. It was the second consecutive month of net sales after several ...- TD Mutual Funds reports February sales and assets Stockhouse- February fund sales modestly positive: IFIC Investment Executive- Mackenzie Investments reports total assets under management and ... Canada NewsWire (press release)- Stockhouse - Stockhouseall 50 news articles - | |
| Industries Hurt By Obama (RDS, SLM, EZPW, FCFS) - Investopedia | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Industries Hurt By Obama (RDS, SLM, EZPW, FCFS)- Investopedia, Canada- The payday lenders are also about to get whacked by the new legislation being introduced in the House of Representatives that would put a cap on interest rates that payday lenders could charge its customers. Individual states are also considering ... - | |
| US health care overhaul needn't break bank: study - Canada.com | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| US health care overhaul needn't break bank: study- Canada.com, Canada- Some 46 million Americans, or about 15 percent of the population, have no health insurance. While Americans pay more per person for care than any other industrialized country, many studies show they have poorer health, suffer more medical mistakes and ... - | |
| Canadian mutual funds slumped in 2008 - Canada.com | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Canadian mutual funds slumped in 2008- Canada.com, Canada- By Jamie Sturgeon, Financial PostJanuary 5, 2009 TORONTO - Twenty-three of 24 equity fund indexes tracked by Morningstar Canada suffered losses in excess of 20 per cent in 2008 in what the mutual fund researcher calls "a disastrous year" for markets. ...- Equity funds continue to slide in February Morningstar.ca- all 6 news articles - | |
| Oil patch juniors team up to buy Talisman Bakken lands - Canada.com | As of: 2009-03-04 |
| Oil patch juniors team up to buy Talisman Bakken lands- Canada.com, Canada- By Claudia Cattaneo, Calgary Bureau Chief, Financial PostMarch 4, 2009 CALGARY -- Crescent Point Energy Trust and TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd., two junior oil companies, shrugged off the global meltdown Wednesday and teamed up to buy for $720-million the ... - | |
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