Canada
Canadian retailer Golf Town plans to buy Golfsmith
…the companies have announced. Golf Town is a specialty golf retailer based in Canada, where it operates more than 50 stores and an e-commerce site. Golfsmith, No. 209 in Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide, sells online at Golfsmith.com, through 78 Golfsmith…
Spectra Energy’s Canadian Plan – Analyst Blog
…the province while moving ahead with its business operations. Though we believe commodity price concerns remain over the near term, the company’s core fee-based businesses of storage, transmission, distribution and Canadian gathering and processing have the…
Canada takes correct approach to its tar sands
…created 58,200 net new jobs (all in the private sector) during the same period. Canada has pursued an aggressive program to develop its natural resources, especially tar sands, and also has not allowed banks to issue subprime mortgages, which really is the…
Canada says job data good, recovery will be lumpy
…jobs report was promising but the country’s economic recovery is set to be uneven, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Tuesday. Canada added 58,200 new jobs in April after a big gain of 82,300 in March, according to Statistics Canada. “The job numbers are…
CANADA STOCKS-TSX sinks to 7-month low on Greece fears
…analyst and investor sentiment that deteriorated sharply in May. Toronto-Dominion Bank was the most influential decliner, down 1 percent to C$79.13. Top insurer Manulife Financial fell 3 percent to C$11.64. Helping counter the negative market tone was Canadian…
Canadian International Trade Tribunal Initiates an Inquiry
…finds that dumped or subsidized products are injuring or threatening to injure the Canadian producers. The Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body that reports to Parliament through the Minister of Finance. It hears cases on dumped and subsidized imports,…
Facebook IPO: Wanna buy a share? Why Canadian investors will mostly be out of luck
…game, said John O’Connell, CEO at Toronto-based money manager Davis Rea. “Are any Canadians going to get it? Likely not many, probably only the largest of institutions in Canada,” O’Connell said. Average investors who try to buy shares when Facebook (FB) begins…
Government of Canada Helps British Columbia Tourist Farm Harvest New Opportunities
…is committed to creating jobs, growth, and long-term economic prosperity for the Canadian agriculture industry,” said MP Warawa. “This investment will help Vista D’oro expand its production capacity, create local jobs, increase domestic and export sales, and…
Canadian mother remanded in custody until August in British baby killings
…Prison in London. But London’s Metropolitan Police Service said in an email to The Canadian Press that Boots did not appear at the hearing. It did not say why she was absent, but Britain’s the Telegraph newspaper reported she was too ill to take part. Police…
IIHF: Canada downs Belarus thanks to pair of goals Ryan O’Reilly
…to give them a greater share of taxes. Rogers Communications Inc. and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said Tuesday they have partnered to bring a “mobile payment” solution to Rogers wireless customers allowing for day-to…
Canadian Housing Market Balanced, But Local Conditions Matter: BMO
…choosing a 25 year amortization can save upwards of $70,000 in interest, which Canadians can put directly towards their retirement. Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly-diversified North American financial services organization….
Canada, A Loser in Renewable Energy
…electricity generation outpaced those of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Canada increased its share of clean-energy investment in 2011, Bloomberg notes, boosting its stake by 4.4. per cent to $5.5 billion — largely the result of provincial policies…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless to Offer Mobile Payments Service
…announced yesterday by the Canadian Bankers Association for mobile payments in Canada. “Canadians are embracing new technologies at an accelerated pace and we know they’re interested in using their smartphone for mobile payments,” said Rob Bruce, President…
BioElectronics RecoveryRx Approved for Surgical Recovery and Chronic Wounds in Canada
…to both the patients and the national health care system, and ultimately all Canadians, how our low cost RecoveryRx device provides effective management and prevention of chronic wounds and will significantly reduce the substantial financial costs of wound…
CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits 7-month low on Greek worries
…euro, but if that is not the case the world economy can still go on.” Toronto-Dominion Bank was the most influential decliner, down 0.5 percent to C$79.55. Top insurer Manulife Financial fell 0.5 percent to C$11.94. Helping counter the negative market tone…
Video: 12 year old delivers scathing critique of Canadian banks
…Published Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 10:44AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 10:49AM EDT A video of 12-year-old Victoria Grant, from Ontario, giving a lecture at a recent Public Banking Institute conference in Philadelphia has spread via the Internet….
Not just in Canada: Housing bubble debate grips Scandinavia
…housing prices since mid-2007, a deep recession and concerns about the health of its banking sector. “Given the widespread pattern that booms are followed by busts, there is cause for concern, in our view, for Sweden and Norway,” Ms. Mortensen writes in a…
UPDATE 1-CIBC, Rogers announce Canada’s first mobile wallet
…later this year and will be the first in Canada. “It will no doubt change the way Canadians pay for purchases,” said David Williamson, CIBC’s head of retail banking. Rogers had 9.3 million wireless customers at the end of March, and CIBC is Canada’s fifth-largest…
Average Canadian home price edges higher
…condo market, where construction continues at a blistering pace. Meantime, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has repeatedly warned Canadians that rising household debt is the No. 1 domestic risk to the economy.
Fortune Hi Tech Marketing Canada (FHTM) and Paul Orberson Make…
…says, “Giving back is part of the foundation on which FHTM was built. FHTM Canada had the opportunity to help a local school by giving them supplies they could use, and we were happy that Rose Avenue jumped on board. They were very appreciative.” High school…
