Weaker bank rules part of Canada-EU trade talks

A leaked draft of part of the Canada-Europe trade talks shows that Canada's vaunted banking system is on the negotiating table. The Canadian Press has obtained the Feb. 1 version of the services chapter of the Canada-Europe trade deal that Europe has...

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Dow flirts with all-time high

Stocks are rising sharply for a second day as evidence mounts that the U.S. housing market is making a comeback and the broader economy has turned a corner. The Dow jumped 175.24 points to 14,075.37 when markets closed at 4 p.m. eastern time. That...

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TD Bank profit jumps to $1.8 billion

TD Bank Group is raising its quarterly dividend by five per cent following strong growth in the first quarter at most of its major divisions. The bank reported $1.79 billion of net income before adjustments, about $300 million higher than the same time...

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CIBC profit slips to below $800 million

CIBC says its net income slipped to $798 million in the first quarter of its current financial year, down from $835 million a year earlier. Among the items included in the quarter was a $148-million loss from the settlement of a contract dispute linked...

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Miller seeks divorce from Molson Coors in Canada

Miller Brewing Company says it's aiming to end its Canadian licensing agreement with Molson Coors Canada this summer. The agreement covers such well-known brands as Millers Genuine Draft, Miller Lite and Miller High Life. Miller's managing director...

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Paycheques got a bit bigger in December

The average weekly paycheque of a non-farm Canadian employee was $908 in December, a 0.3 per cent increase from the previous month and 2.8 per cent higher than a year ago. Statistics Canada released data Tuesday showing Canadians' pay packets got slightly...

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Professional cellphone contract negotiators haggle for customers

Discussing cellphone bills, contracts and plans with their wireless provider is something many Canadians would rather not do — so a number of entrepreneurs are offering to haggle with service providers on their behalf. Companies such as mybillsarehigh.com...

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BMO surprises with $1B profit

Bank of Montreal got the banking sector's first-quarter earnings season off to a bang, delivering surprisingly strong revenue and a profit that remained above $1 billion — beating analyst estimates. Analysts had estimated about $958 million in adjusted...

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Young people overshare financial info, Visa warns

Many young Canadians are "oversharing" their financial information, says a new survey that found nearly half of 18- to 34-year-old respondents admitting they take risks like texting their credit or debit card numbers. The poll by Visa Canada found that...

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Samsung Knox targets BlackBerry's turf

Samsung is making a major move into the corporate smartphone market once dominated by BlackBerry. The company behind the Galaxy line of smartphones — which along with Apple's iPhone dominates market share — announced the Samsung Knox software on Monday....

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Google Glass: No longer just the stuff of science fiction

CopSpace sheds some light on matters of course... There's the green tree of signs sprouting over the doorway of number thirty-nine, each tag naming the legal tenants. That sounds a bit like someone describing how you might use Google Glass. A real-world...

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Does New Brunswick have the answer to Canada's pension funding crisis?

The city council of Saint John, N.B., heard some blunt language in November 2012. Faced with a pension plan that was underfunded to the tune of at least $195 million, one pension consultant told council the city had "the worst pension plan I've ever...

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'Social reading' the next phase of e-book revolution

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Ya ain't seen nothing yet!" -- Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer (1927) Those were the opening words spoken in the first feature-length talking picture. They proved prophetic for the movies, which have gone through constant,...

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Major grocers sell canned fish years past shelf life

A woman who bought lobster pâté at a Wal-Mart recently and felt ill after eating it said she was shocked to find the can should have been pulled from circulation more than a year ago. "It was scary. Very frightening," said Margaret Radomski, 78, of...

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Bank profits may hint at economic slowdown

Canada's biggest banks are likely headed into a challenging year as consumer lending growth slows alongside persistent economic weakness, analysts suggest. The combination could provide a dark lining to what are expected to be good earnings results...

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SNC-Lavalin hires outside exec to oversee business ethics

Troubled engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has hired a former Siemens executive to guide the company on ethics and matters of corporate governance. Andreas Pohlmann will begin his duties as chief compliance officer on March 1, SNC-Lavalin said Friday. ...

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Monthly federal budget deficit widens

The federal government's latest numbers on its budget deficit give few clues about whether it will come in on target with its $26 billion forecast. The federal finance department said Friday it ran a deficit of $600 million in December, bringing the...

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Google Glass: No longer just the stuff of science fiction

CopSpace sheds some light on matters of course... There's the green tree of signs sprouting over the doorway of number thirty-nine, each tag naming the legal tenants. That sounds a bit like someone describing how you might use Google Glass. A real-world...

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Restaurant diners staying home in bleak U.S. economy

For the first time since the 2008-2009 recession, Americans have largely stopped going out to restaurants for dinner and are deciding to stay at home to eat instead, the OpenTable Restaurant Industry Index released this week suggests. OpenTable is a...

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The perils of hiring like-minded people

While we have yet to perfect the cloning of employees, many employers go to great lengths to repeatedly hire in their own image. Some employers hire those who went to the same schools, have had similar career paths or come from similar socioeconomic...

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Google Glass: No longer just the stuff of science fiction

CopSpace sheds some light on matters of course... There's the green tree of signs sprouting over the doorway of number thirty-nine, each tag naming the legal tenants. That sounds a bit like someone describing how you might use Google Glass. A real-world...

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Monthly federal budget deficit widens

The federal government's latest numbers on its budget deficit give few clues about whether it will come in on target with its $26 billion forecast. The federal finance department said Friday it ran a deficit of $600 million in December, bringing the...

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SNC-Lavalin hires outside exec to oversee business ethics

Troubled engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has hired a former Siemens executive to guide the company on ethics and matters of corporate governance. Andreas Pohlmann will begin his duties as chief compliance officer on March 1, SNC-Lavalin said Friday. ...

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Restaurant diners staying home in bleak U.S. economy

For the first time since the 2008-2009 recession, Americans have largely stopped going out to restaurants for dinner and are deciding to stay at home to eat instead, the OpenTable Restaurant Industry Index released this week suggests. OpenTable is a...

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The perils of hiring like-minded people

While we have yet to perfect the cloning of employees, many employers go to great lengths to repeatedly hire in their own image. Some employers hire those who went to the same schools, have had similar career paths or come from similar socioeconomic...

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Greg Weston: Anti-hacking agency slow to learn about Chinese cyberattack

Confidential documents obtained by CBC News show that when Chinese military spies hacked into the control systems of Canadian pipelines and power grids last fall, this country's official cyber-response agency sprang into action – exactly 10 days later....

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