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Having tasted cheap liquidity in December, the now-not-so-shy European banks are champing at the bit to grab twice as much of the ECB’s second emergency funding supply on February 29.

  • January 31, 2012 August 21, 2018
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Indian financial markets are abuzz with speculations about Fidelity trying to sell its India business. The Economic Times reported that spiralling “losses and years of underperformance” led the mutual fund giant to consider liquidating its business in India.

  • January 30, 2012 June 16, 2018
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To effectively leverage and maximize social media tools to grow business takes more than just a social media presence.

  • January 30, 2012 August 21, 2018
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The structural deleveraging process that began in 2008 is far from over, according to Dr. Gary Shilling. On a global basis, we might be halfway through.

  • January 27, 2012 August 23, 2018
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The sovereign debt crisis in Europe has rattled global markets and while there is no serious threat of contagion to Canada, the impact is certainly being felt here, says Jeremy Rudin, assistant deputy minister, financial sector policy branch, department of finance, Canada.

  • January 26, 2012 August 21, 2018
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The concept of impact investing is beginning to get its share of attention as heavyweights like Bill Gates start to throw their weight behind it.

  • January 25, 2012 August 21, 2018
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It’s not just individuals who are failing to plan and prepare for their retirement. Canadian business owners are no better, having to choose between investing in business or saving for a comfortable retirement, according to a BMO Financial Group study. Squeezed between slippery economic conditions and falling profit margins, almost half (49%) of those owning […]

  • January 23, 2012 August 21, 2018
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The world will continue to lurch from one crisis to another until policymakers in the eurozone start to put their heads together, rather than locking their horns, over its sovereign debt crisis.

  • January 20, 2012 August 21, 2018
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Battered financial markets and anaemic economic growth have forced Canadians to make debt management, not retirement, the primary focus of financial planning. It’s little surprise that nearly half of Canadians say they are not financially prepared for their retirement, according to a new CIBC poll.

  • January 19, 2012 August 21, 2018
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A glimmer of positivity breaks through all the greyness in the U.S. labour market. The nation's economy is reported to have added a 200,000 jobs going into 2012. A vital sign that the U.S. recovery is taking hold and a sustained economic recovery may be in store.

  • January 19, 2012 August 21, 2018
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