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Advertisers should adjust 2006 holiday budgets: Performics *
Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick Digital Advertising Solutions, today issued a recap of its initial holiday e-commerce study.
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Bad omens no big deal to economist *
Downward trend on Dow technical charts offset by strong economy, expert says.
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Buck or Two parent files for protection *
The parent of the Buck or Two chain will shutter the bulk of its corporate-owned stores, lay off hundreds of workers and try to sell its franchising arm as the dollar store operator -- buckling under the weight of "accelerating losses" and rising expenses at its corporate stores -- filed for court protection from its creditors yesterday.
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Canadian Dollar touches 80¢ (U.S.) *
The Canadian dollar breached the 80-cent (U.S.) mark for the first time in more than a decade Friday as employment data in Canada and the United States sent the loonie and greenback in opposite directions.
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Canadian inflation jumps *
Canada's annual rate of inflation shot up to 2.5 per cent in May, fuelled by the biggest monthly increase in gasoline prices in more than two decades, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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Canadian, U.S. bond prices drop *
The price of the Canadian government's two-year bond fell yesterday for the fourth successive trading day on speculation that export gains may push the Bank of Canada to begin signalling it will lift its target interest rate to prevent the economy from expanding too fast.
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Charley boosts orange juice *
Orange juice prices rose the most in three years after hurricane Charley destroyed parts of the orange crop in Florida, the world's second-largest grower after Brazil.
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Companies cautious about IT hiring plans *
Chief information officers at Canadian companies are cautious about their third-quarter hiring intentions, a new study suggests.
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Expect a hit in the wallet from home heating this winter *
Home heating costs this winter will likely be higher than last winter, economists say, but prices are expected to be less up and down because there's a comfortable amount of oil and gas in storage ahead of the coldest days of the year.
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Family voting shares limit Molson, Coors investors' options *
Voting for or against Molson's merger with Coors is like voting Conservative or Liberal. You don't like either, so you vote for the party that is least odious.
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Gates eyes ad sales *
The chairman of Microsoft Corp. has seen the gargantuan profits rolling in to Google Inc.'s on-line ad machine and he wants to get in on the action.
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Greenspan says terror tops all risks *
Senate committee weighs extending tenure of Fed chairman another four years
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Here's one remedy for a sagging stock market: Stick to quality *
In a small town in Southern Ontario, there was a men's clothing store that for years furnished its newspaper advertisements with the same slogan: "No one ever regretted buying quality."
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Inflation report soothes investors' rate-hike fears *
Did you hear that whooshing sound yesterday morning? That was the sound of investors exhaling.
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Investors beware: Markets a no-man's land until after election *
Yesterday's rotten U.S. employment report may have just tossed an anchor to the drowning hopes of a near-term rebound in stocks. A pretty strong case is now in place for the investors to sit on their hands until at least November.
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It's time to change how bonds are traded *
You probably don't buy many government or corporate bonds -- that's your mutual fund manager's job -- but you might be shocked if you did.
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Jobless recovery makes second debut *
Raises worries about growth, adds zip to election race.
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Kraft Foods to cut 8,000 jobs *
Kraft Foods Inc. -- the largest food manufacturer in the United States -- said Monday it would eliminate 8,000 jobs. . .
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Lumber prices hit 10-year high *
Lumber prices in Chicago rose to the highest in 10 years as Florida's homeowners and businesses rebuild after hurricane Charley, the second-most destructive U.S. hurricane after Andrew in 1992.
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Makeover anyone? Barbie dragging down Mattel's sales, profit *
Icon's revenue sluggish as the line faces pressure from such rivals as Spider-Man 2.
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Market forecast: Caution sign *
Larry Berman, chief technical strategist at CIBC World Markets Inc., doesn't believe a new cyclical bull market is around the corner.
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Market forecast: Parallels with the 1950s *
As Tom Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Securities Ltd., sees it, there are parallels to be drawn between now and the 1950s.
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Market forecasts: Talking about 'death crosses' *
"Death crosses" have been in the news lately. A so-called death cross occurs when a stock market index's 50-day moving average falls below its 200-day moving average.
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Market is even worse than it looks *
Four months ago, I inaugurated this modest contribution to investment journalism with a column entitled (albeit not by me): "A no-lose market can be humbling for an active hedge fund manager." It concluded with the sentence: "... if last year was like shooting fish in a barrel, then this year -- you might be the fish."
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Market outlook darkening *
Recent market comments and newsletters have trotted out statistics to show how bad the stock markets have been so far this year. David Rosenberg, chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., under a headline of "Still a bull market?" noted in his morning market memo yesterday that the Dow Jones industrial average is back at four figures for the first time since May 24, having dropped below 10,000 points.
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Montreal faces wrath of urban separatists *
When the location scouts for The Terminal needed a major but underused airport to shoot parts of the Steven Spielberg film that hits theatres on Friday, their good luck at finding one was a reminder for Montrealers of their city's bad karma.
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Nortel resurgence lights up Bay Street *
But Wall Street stays in holding pattern as investors await Intel profit report.
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Oil price retreats but fear grips market *
No oil shock yet, but analysts warn of severe economic damage if prices hold.
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Priority shift: motivation over cost-cutting *
Canadian companies are shifting their priority from cost-cutting to finding ways to retain and motivate their employees, according to a new survey.
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Retail report sinks prices *
Canadian government bond prices fell yesterday on news that May retail sales increased more than economists predicted.
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Selloff shows extent of the market's nervousness *
Looks like the old nerves finally got the best of North American investors yesterday.
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Software firms fail to keep up with recovery in tech sector *
Many report declines in growth, or warn they'll miss expectations when they report.
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Stamps to cost half a dollar *
The price to mail a letter in Canada will rise to 50 cents in January, the post office says.
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Surging prices force analysts to re-examine U.S. outlook *
Bond prices in the United States soared on Friday, making their largest one-day jump in nine years as traders were stunned by a weak jobs report, which signalled the economic recovery could have stalled.
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Tech firms keep to market sidelines *
In the wake of Google's IPO stumbles, observers see little Canadian activity.
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Toronto, Vancouver climb most-expensive list *
A stronger dollar has helped two Canadian cities stake positions among the top 100 in a ranking of the most expensive places in the world for expatriates to live, a survey released Monday shows.
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U.S. Fed's rate move to be at centre stage *
All eyes will be on Washington tomorrow as the influential U.S. Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected to hike its key lending rate by a quarter of a per cent for a second time this year.
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U.S. retail sales rebound *
The appetite of America's shoppers returned in May, boosting sales at the nation's retailers by 1.2 per cent, a fresh sign the economic recovery is on solid footing.
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Wall Street leaves Bay Street in its dust *
Rosy profits at Verizon, Pulte boost N.Y. but slippage at EnCana, Barrick hits TSX.
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We're awash in debt. Does that spell trouble? *
Household debt levels in Canada and the United States are at record highs, and are continuing to grow rapidly. Is that a dangerous sign of financial instability and underlying economic weakness? U.S. Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan says it isn't -- but others disagree. They say the impact of rising interest rates on that mountain of consumer debt could well have severe repercussions for the economy.
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Worries over OPEC's spare capacity send U.S. oil prices to near record highs *
U.S. oil prices neared record highs yesterday as worries lingered over whether the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has enough spare capacity to quench global demand.
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* Garber Rant: The future of World Communications *
The connections -- and common ground -- out here in Cascadia (Western BC, Coastal Washington and Oregon) have everything to do with transportation and communication.
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Call-Net's ring sounds like a buy *
Most readers of the business pages know by now that the Canadian telecom marketplace is consolidating. Manitoba Telecom Services just bought "alternative provider" Allstream, the former AT&T Canada. Telus, having purchased wireless operator Clearnet a few years ago, now seems intent on adding Microcell, best known for its Fido brand.
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Dual reports signal solid economic growth *
Trade surplus near record as exports soar; chances of July rate increase seen higher.
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Small business growth seen booming *
More than 100,000 small businesses will be started in Canada in the next five years, says a CIBC report released yesterday.
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