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A reality check on the most saintly of fund companies *
It's high time for a reality check on that most saintly of mutual fund companies, Phillips Hager & North.
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Alaska Airlines - Bank of America card offer *
Collect points for Alaska Airlines. (Sorry, U.S. residents only.)
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Banks start dismantling SARS 'clean teams' *
Life is slowly returning to normal on Bay Street, where most of Canada's major banks have begun dismantling the so-called "clean teams" they created last month to deal with a potential SARS outbreak in their trading rooms.
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Con: Do we need a national regulator? *
No: A single market umpire for the whole country would be more easily "captured" by big business, argues Laval University professor JEAN-MARIE GAGNON.
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CRA interest rate cut means opportunity *
Very strange. I'm talking about the sport of extreme ironing. The sport was created in 1997 when Phil Shaw of England, who goes by the name Steam, came home to a pile of wrinkled shirts. According to an article carried by Associated Press last month, the idea of ironing was not nearly as exciting to Mr. Shaw as the thought of rock climbing. So he decided to do his ironing and rock climbing at the same time.
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Get smart: Use bank machines as little as possible when travelling *
It's summertime and the living is expensive if you use bank machines as a money-well while travelling.
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In writing off IT, you write off innovation *
A minor irony: as I initiate a column on information technology and business strategy, the Harvard Business Review announces that IT doesn't matter any more. It has become a commodity like electricity or rail transport, hence irrelevant to business strategy. In a feature article that has evoked a storm of reactions, Nicholas Carr advises you to get boring on the IT front...
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Judge denies tax appeal *
Canadians in 'buy low/donate high' scheme to lose millions in charitable credits.
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Last minute RRSP advice for the Green-keen Investor *
The last minute dash for Canadian investors to make an RRSP contribution is quickly approaching. . .
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Loonie cracks 70 cents (U.S.) *
The Canadian dollar shot past the 70-cent (U.S.) mark Thursday, trading at its highest level in five years against its U.S. counterpart as traders opt for the loonie on concern over still-weak economic growth south of the border.
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Mayors call for complete GST rebate *
Big-city mayors from across Canada are calling on the federal government to grant cities a complete rebate on the federal goods and services tax and cough up 5 cents a litre of the federal gas tax by the end of 2004.
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New Product: Quicken XG ****
Pen, paper, chequebook and the neighbourhood ATM are all I have needed to manage my money and limited investments. Recently my husband and I joined our bank accounts for the first time; now there are too many variables for me to remember and balance in my head.
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Pro: Do we need a national regulator? *
Yes: It would make enforcement more consistent, and make it easier to raise capital, says the Council of CEOs' THOMAS D'AQUINO.
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QuickTax 2002 provides an easy way to prepare your taxes: ****
When you look at the advantages of buying income tax software versus the old pencil-and-calculator method, there is simply no comparison.
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SARS: Dollar soars as WHO clears Toronto *
...But some caution that city faces long road to recovery...
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TAXWIZ DELUXE 2002 Fact Sheet *
What is TAXWIZ DELUXE 2002?
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TAXWIZ DELUXE 2002 Makes Filing Tax Returns Simple and Fast *
This special offer extends the relationship TaxWiz has with Wiley Publishing, and readers who file their taxes using TAXWIZ will doubly benefit from both the complete Taxes for Canadians For Dummies 2003 book, along with the pop-up "Dummies" tax tips featured in the software.
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TIPS for Canadian Taxpayers *
Tax tips...
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Tired of the service-fee mishmash? CIBC offers alternative *
The big banks can be so blind sometimes. Example: Why does only one of them have an account package for the sort of active, affluent customer who does a high volume of transactions every month? You know, just the sort of client all the banks drool over.
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When the TSE quakes *
When the stock market dipsy-doodles, does it seem as though the Earth is quaking beneath your investments?
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Banks must go big or go home *
Big bank mergers are back. During the past few months, two massive transactions were announced in the U.S., creating what will become the second- and third-largest banks in that country.
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BEST BUYS -- week ending Saturday, August 7, 2004 *
compiled by Globe staff . . .
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Dollar's declines continue *
The Canadian dollar continued its downward trajectory Thursday, losing more than a third of a cent as investors looked to the prospect of a stronger recovery south of the border, a weaker employment picture in Canada and the possibility of an interest rate cut next week.
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RBC reinstates SARS 'clean team' *
Royal Bank of Canada has relaunched its "clean team" of traders, who are moving today to a secret site to isolate themselves from other employees during the current outbreak of SARS in Toronto.
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Reports sound alarm over funds for retirees *
Two high-profile reports sounded the alarm over Canadian government finances yesterday, warning that Ottawa and the provinces are headed for a serious fiscal crunch this decade because they lack sufficient cash to pay soaring health-care and old-age-security bills as the baby boomers retire.
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Scotiabank reactivates its SARS 'clean team' *
The Bank of Nova Scotia has reactivated its isolated "clean team" of key trading employees as a result of the recent recurrence of SARS in Toronto.
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The Salvation Army -- no administrative fee on donations *
If you have donated to the tsunami relief fund prior to the January 11 deadline, 100 per cent of your donation will reach its destination; and your donation is also approved so that it is deductible for 2004 taxation year purposes.
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