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China investors panic selling amid stock crisis
Millions of new and small-time investors in China are worried after the country's main market index declined by more than 30 per cent
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Brexit aftermath: Britain's uncertain future
Panellists Elmer Kim and Michael Hyatt discuss Britain's divorce from the European Union from a Canadian business perspective
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Seeing trade opportunities
Jean Charest, former Quebec premier and partner at McCarthy Tetrault, on trade opportunities for Canada in a Trump presidency
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Economists sceptical as Bank of Japan surprises with negative interest rates
In a bold move the Bank of Japan has unexpectedly cut a benchmark interest rate below zero to try to stimulate the economy. That means commercial banks will have to pay to keep their money on deposit with the central bank. The hope is...
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Japan goes negative on interest rates
While retail bank customers will not face a charge to keep money at the bank, any excess of their mandated reserves at the Bank of Japan will cost banks money
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Shell announces profit slump ahead of BG takeover vote
Royal Dutch Shell’s profits have been hit by the further slide in oil prices. Shell said it expects to report a near halving of profits in the last three months of 2015. It announced preliminary estimates for its results to guide...
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Shares slump as oil prices tumble to new lows
Wednesday was another disastrous day for the world’s stock markets. Share prices have tumbled led by those of oil companies as crude oil in the United States slipped below $27 a barrel. Oil prices lost yet more ground after the...
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Waiting it out on the economy
Skittish markets, a low dollar, high food prices, but the Bank of Canada says be patient. Renee Filippone reports
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China stock trading suspended again as shares plunge
Trading on China’s stock markets was suspended for the day on Thursday, for the second time this week, as shares, again, nosedived more than 7 percent. Things ground to a halt less than half an hour after the open when a new circuit...
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European shares tumble as worries over China intensify
European markets fell sharply at opening on Thursday off the back of losses in China and across Asia. Germany’s DAX quickly declined by more than 3 percent. In London, the FTSE 100 weakened by 2.3 percent while Paris began morning...
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European shares fell sharply but came off lows after China suspends its circuit breaker mechanism
European markets fell sharply on Thursday after China accelerated the depreciation of the yuan, but came off lows after the Shanghai and Shenzen stock exchanges said it would suspend its new circuit breaker mechanism. The Dax closed at...
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Volkswagen’s market share declines for the first time in eight years
Another blow for Volkswagen. The German carmaker has seen its market share decline for the first time in eight years. It comes in the wake of the company’s admission it installed software in some diesel models that was rigged to cheat on...
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BMO's predictions for 2016
A TSX surge and impact from the U.S. election among Bank of Montreal's business predictions for the coming year
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Chinese economic data sends tremors across stock markets
“Violent New Year fireworks,” is how one analyst summed up events on Wall Street where the Dow fell 450 points having its worst opening day in 84 years as weak Chinese economic data reignited fears of global growth. In Europe Frankfurt...
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Seasonal gift to Spain and Germany’s unemployment rates
A busy Christmas season has helped pushed Spain’s unemployment rate down further. It fell by 1.34 percent in December, leaving just over four million people out of work. Although temporary services and retail contracts accounted for most...
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European markets welcome Federal Reserve’s US interest rate rise
European shares surged on Thursday following the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate rise, as investors took the move as a sign of confidence in the world’s biggest economy. Markets in London, Frankfurt and Paris were all up amid talk of...
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2016 investment prospects
Som Seif of Purpose Investments gives his outlook for investing in the coming year
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No big rebound in 2016
Russ Koesterich, chief investment officer of BlackRock, believes returns will depend on the impact of the Fed’s rate hike
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Yahoo! shelves plans to spin off stake in Alibaba
Yahoo! says it has shelved plans to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, for tax reasons. Instead it intends to create a separate company to hold the rest of its assets. The plan adds another layer of uncertainty to...
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Inflation data boosts Federal Reserve rate rise expectations
The Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting to set interest rates that could see the first rise since before the financial crisis ends on Wednesday. An announcement is expected later in the day. The Fed was given more ammunition on Tuesday to...
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Markets positive ahead of US Fed’s crucial interest rates decision
Markets have been positive in the run-up to the long-awaited interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve. The US central bank is widely tipped to raise rates for the first time in nearly ten years. An announcement is due at eight...
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Mark Carney Interview
The Governor of the Bank of England sits down with Peter Mansbridge for his first Canadian interview since leaving the country two years ago.
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Lower interest rates don’t lure buyers back to housing market
The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate in June, but the latest data shows the move didn’t do much to bring home buyers back to the market because prices have remained so high.
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Interest rate drop isn't luring buyers back to housing market
The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate in June, but the latest data shows the move didn’t do much to bring home buyers back to the market because prices have remained so high.