Nearly one-half of Canadians say soaring global prices for gasoline, food and other essentials, are already eating away at how much money they are saving for retirement.
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Canada, home to the world’s second-biggest crude oil reserves, may consider setting up a sovereign wealth fund to invest windfalls from record energy prices, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said.
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The Competition Bureau has charged 13 people and 11 companies — in what it called a cartel — with gas-price fixing in four different Quebec cities
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The Bank of Canada said on Thursday Canadian banks may come under further pressure from the bursting of the credit bubble because of a dramatic increase in exposure to U.S. capital markets in recent years.
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Canadians would be allowed to copy legally acquired music on to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that industry may apply, under legislation introduced on Thursday.
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If there was a clear link between savvy business and popularity, Toyota would be this spring’s prom queen. In the latest study from the Reputation Institute, a private, New York City-based research and consulting firm, the Japanese automaker is ranked No. 1 on a list of the 600 largest companies in the world for having the best reputation. Toyota was ranked No. 6 last year and in 2006.
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The loonie closed at its weakest in more than two months against its U.S. counterpart Thursday as the greenback gathered steam after a report showed retail sales in the United States were stronger than expected.
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Weak resource issues sent the Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index tumbling Thursday for the fifth day in a row as commodity prices spent much of the day in negative territory.
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The online search engine said on Thursday that talks with the software giant on a partnership or other type of deal have concluded without an agreement, sending Yahoo shares down 13%.
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Bahrain eyes rice farmland in Philippines - tradeguardian.co.uk, UK - Jun 11, 2008The Philippines is talking to possible suppliers, including Japan, China, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam, to buy more rice. The Southeast Asian nation has …
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