Bombardier Inc said on Friday it stands behind its bid to win a big contract to replace Toronto’s ageing streetcar fleet, saying it does not understand complaints from the city’s transit authority that its proposed new vehicles couldn’t take tight turns.
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The Canadian provinces that are hurting the most from the U.S. slowdown — Ontario and Quebec — were told on Friday not to expect any rate relief from the Bank of Canada.
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The main TSX index pushed higher on Friday, supported by energy shares, while financials were buoyed as another U.S. bank posted better than expected quarter results.
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The loonie rose slightly against the U.S. dollar Friday, climbing initially on strong wholesale trade data, but then retracing much of its gains as oil prices retreated.
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The pressure Washington is under to save U.S. mortgage finance providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapse rekindles thoughts for those with long memories in Ottawa of less-than-prosperous times for Crown-owned Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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They don’t need oxygen, they don’t need sunlight. They can survive acid baths and doses of radiation 5,000 times more intense than the amount needed to kill a human
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Sean Silcoff: Would-be saviours should treat HBC as a real estate play
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About two years ago, Canadian businessman Michael Aymong was visiting Vietnam when he realized the country had the potential to become a gambling Mecca
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AFPRice to meet NKorean counterpart on margin of ASEAN forumAFP - 20 hours agoThe 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which includes nations from Asia as well as the European Union and the United States, meets in Singapore on July …
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Newstrack IndiaNargis devastates Rice Bowl of AsiaNewstrack India, India - Jul 18, 2008Burma, which was once known as the rice bowl of Asia, has slowly lost the volume of rice production. Four decades of non-governance under the military rule …
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