If you’re peeved because it costs $10 or $20 more to fill up your car these days, try filling up the tank of a 75-foot yacht.

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The number of young billionaire women under the age of 40 jumped to seven from just two a year earlier, bringing the number of women under 50 with 10-figure fortunes to 20, up from 17. The average age of female billionaires has dropped from to 61.5 from 62.5 in just the past year.

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When it comes to making money in sports, women are narrowing the gap with men, at least at the top of the pyramid. For women, the highest-paid athletes come almost exclusively from tennis and golf, where prize money and endorsement dollars flow overwhelmingly to the brightest stars.

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The main TSX index sagged nearly 100 points on Friday, dragged lower as resource shares were stung by falling metal prices amid worries over dampening demand.

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In the past year, AIM Trimark has been rocked by $5.5-billion in redemptions, the defection of its star fund managers and senior executives and the dismal performance of its flagship mutual funds. That’s a long tumble for a mutual fund company that was once the second-largest in Canada. What went wrong?

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The loonie fell against the U.S. dollar Friday, its eighth decline in the past nine sessions, after recent data pointed to a stumbling economy and the market anticipated the next move the Bank of Canada will make on interest rates will be a cut.

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Singapore has a reputation for being tough on its residents, whether it’s for chewing gum, jaywalking or drugs. But if you’re offered a job there, you might want to consider it very seriously.

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The Financial Post sends our writers to test out gadgets, snacks and even a musical umbrella (for when you really want to sing in the rain)

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Kuwait ramps up deportation of Asian workersChristian Science Monitor, MA - Aug 1, 2008Rice – the staple food of most lower-income Asians – has more than doubled this year. Also, the falling value of the US dollar has eroded the amount of …

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Ceylon Daily NewsSaarc: Euphoria and the realityThe New Nation, Bangladesh - Aug 2, 2008The 15th summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) began at the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Saturday against the …An action-oriented SAARC Ceylon Daily NewsSouth Asian states to intervene for SAARC 'food security' despite … Lanka Business OnlineSaarc economic agenda all but forgotten Livemintall 620 news articles

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