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Inflation was running at an annual rate of 3.3 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Air Canada pilots ejected a tentative agreement their union had reached with the airline that called for newly hired pilots to staff a low-cost carrier and for a new pension plan for them.
It’s no secret that Pierre Karl Péladeau desperately wanted to buy the Montreal Canadiens so he could show their games on Quebecor Media’s television, cable and mobile networks.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which invests surplus federal pension contributions, said Thursday assets under administration hit $148.2 billion on March 31, up from $127.6 billion a year earlier.
A grand jury has indicted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges related to the alleged sexual assault and attempted rape of New York hotel chambermaid, prosecutors said Thursday.
Technocite
Is Google profiting from illegal ads?
They're impossible to miss online: all those ads hawking cheap drugs, penny stock fortunes, low mortgage rates and instant wrinkle-zapping solutions. For consumers, it's not always obvious which operators are legitimate.
Cleaning up nicely
After three months of negotiation, Randy Zane finally landed his dream job as an international buyer for a large supermarket chain. Then came the fateful phone call.
Legal Matters
Renault linked to engineer’s suicide
PARIS – A French appeal court on Thursday recognized carmaker Renault’s “inexcusable fault” in the 2006 suicide of an engineer, in a move that establishes a link between the company’s conduct and the employee’s death.
Business Updates
ArcelorMittal to announce mining expansion in Quebec
ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, will announce a major iron ore mining expansion near Fermont in Northern Quebec Friday with Premier Jean Charest and Peter Kikielski, executive vice-president of ArcelorMittal Canada, on hand. Industry sources said the project takes in expansion of the Mt. Wright and Fire Lake iron mines northwest of Fermont to raise annual capacity to 19 million tonnes of concentrates from 15 million tonnes and an addition to the pelletizing plant at Port Cartier. An investment of about $1 billion is possible.
Stock Market Challenge
Risk brings rewards
With stock markets reeling from a righteous correction, two contestants in The Gazette's $21,000 Stock Market Challenge have broken away from the pack to take a resounding lead with two weeks left in the contest.
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Kathryn Leger
Osler Montreal celebrates
National law firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of...
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Ogilvy Renault IP specialists join Robic
Intellectual property specialists Dominique Pomerleau, Nicolas Sapp, and Vincent Bergeron Robic LLP...
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Summer job? Google wants you to be a YouTuber
I received a press release from Google today about how students should forgo job sites, and interviews...
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Parenting
Don't stop till you get enough
Each year, I head out to Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. The gathering of value investors has been called the Woodstock of Capitalism.
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Relationships
New Canadian ETF association formed
Three of the four leading domestic providers of exchange-traded funds have launched the Canadian ETF Association to promote the industry in Canada
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FP Executive
Ford Canada CEO David Mondragon on the turnaround
David Mondragon, Ford Motor Company of Canada chief executive, talks about the Detroit automaker's renaissance and what comes next as gas prices rise, and its rivals start to get on better financial footing
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News releases
KATHRYN LEGER
Tax lawyers offer 'competitive product'
More than three dozen tax lawyers working at midsize law firms across Canada have banded together to capture more business and give tax departments at national law firms a run for their money.
PETER HADEKEL
Q.C. arena deal hurts taxpayers
It's no secret that Pierre Karl Péladeau desperately wanted to buy the Montreal Canadiens so he could show their games on Quebecor Media's television, cable and mobile networks.