• Home ownership costs will continue to rise as higher mortgage rates set in

  May 25, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Even recession didnt slow down Canadians spending, report finds

  May 11, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• The top 10 reasons for consolidating accounts

  April 26, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Why do some people have their investments at multiple financial companies? Was it the closest financial institution to make that last minute RRSP contribution? Was it an inheritance that just seemed easier to keep at the same place? Maybe it was...

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• Time to cut back

  April 26, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Just as people hoarding clothes and ashtrays from skinnier and smokier days, many people with investment accounts opened decades ago and gathering dust should have a garage sale. Close an account that's nearly empty, combine portfolios with...

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• Bank tax and Greek woes dominating G20 talks with Flaherty the anti-tax crusader

  April 24, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Canada's Jim Flaherty was meeting with the finance ministers of 19 other economic powerhouses Friday with two key issues dominating their agenda - a hotly debated proposal for a global bank tax and a massive bailout for Greece as it teeters on the...

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• Anticipation of Bank of Canada rate hike fuelling mortgage increases, high dollar

  April 14, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Mortgage-rate rise means borrowers' party is almost over

  April 12, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Without announcing last call, Canadian banks have taken the punch bowl away from the mortgage party that millions have enjoyed, and hangovers are looming. Last summer, the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve in the United States said their...

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• Scotiabank warns of over-regulation of industry

  April 9, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Scotiabank CEO Rick Waugh told shareholders the bank's arrival in Newfoundland in 1894 was one of its first forays into international banking. The bank held its first annual meeting in the province at a hotel in downtown St. John's....

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• Canadian economy racing ahead of G7 peers

  April 8, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Canada is blowing its G7 peers out of the water in terms of the strength and speed of its economic recovery, says a new outlook from a leading international organization. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...

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• About 20 per cent of Canadians struggle to afford their homes, study finds

  March 30, 2010 - 5 h 00

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Other news

• March 29, 2010 Board of Trade finds positives in provincial budget
• March 29, 2010 Canadian banks raise some mortgage rates
• March 29, 2010 Budget includes $48.5 million in tax cuts
• March 23, 2010 Canadas housing boom continues to outpace recovery in developed countries
• March 2, 2010 Strong growth in Q4
• February 25, 2010 Newfoundland sets poor example in oil royalties for others: economist
• February 20, 2010 Squeezed out
• February 18, 2010 Age crunch to gut government budgets
• February 16, 2010 Flaherty makes it harder to buy homes, tightens mortgage rules
• February 16, 2010 Average Canadian family debt reaches $96,000 in 2009, study finds
• February 11, 2010 Ottawa advised to tighten mortgage rules
• January 28, 2010 Harper urges moderation in bank crackdown
• January 19, 2010 Bank lowers slightly growth forecast for 2009 and 2010, but keeps interest rates unchanged
• January 18, 2010 Most Canadians believe golden years not so bright, poll finds
• January 11, 2010 RIMS Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter claims membership award