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| KOSPI | 1,973.45 | +4.26 (0.22%) |
After backlash, RBC pledges to not send work offshore just to cut costs
TORONTO -- The Royal Bank of Canada, which faced a fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement involving the use of temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries.
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Top stories
By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index reversed earlier losses on Friday after several stocks jumped on takeover moves, helping the TSX shrug off uncertainty over U.S.
MEXICO CITY | Fri May 24, 2013 6:57pm EDT. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is considering imposing retaliatory trade measures on the United States in a dispute over the fairness of U.S.
Kinder Morgan announced Friday that it has taken another step toward twinning its Trans Mountain pipeline by filing a project description with the National Energy Board.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)'s first share buyback in more than six years adds to a 10-year high in Canadian capital repurchases as companies try to soften the blow of underperforming stock prices.
Bausch & Lomb Inc. is nearing a deal to sell itself to drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. for about $9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter�a surprise move that highlights a resurgence in private-equity deal making after years ...
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Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | +0.0009 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.39% | +0.0100 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |