World markets
| Shanghai | 2,299.99 | +17.12 (0.75%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,360.81 | +222.69 (1.47%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,493.03 | +410.35 (1.78%) |
| TSEC | 8,377.05 | +8.86 (0.11%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,716.60 | -6.46 (-0.10%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,815.39 | -2.60 (-0.09%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,005.62 | +4.35 (0.11%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,209.00 | +28.20 (0.54%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,223.98 | -62.14 (-0.31%) |
| KOSPI | 1,982.43 | -4.38 (-0.22%) |
Yahoo's Social Media Play
The board of Yahoo agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, a signal of how Yahoo plans to reposition itself in the age of social media, The New York Times reports, citing people with direct knowledge of the ...
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| 934.68 | +1.82 | (0.20%) | |
| 15,354.40 | +121.18 | (0.80%) | ||
| 1,667.47 | +17.00 | (1.03%) |
Top stories
The housing market is slowing. Consumer debt levels are sky high. But don't count Canada's banks out yet. For the past few quarters, the banks faced the same headwinds, but every three months analysts and investors were pleasantly surprised with their ...
It wasn't long ago that the Canadian dollar was one of the world's most robust currencies, and that exposure to the weak U.S.
WINDSOR, Ontario - Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they've been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of ...
OTTAWA - A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough to be brought home.
Actavis Inc. (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) in a stock swap that values the maker of prescription health-care and dermatology products for women at roughly $5 billion.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -2.55% | 774.79M |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | -0.0019 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | +0.0100 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.31% | -0.0400 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |