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 | 6,716.68 | -6.38 (-0.09%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,809.02 | -8.97 (-0.32%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,000.71 | -0.56 (-0.01%) |
| 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 buying Tumblr for $1.1-billion, vows won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo Inc. said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1-billion (U.S.) cash, a bold bet by chief executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue.
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Campbell Soup Co.'s (CPB) fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 2.3% as improved soup sales and last year's acquisition of Bolthouse Farms helped drive the packaged-foods maker's revenue growth.
Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier said on Monday it had expanded its Challenger business jet series with the launch of the Challenger 350 aircraft.
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 |