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Despite the price, Allstream sale is the best possible outcome
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.'s deal to unload its underperforming Allstream division after years of trying is a triumph of the art of making the best of a bad situation.
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Top stories
Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money. The bank updated its code of conduct on Friday, after facing intense criticism last month for its hiring policies.
By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell modestly on Friday as fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will turn off the tap on its stimulus program offset a rise in National Bank of Canada (NA.
The federal government is threatening "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a dispute over meat-labelling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.
CALGARY - Farm cash receipts are set to smash new records this year, says a senior Alberta economist. According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, farm cash receipts in Alberta hit $3.85 billion in the first quarter of this year - a new all-time ...
The world's first carbon capture and storage facility is set to start testing in Saskatchewan and it's already creating international buzz.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| MBT | Manitoba Telecom Services | 4.52% | 2.27B |
| NKO | Niko Resources Ltd. | 24.21% | 522.41M |
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 |