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Egypt tycoon to buy MTS fiber network in new Canada push
By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha. TORONTO (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc (MBT.TO: Quote) will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million ($502.8 million), a deal that ...
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| 946.17 | +4.12 | (0.44%) | |
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Top stories
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.
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.
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 ...
Canada ranks third last among economically advanced countries in the amount of paid vacation time it guarantees its workers, a new U.S.
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 | 4.36% | 2.26B |
| 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 |