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| KOSPI | 1,993.83 | +12.74 (0.64%) |
RPT-FOREX-Dollar hits 4-1/2-year high vs yen, 9-month high vs Swiss franc
Wed May 22, 2013 12:08pm EDT. * Dollar rallies after Bernanke testifies to Congress. * BOJ upgrades economic assessment, stands pat as expected.
| 12,873.22 | +130.79 | (1.03%) | |
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| 946.87 | +7.46 | (0.79%) | |
| 15,469.88 | +82.30 | (0.53%) | ||
| 1,677.71 | +8.55 | (0.51%) |
Top stories
MONTREAL - The maker of Ski-Doo snowmobiles says its initial public offering has been priced at $21.50 per share - giving the company a market value of about $2.5 billion.
CALGARY - A business owner from Jasper will represent Alberta in the finals of the 2013 BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) Young Entrepreneur Award.
If you said (a) when it's not really zero growth at all and (b) when it's accompanied by a drop in fuel prices, then you're finding all the right answers in Canada's March retail sales report.
(Reuters) - Department store chain Sears Canada Inc (SCC.TO: Quote) posted a loss in the first quarter compared with a profit last year, as demand for its home products and major appliances fell.
MONTREAL -- Almost a third of Canadian households report never or almost never having any money left to save after paying their bills, according to a new study issued Wednesday.
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| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -0.09% | 777.68M |
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% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.34% | 0.00 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |