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RPT-Yahoo's rise in Asia offsets risk from Tumblr bet
Tue May 21, 2013 7:00am EDT. By Alexei Oreskovic. SAN FRANCISCO May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal.
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OTTAWA�Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is leaving Canada with some parting advice - seize the country's natural advantages.
Bank of Montreal has snagged David Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as its next vice chair. In his new role that begins in October, Mr. Jacobson will be responsible for building key customer relationships and business development.
Canadian stocks rose for a third day, sending the benchmark equity gauge to the highest level in almost two months, as commodity producers and banks rallied.
Resolute Forest Products Inc. says talks between the forestry industry and environmental groups aimed at protecting a huge swath of Canadian boreal forest have broken down.
Emergency crews have now contained crude oil leaking from a damaged rail car, according to a CP Rail spokesperson. The derailment happened this morning about 150 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
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| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | 0.47% | 778.41M |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.01% | +0.0028 |
| 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% | +0.0300 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |