World markets
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| Hang Seng Index | 22,618.67 | -51.01 (-0.23%) |
| TSEC | 8,209.78 | -28.05 (-0.34%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,654.34 | -42.45 (-0.63%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,764.29 | -12.49 (-0.45%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,956.79 | -10.36 (-0.26%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,983.50 | -78.90 (-1.56%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,704.33 | +30.00 (0.15%) |
| KOSPI | 1,973.45 | +4.26 (0.22%) |
Chile freezes Barrick's Pascua-Lama, orders 'urgent measures'
Chile's environmental regulator has halted development of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5-billion (U.S.) Pascua-Lama mine, dealing a fresh blow to the embattled project that is key to the growth plans of the world's largest gold miner.
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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.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)'s first share buyback in more than six years adds to a 10-year high in Canadian capital repurchases as companies try to soften the blow of underperforming stock prices.
By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index reversed earlier losses on Friday after several stocks jumped on takeover moves, helping the TSX shrug off uncertainty over U.S.
It may come as a surprise to many hardworking Americans, but governments in much of the developed world require employers to give employees varying amounts of paid vacation time.
Kinder Morgan Canada expects to need roughly 150 kilometres of new route for the expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline, whose current path travels directly through dense urban areas in Edmonton and the B.C.
Trends
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| RCI.B | Rogers Communications Inc. | -0.89% | 24.66B |
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 |