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Tim Hortons pressured by another US hedge fund
Tim Hortons Inc. - already dealing with slumping sales that it blames on the slow economy and $1 drinks at competitors - faces new pressure from a second U.S.
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Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| LUP | Lundin Petroleum AB | 4.34% | 6.74B |
| THI | Tim Hortons Inc. | 4.03% | 8.58B |
| BB | Research In Motion Ltd | 3.63% | 7.93B |
| ERF | Enerplus Corp | 3.50% | 3.13B |
| SPB | Superior Plus Corp. | 3.24% | 1.49B |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| PVF | Partners Value Fund Inc | -8.70% | 1.44B |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | -5.75% | 5.56B |
| OSK | Osisko Mining Corp. | -5.18% | 1.76B |
| YRI | Yamana Gold Inc. | -5.13% | 8.20B |
| ELD | Eldorado Gold Corp | -3.88% | 5.14B |
Excludes stocks with mkt cap less than $1B.
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Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.01% | +0.0015 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 1.01% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.61% | +0.0200 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |