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Royal Bank releases supplier code of conduct after outsourcing backlash
TORONTO - The Royal Bank, which faced fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement with a supplier that used temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries.
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Top stories
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.'s deal to unload its underperforming Allstream division after years of trying is a triumph of the art of making the best of a bad situation.
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.
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.
The world's first carbon capture and storage facility is set to start testing in Saskatchewan and it's already creating international buzz.
A branch of the National Bank is shown on December 8, 2011, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz. Previous Next. A branch of the National Bank is shown on December 8, 2011, in Montreal.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| MBT | Manitoba Telecom Services | 4.67% | 2.27B |
| NKO | Niko Resources Ltd. | 22.70% | 516.09M |
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 |