eNews - 10-28-2009 Flaherty tackles pension shortfall

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- Flaherty tackles pension shortfall
- High dollar 'hollowing out' manufacturing economy
- The pros and cons of currency intervention
- Toronto stocks tumble on profit-taking
- Resistance recedes on debit-for-profit
- RBC gains political clout in U.S.
- TD takes top spot in online banking scorecard
- Big lender GMAC asks for more U.S. aid
- EU approves Northern Rock split
- Brazil: M&A deals heat up
- CP Rail skeptical on freight volumes, focused on costs
- Obama's smart-grid game plan
- Iran set to respond to atomic deal this week
- Canadians apathetic about Prince Charles: poll
- Nordic countries top 'gender equality' list

eNews - 10-27-2009 Mark Carney warns banks against 'hubris'

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Due to technical difficulties with the eNews system (as well as parts
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In the meanwhile, here is a pared-down version of the eNews - just
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Mark Carney warns banks against 'hubris' -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/mark-carney-warns-banks-against-hubris/article1339129/
Stock volatility, dollar 'waltz' pull trading down -
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/716493--stock-volatility-dollar-waltz-pull-trading-down
Energy, mining deals seen accelerating -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/energy-mining-deals-seen-accelerating/article1338416/
Scotiabank expects commodity price rebound -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/commodities/scotiabank-expects-commodity-price-rebound/article1339008/
Credit card giants create debit havoc -
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/716492--credit-card-giants-create-debit-havoc
Sharia banking comes to Germany -
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091026_154613.htm
India paves way for interest rate hike -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/crash-and-recovery/india-paves-way-for-interest-rate-hike/article1339668/
Santander banks on Brazil -
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091026_759424.htm
Euro may advance to 'Psychological' 140 Yen: technical analysis -
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a5zbfZDa9iGM
Subprime mortgage level returns to pre-crisis state -
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2149221
White-collar criminals face tougher parole rules -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-seeks-tighter-parole-rules-for-fraudsters/article1338516/
It's like banking at Starbucks -
http://www.thespec.com/News/Business/article/661034
BMO rolls out new ETFs as it stakes out market -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/funds-and-etfs/etfs/bmo-rolls-out-new-etfs-as-it-stakes-out-market/article1337641/
Climate change causing spike in insurance claims -
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1149634.html
Man's best friend, mankind's worst enemy? -
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/716581--man-s-best-friend-mankind-s-worst-enemy
Better posture means more energy at work -
http://lifehacker.com/5389892/better-posture-means-more-energy-at-work
Note to middle-aged women: your heart-attack risk is rising -
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/10/26/note-to-middle-aged-women-your-heart-attack-risk-is-rising/

eNews - 10-26-2009 Do not underestimate 'historic' restructuring ahead: Carney

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- Do not underestimate 'historic' restructuring ahead: Carney
- Banks go for say-on-pay vote uniformity
- Investors wonder where bank rally went
- Ottawa to take action on pension funds
- U.S. considers reining in 'too big to fail' institutions
- Recovery up to consumers, Carney says
- Oil price slip on profit-taking, Nigeria ceasefire
- ING to split in two, raise billions
- REITs get ready to buy
- China says growth to quicken but no stimulus exit yet
- UK PM vows economic upturn by 2010
- US bank failures top 100 for year
- Obama declares swine-flu emergency
- Ontario cellphone ban starts Monday, violators could face $500
fine
- End of an era for early websites
- Internet giants join forces to beat Nigerian e-mail scams
- No Einstein in your crib? Get a refund

eNews - 10-23-2009 Bank of Canada talks tough on rising dollar

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In today's ePLUS
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- Perils of the Mobile Cloud
- New camera promises to capture your whole life
- The Six Wow Features of Windows 7
- SMS-based microfinance system unveiled
- To Change Effectively, Change Just One Thing
eNews for 10-23-2009
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- Bank of Canada talks tough on rising dollar
- Investors cheer bank forecast
- BoC October monetary policy report: Economists react
- Record recession for UK economy
- U.K. regulator pushes 'living wills' for banks
- Moody's place BMO debt on review
- Reducing deficit key to U.S. rating: Moody's
- Bank bonuses spark talent war
- Fed plans to vet banker pay to discourage risky practices
- Baby boomers may cause spike in entrepreneurial activity
- Nokia: Apple iPhone violates our patents
- Ruling on Quebec language law gives hope to immigrant parents
- Special squad to tackle corruption in Quebec construction industry
- Hunger stalks Ethiopia once again
- UN suggests 2020 climate goals for poor
Have a great weekend!

eNews - 10-22-2009 Road to retirement hits a roadblock

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- Road to retirement hits a roadblock
- Canadian stocks fall, led by TD Bank, after Wells downgrade
- Soaring loonie, low growth won't change plans for no taxes hikes:
Flaherty
- Harper declares deficit needed
- Beige Book - 'Not super-duper positive'
- Time for national securities body
- British bank regulator slaps industry
- Obama cuts pay at bailed-out firms
- Watch for 'sneak attack' on rates, economist warns
- How Wall Street will kill the recovery
- Mexico peso surges on tax vote, stocks edge lower
- CRTC to allow telecoms to throttle web traffic but with new rules
- Talk on your cell, risk missing the unicycling clown
- Olympic torch lit, begins journey to Vancouver
- Tuesday at 3pm is the most agreeable meeting time
- Healthy Canadians asked to hold off on getting swine flu vaccine
- A few cookies a day to keep the pounds away

eNews - 10-21-2009 Bank of Canada Reins in Loonie's Rise

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- Bank of Canada Reins in Loonie's Rise
- Canadian H1N1 vaccine approval expected soon
- Banks to sock away $40-billion
- Ottawa tightening white-collar crime laws
- Credit not as crunched for Canadian owners
- More home owners using cash for renos
- Scotiabank Introduces New Interactive Website for Investors
- Carmakers going greener with electric push
- Uranium stocks surge on mine shutdown
- A hot assignment for Bombardier
- Media-hungry Canadians seek access to geoblocked Hulu, Spotify

eNews - 10-20-2009 Ottawa targets abusers of tax-free savings accounts

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- Ottawa targets abusers of tax-free savings accounts
- S&P launch of equal-weighted indexes first for Canada
- California bans neg am loans
- Icahn offers $6 billion to help CIT
- Potash Corp. shares rise on takeover talk
- 'Domestic momentum' to power earnings
- Canadian exporters shift focus to Asia
- Royal Bank plans 20-million share buyback
- TD moves to boost sales presence on the Web
- Sports teams set to cash in on strong Canadian dollar
- Secrets of the self-made 2009
- Apple's profit climbs 47% as sales gain
- Amazon, Facebook, and Google back FCC on Net neutrality
- Will holiday shoppers be merry or miserly?
- 40% of boomer caregivers spending $6,000 a year caring for aging
parents
- Arctic heat wave 'unique' in history: study
- One in 3 Canadians less inclined to shake hands because of swine
flu

eNews - 10-19-2009 Steady as she goes

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- Steady as she goes
- Oil jumps above $79 to 2009 high before retreating
- China's growth exceeds 7 per cent
- A perilous time to be a bond investor
- Commercial real estate bounces back
- Regulator tells banks: Be cautious on capital
- Iceland inks loan-repayment deal
- Too much delay on credit cards, Flaherty told
- US credit-card fee reform stays on the back burner
- Fraud case hits Sri Lankan shares
- Frank Stronach sought CAW bailout
- Millions tricked by 'scareware'
- Why eggs could be getting harder to peel

eNews - 10-16-2009 Bank of America reports $1bn loss

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In today's ePLUS
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- Citi the first to launch mobile banking functionality in Spanish
- Citing cybercrime FBI director doesn't bank online
- Win 7 - Microsoft Gets It Right Finally
- MasterCard, Amex move into money management space
- Ten things you absolutely need to know about prospecting
eNews for 10-16-2009
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- Bank of America reports $1bn loss
- Stocks mixed as oil surges, U.S. banks disappoint
- Canadian factories tally lower sales
- Bank earnings show shifting landscape of Wall Street
- Canada a tale of two economies: as export sector staggers, domestic
activity booms
- Bank of America chief forgoes pay for 2009
- Banks to face off with Ottawa over insurance
- US criticises 'inflexible yuan'
- Germany raises economic outlook
- Canwest shares to be delisted
- Allow higher oil sands emissions: CEO
- Higher food costs continue to drive inflation
- Mixed messages in hunger report
- Google, IBM help reboot economy
- Nomura dress code bans 'gay colour nail polish'
- Cost of university degree to exceed $100,000 in 18 years
- The myth of Balloon Boy bursts
Have a great weekend!

eNews - 10-15-2009 Dow, first time in a year, breaks through 10,000

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- Dow, first time in a year, breaks through 10,000
- Goldman Sachs beats the Street
- Risk appetite leads investors to loonie
- European finance: the big thaw
- Mortgage rate hike could cool housing rebound
- Nokia reports surprise loss
- Can other banks match JPMorgan?
- New rivals pose threat to New York Stock Exchange
- Bruce Wasserstein, a Wall Street legend, passes away
- Small business gets BMO boost with $1B-plus loans fund
- Women with kids cut spending most during recession
- Complete retirement 'bad for you'
- RIM launching new version of touchscreen BlackBerry
- Beware of H1N1 snake oil
- Shame 'boosts hand-washing rate'

eNews - 10-14-2009 Dollar soars, retailers hold breath

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- Dollar soars, retailers hold breath
- Financials pull TSX lower
- Big Canadian banks raise mortgage rates
- JPMorgan earns $3.6B, but loan losses remain high
- Intel results may bode well for recovery
- China signs deal for gas in trade talk with Putin
- China and India business grows as border dispute flares
- TFSA momentum to build in 2010, survey finds
- Online tools help build success
- Global hunger worsening, warns UN
- Ignatieff says clean energy companies need tax boost
- IEA wants $3.4 trillion spent on carbon capture
- Canadian investors put advisor relations first
- Help is here for irrational home investors
- Facebook 'cuts student drop-outs'

eNews - 10-13-2009 Loonie, gold, oil rise as dollar sinks

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- Loonie, gold, oil rise as dollar sinks
- Jim Flaherty set to deal debit card set of rules
- Pound hit by falling UK inflation
- Mexico's president moves against monopolies
- Failures of small banks grow, straining F.D.I.C.
- Huge banks 'could be broken up'
- 2 Nobel winners may shape financial crisis debate
- Dow 10,000: Just another number?
- More and more women taking charge of financial affairs
- M-commerce's big moment
- Study: 54 percent of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work
- How to clean your debit and credit cards
- Younger women hard hit by H1N1 virus, study suggests

eNews - 10-09-2009 Jobs market bounces back

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In today's ePLUS
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- Gen Y Depositors Now Just a Phone Call Away
- Royal Bank glitch allowed Visa customers to view transactions of
other clients
- An emotional response - Using computers to analyse sentiments
- IBM Launches Cloud Storage
- How to Handle the Pessimist on Your Team
eNews for 10-09-2009
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- Jobs market bounces back
- Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
- Dollar recovers on US rate outlook
- Fed is split over timing of rate rise
- Sliding U.S. dollar now world's pain
- Banks not playing nice: Barney Frank
- How a scattered army of insurance brokers outmuscled the Big Five
- TD Bank changes compensation rules for executives across the entire
bank
- What's holding India back
- U.S. tax policy poses challenge to Asia's rich
- Visa to unveil contactless debit card at games
- Telecom competition behind Kindle delay
- Central bank is key player on deficit
- Tiny 'nuclear batteries' unveiled
- Donkeys earn their stripes by posing as zebras in zoo
Have a great weekend!

eNews - 10-08-2009 Ottawa scuttles online insurance marketing by banks

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- Ottawa scuttles online insurance marketing by banks
- New credit card laws threat to consumers, critics charge
- CIBC, BMO rejig pay schemes
- U.S. budget deficit estimate $1.4 trillion
- Bank of England maintains rate, quantitative easing stance
- Gold, oil score TSX triple-digit hat trick
- Currency traders bet Canada will follow Australia
- Scotiabank, creditors to control CanWest dailies
- Deficit spending giving economy 'some lift'
- In Merrill's failed plan, lessons for pay czar
- The side effects of financial reform
- Canadian entrepreneurs want straight-forward advice from banks
- Canada turns to WTO over U.S. label law
- House market bubble could bring quick end to low interest rates
- Warning over global oil 'decline'
- The apprentice: Germany's answer to jobless youth
- Caught on camera: Google brings Street View to Canada

eNews - 10-07-2009 Faith in rebound drives stocks, gold

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- Faith in rebound drives stocks, gold
- EU draws up plans to establish itself as 'world power'
- Santander gets hefty gain from Brazil
- HSBC boss says banks owe apology
- Magazine names Flaherty top finance chief
- Banks' insurance activity targeted
- Sites offer one-stop shopping
- Household credit "defying gravity"
- CanWest empire crumbles
- Cash-flush deal-makers return to the game
- Everyone talks about the weather - soon you may bet on it
- Oil not priced in dollars by 2018?
- Holiday spending forecast weakens
- Rice output to slump in Philippines on storm damage
- Scam hits more e-mail accounts

eNews - 10-06-2009 'Too big to fail' status seen distorting markets

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- 'Too big to fail' status seen distorting markets
- Push for bank regulation goes too far: Scotiabank CEO
- Wall St cedes to Bay St as Canada banks 'play offense'
- Prospects dim for big economic rebound; economists, policy-makers
turn cautious
- First rate hike boosts stocks, loonie
- BoA set to relaunch Merrill brand
- Hot markets await quarterly profit results
- New UK bank rules issued by watchdog
- Small firms more recession-proof: CIBC
- Investors, complacency is your enemy
- Record low Canada Savings Bonds now 'a bit of a joke'
- Detroit's salvation: higher gas taxes
- Downturn is 'climate opportunity'
- Cynical 'millennials' shun stocks, survey finds
- Canada's youth summer employment hits 30-year low
- Hotmail accounts breached by suspected phishing attack
- Educated women 'aid long life'

eNews - 10-05-2009 Big banks balk at reform plans

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- Big banks balk at reform plans
- IMF wants banks to pay for risks
- IMF looks to give emerging economies more clout
- US jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September
- Budget deficits are driving loonie, Flaherty says
- Re-regulating U.S. banks a no-brainer
- UK banks 'show first recovery signs'
- U.S. Treasury coming out with new rules for short sales
- A bear's 'bad feeling:' Is the recovery faltering?
- Customers 'blamed for card fraud'
- Scotiabank eyes overseas deals
- Stock sales hit record
- Key cancer spread gene found
- U.S. trio wins medicine Nobel for ageing research
- Fight swine flu while smelling your best

eNews - 10-02-2009 TSX starts October with worst point-drop since June

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In today's ePLUS
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- How Do Innovators Think?
- New Malware Re-Writes Online Bank Statements to Cover Fraud
- If Google Competes, Will Banks Win?
- Cloud Computing: Is it Time to Invest in Cloud Storage?
- Young Americans don't trust banks; want more social tech-driven
communication
eNews for 10-02-2009
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- TSX starts October with worst point-drop since June
- Zoellick recasts plea for aid
- U.S. policymakers leaning toward Canadian model
- Eurozone jobless continues rising
- Fear bond, not stock, bubble: CIBC
- Amex goes on offensive in Canada
- Proposals set to rile prescription drug industry
- U.S. factories in spotlight
- Hits and misses in the recession-taming battle
- Broadband quality study finds Canada lagging
- E.U. says airlines' pact may be illegal
- Nanotech may extend life, futurist says
- Rich countries 'must slash living standards' to fight climate
change
- Did apes descend from us?
- Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize
Have a great weekend!

eNews - 10-01-2009 IMF predicts Canada to outpace rest of G7

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- IMF predicts Canada to outpace rest of G7
- Ken Lewis quitting as Bank of America CEO
- Real estate markets on rebound, bank says
- Economy unexpectedly stalled in July
- Weak September data hits markets
- Yen may stall loonie
- Let currency rise, IMF tells China
- FTSE 100 has record three months
- Bankers pan new credit card changes
- U.S. to take flexible course on bonuses
- Irate Americans tweet their fury as TD wrestles with online bugs
- RBS: 'We've learned our lesson'
- Bankers' incompetence more lethal than avarice
- It's the end of the line for GM's Saturn
- US$7-billion poorer, Gates still America's richest

eNews - 09-30-2009 Banks to gain 'global advantage'

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- Banks to gain 'global advantage'
- Confidence rising in Canada, falling in U.S.
- I.M.F. calls for overhaul of financial system
- Carney calls on private sector to step up
- Commodity rise signals better economy: Scotiabank
- Deflation taking root in global economies
- Gas prices fall across Canada
- China orders crackdown on industrial overcapacity
- Mobile banking in its infancy in Canada but smartphones will push
up its use
- White House to exempt Canada on 'Buy American' provision: report
- Climate change to cost poor states $100 bln/yr: study
- Toyota hurt but not defeated by floor mat woes
- Big Tobacco sued for $50 billion
- Behind Starbucks' instant-coffee rollout
- Dementia risk seen in players in N.F.L. study

eNews - 09-29-2009 Families sitting on up to $1-trillion

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- Families sitting on up to $1-trillion
- Jobless claims fall for first time in 11 months
- World Bank questions Fed's power
- A report card on central bank chiefs
- Stephen Harper trumpets economic report card
- No guarantee rates will stay low, Carney warns
- Financials, industrials lift TSX
- Angela Merkel's win greeted with jubilation by investors
- IPOs: investors test the waters, warily
- Scotiabank enables gold bugs
- Japan recovery under threat from long-term deflation
- Canadian banks miss opportunities to expand
- IT security breaches soar in 2009
- Google, bank resolve issue over misfired e-mail
- Worm infecting banks' computers can steal passwords, company warns
- Long day at the office can kill will to exercise, diet: Study
- The EU is regulating the right to turn it up to 11. Should we be
next?

eNews - 09-28-2009 Street scrambles to revise forecasts

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- Street scrambles to revise forecasts
- Investors look to reports for signs of further gains
- Yen jumps to 9-month high amid Fujii comments
- Canada's dollar posts biggest loss since June as oil tumbles
- RIM's fall just a bump along the way?
- New rivals cast doubt on Alberta's gas riches
- The reinvention of the mutual fund industry
- Ford, CAW dig in their heels over size of footprint in Canada
- Improving markets hasten demise of two Fed programs
- TSX changes rule for shareholder votes in takeovers
- Man sues BofA for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"
- Is Twitter worth a billion bucks?
- Interac ABMs to accept Chinese debit cards
- China eyes market scheme to curb pollution
- Gold hoard pictures: largest anglo-saxon treasure found

eNews - 09-25-2009 As banking regulation nears, G20 to take over from G8

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- How Mobile Technology Is Changing Banking's Future
- The re-usable paper office
- Creative people help a company 'thrive' in tough times
- PNC Completes Biggest Green Living Wall in North America
- 7 timely tips for those considering a career change
eNews for 09-25-2009
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- As banking regulation nears, G20 to take over from G8
- Securities regulator by 2012: Ottawa
- Credit card debt balloons
- Credit-ratings firms Face Fresh Push in House Over Claims
- RIM's Q3 sales forecast falls short
- Housing market to see 'significant growth'
- Potato pay dirt: A sustainable spud McDonald's can love
- Canada: land of high-priced Web access
- Future is TV-shaped, says Intel
- Prepare for enhanced disclosure on fees and services, advisors
told
- Woman celebrates her 100th birthday by showing up at work as usual

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 09-24-2009 Flaherty set to extend mortgage backstop

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- Flaherty set to extend mortgage backstop
- TD Bank says Canadian economy will grow by 2.5 per cent in 2010 due
to exports
- US Fed says economy 'picked up'
- White House pares its financial reform plan
- EU unveils blueprint to overhaul policing of banks
- Britain's top financial regulator takes on banks
- Merkel warns G20 against focus on imbalances
- Poor households in a world 'far removed'
- Why saving too much is scary bad
- Only 12% of stimulus fund spent, say Liberal researchers
- U.S. to push cuts to fossil fuel subsidies
- Banks' retreat on overdraft fees won't stave off legislation
- How many jobs is the stimulus creating? New data is coming
- For first time, AIDS vaccine shows some success in trials
- Smothering vine that snaps hydro poles now in Canada
- Kids mangling English on computer screens can still spell just fine:
study
- India's lunar mission finds evidence of water on the Moon

eNews - 09-23-2009 RBC lays down new pay rules for capital markets

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- RBC lays down new pay rules for capital markets
- Bank of Canada takes 'small step' to pull back liquidity boost
- Credit-card losses to subside as economy improves
- Weaker U.S. dollar helps lift Bay St.
- Cautious consumers cause drop in retail sales numbers
- UK 'blocking tough finance rules'
- Then there were three
- TD jacks up home credit lines
- BMO gets green light to incorporate in China
- Chase and Bank of America revise fee policies
- Changing face of the everyday online investor
- Is cell-phone safety assured? Or merely ignored?
- Intel shows chips can get thinner
- More moms give birth in 2007: StatsCan
- In China, philanthropy as a new measuring stick

eNews - 09-22-2009 Canadian confidence high on economic optimism

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- Canadian confidence high on economic optimism
- Toronto slips in financial ranking
- World stocks climb ahead of Fed meeting
- G20 'to call for economy balance'
- Census data show recession-driven changes
- Shrinking money supply dampens inflation fears
- G.A.O. report says A.I.G. is stabilized
- Leading economic indicators rise in August
- F.D.I.C. may borrow funds from banks
- A China-charged bull market for IPOs in Hong Kong
- Recovery laying trap for policy-makers that could derail recovery
- RBC sued by trader who dated alleged Ponzi schemer
- SEC to sue BofA over Merrill bonuses
- FCC plan for open internet 'perfect,' Lessig says, industry
critical
- Money problems 'signal dementia'

eNews - 09-21-2009 Markets lower ahead of Fed meeting

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- Markets lower ahead of Fed meeting
- Ignatieff unveils economic plan
- Early signs of recovery hang in balance
- Fed urged to lift rates - sooner rather than later
- What have consumers done for the Canadian economy lately?
- The Lehman crisis: an unhappy anniversary
- The minnow in the shark tank
- After the fall
- Bonds: Steady as she goes
- Bell, Telus told they're on hook for big rebates
- 10 management lessons from Lehman's demise
- Recession drives women back to the work force
- Donating small amounts to charities via cellphones starting in
Canada
- So much food. So much hunger.
- On the children's menu: dangerous levels of salt
- Once slave to luxury, Japan catches thrift bug
- German fat cat turns to hot dogs

eNews - 09-18-2009 Big names feel recession pinch

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- 5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media
- 7 sinister threats that make Web surfing really dangerous
- World Bank calls for financial services expansion in emerging
markets
- Does Bing Visual Search Actually Work?
- Done Deal: How to Keep Managing Your Vendor
eNews for 09-18-2009
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- Big names feel recession pinch
- Ottawa to drop tariffs on machinery imports
- Grocery prices chew incomes
- 'Canada got it right,' PM tells U.S. businessmen
- EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
- Banks reaching out to help new Canadians buy a home
- Sun Life and Manulife: A tale of two dividends
- Insurance and banking, side by side
- BMO sues one of its own former advisors
- Despite recession, BMO profits up on consumer loans
- 'Swipe' fees hit North Americans hard
- How a Made-in-Canada Nortel solution died
- Ottawa moves to block networks' fees
- The financial case for green buildings
- Gap to employees: work wherever, whenever you want
Have a great weekend!

eNews - 09-17-2009 Consumer prices held in check

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- Consumer prices held in check
- Banks set to go on a shopping spree
- Manufacturing sales up in July, but still well below previous year
- Global financial group says Canada has key role to play in industry
regulation
- Positive reports push TSX ahead again
- RBC sees revival in auto sector
- Canadians drove less, had more cars in early '09: StatsCan
- Dynamic planning can help
- Financial innovation under fire
- Ottawa backs Nortel wireless sale to Ericsson
- Nortel wins court approval to sell unit to Avaya
- Smaller "shadow" system means bigger banks
- Scotiabank CEO eyes Americas, Asia growth
- Canadians not saving enough to retire
- Bankers warn of 'rogue' pay schemes
- 'Exchange bandit' pleads guilty
- If only Warren Buffett knew how to work his cellphone

eNews - 09-16-2009 TSX rises as U.S. says recession 'over'

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- TSX rises as U.S. says recession 'over'
- Shares rise on renewed optimism
- Canada emerging from recession with modest growth projected in 2010:
RBC
- Unemployed to reach postwar high: OECD
- Loonie not the only risk to recovery, BoC warns
- Tech stock gains: rational exuberance?
- Jim Flaherty clams up on new harmonized sales tax
- BofA likely to repay TARP in installments
- World Bank report slams 'inertia' in the face of climate change
- The problem according to IATA: Too many airlines
- Hedge fund conference highlights transparency
- TFSAs a BIG help to small business
- BCE ruling has subtle impact
- More consumers expected to move to cellphones and give up their
land lines
- Group exercise 'boosts happiness'
- Spin Master goes up against Barbie
- Exercise curiosity to enhance memory, say scientists

eNews - 09-15-2009 Obama warns against 'complacency'

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- Obama warns against 'complacency'
- Bank crisis lessons 'not learned'
- Global recession is over, says OECD
- Canadian household wealth rebounds
- How banks should manage risk
- Potential trade war could hurt recovery
- Sarkozy wants happiness used as economic indicator
- Chinese businesses see Canada as open
- Could politics derail GM Europe deal?
- The keys to a prosperous, competitive Canada
- Get ready for more bank failures
- Citigroup becomes first stock whose daily volume exceeds 2 billion
- U.S. government explores sale of Citigroup stake
- Obama renews Cuba trade embargo
- Scotia raided
- Back-to-school spending up on books, clothes
- EU sanctions on Sri Lanka to hit 'cheap' clothing over human rights
abuses

eNews - 09-14-2009 Trade row ripples through markets

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- Trade row ripples through markets
- Obama to urge financial overhaul
- Tales from Lehman's crypt
- Eurozone is 'exiting recession'
- Early signs of recovery in manufacturing
- CFOs building business in bad times
- Scotiabank wants to expand in Brazil, Colombia, Porter says
- RBS boss wary of quick recovery
- State aid to Magna-led Opel draws European scrutiny
- Cadbury spurns 'low growth' Kraft
- Avaya wins Nortel unit auction with $915 million bBid
- Quebec cracks down or corruption, white-collar crime
- Most Canadian workers living close to the abyss
- When click of a mouse cost 2,000 pounds
- Credit crunch signals end of The World for Dubai's multi-billion
dollar property deal
- Scotiabank added to sustainability index
- Xbox speeds up research results

eNews - 09-11-2009 Concerns raised over Magna's Opel deal

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In today's ePLUS
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- How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0
- Google Plans Micropayments To Save Newspapers
- Corporates seek big improvements in bank account management
services
- Smartphones to eclipse desktop PC sales by 2011
- Ten Great Ways to Crush Creativity
eNews for 09-11-2009
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- Concerns raised over Magna's Opel deal
- North American economies seen growing
- Global shares rise to 11-month highs
- Bank of Canada fears loonie's strength will undercut growth
- Canada must stick to stimulus plan: Flaherty
- Trade deficit hits $1.43B in July
- The flight from risk
- EU looks at bail-out bank bonuses
- Skilled immigrants are the key to business success
- Chinese carmakers target Volvo and Saab
- Dollarama plans $250-million IPO
- The Street puzzled by WestJet raising
- We're poorer but smarter after last year
- Don't expect a big raise, survey finds
- Credit scores: what you need to know now
- H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late, scientists warn
- Toonie Tuesdays reborn as Telus Tuesdays at Cineplex
Have a great weekend!

Bank of Canada

As expected, the Bank of Canada has left rates unchanged at 0.25%, and reiterates conditional committment to hold the current policy rate until the end of the second quarter of 2010.

eNews - 09-10-2009 Canadian home construction surges

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- Canadian home construction surges
- Housing affordability improves, RBC says
- Bank of England to keep foot on monetary pedal
- Scotiabank move ignites buzz
- GM will sell Opel to Magna, Bloomberg reports
- TSX win streak broken by drop in gold, banks
- China pledges to stay the course on stimulus
- Loonie may hit parity with U.S. dollar by year-end: Rosenberg
- Why Barrick reversed its gold-hedging strategy
- Buy America laws to drag down Canadian recovery next year: report
- China could be $1 trillion green market
- No harm in raising bank pay
- Dodging credit-card reform
- Study highlights analytics as top priority for CIOs
- SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'
- Healthy eaters putting wild fish stocks at risk
- More kids show poor eating, exercise and lifestyle habits

eNews - 09-09-2009 UBS predicts a 'V-shaped' recovery in Canada

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- UBS predicts a 'V-shaped' recovery in Canada
- Carney's stance stalls loonie's ascent
- Shares up on stimulus 'life support' promise
- Mortgage rates falling
- Banks have more room to grow
- GM may face a standoff over Opel
- Both sides seek concessions as Ford, CAW begin contract talks
- $1,000 gold poses own problems
- OPEC set to push compliance, hold output steady
- China to sell yuan "Panda Bonds" in Hong Kong
- China's CNPC gets $30-billion loan for overseas buys
- It's down to two: Jim Balsillie vs. NHL
- ATMs, by the numbers
- Bright idea or sci-fi?
- Half of Canadians struggling with literacy: study
- Why Kraft wants Cadbury's secrets
- Fried! Big McCurry legal victory ends McDonald's claim to name

eNews - 09-08-2009 Gold tops US$1000 an ounce

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- Gold tops US$1000 an ounce
- Century 21 Canada does battle with Rogers
- Apple invitation fans speculation
- Digitization of Canadaian heritage left to Google
- Investors brace for fall swoon
- The decline of business class
- U.S. loses top spot as most competitive economy
- Book 'em
- How dynamic pricing can give your company an edge
- Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
- More to CMAs than mere numbers
- Victoria's Secret sets its sights on seductive Canadian market
- Parents should plan for school expenses

eNews - 09-04-2009 Canada on slower recovery path, OECD says

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- Innovation: Go to hospital to see computing's future
- Data Duplication Must Stop. Copy That.
- The Conundrum of Self-Service: Cost Savings or Customer Service?
- What Alienates Top Performers
- Only 13% of Wikipedia Contributors Are Women, Study Says

eNews for 09-04-2009
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- Canada on slower recovery path, OECD says
- Investors like Laurentian despite 7.1% profit drop
- Canadian Western Bank profit climbs 9 per cent
- Economy creates 27,100 new jobs in August, but jobless rate edges
up
- No 'cash for clunkers' scheme for Canada
- Investors blame TD in Stanford scheme
- Boosting economy to top G20 talks
- Asian stocks rise ahead of U.S. data
- Sizing up a credit-market recovery
- Cubans see US restrictions eased
- TD banking on CBC
- What are the benefits of Tetris?
- Thin thighs may equal a shorter life

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 09-03-2009 Global recession ending, OECD says

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- Global recession ending, OECD says
- UK, France, Germany call for G20 post-crisis plan
- Canada balks at banking bonus clampdown
- EU pledges $75B boost for IMF
- Slump hits prime-age workers hard: economist
- Couche-Tard hints at plans for credit card
- The bank formerly known as GMAC tackles Canada
- Prairie economic U-turn in 2010: Laurentian
- New Japan government lawmaker: strong yen is good
- TSX rebounds thanks to surge in gold stocks
- SEC confesses, blew years of chances to nab Madoff
- Bombardier 2Q profit falls, but beats view
- Pfizer slapped with record fine
- Giant national debt needs giant calculator
- Fold your own Sky King paper airplane
- We're all mutants, say scientists
- Japan's new First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama: 'I went to Venus in a UFO'

eNews - 09-02-2009 U.S. factory sector posts first gains

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- U.S. factory sector posts first gains
- Banks, oils lead TSX lower
- Global economy turning the corner, according to Scotiabank Chief
Economist
- Calgary to host international bank meeting
- Bomb hits Athens stock exchange
- Australian economy gathers pace, country may still avoid recession
- Mexico peso sinks on auction worries, US bank fears
- China's economic revival stays on track
- Optionable 'plied' former traders with gifts: BMO
- Planned U.S. layoffs hit 1 million for 2009
- What BP's new oil strike means
- Skype deal a departure for Canada's pension fund
- Engineer error knocks out Gmail
- Madoff's beach house up for sale
- Sea levels could rise more than a meter by 2100: WWF

eNews - 09-01-2009 GDP growth fails to move stocks, loonie

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- GDP growth fails to move stocks, loonie
- When you're desperate, even bad news is good
- Banking watchdog has work cut out for him
- China's bold move into the oil sands
- Chinese bear puts investors on edge
- Canada's banks among the world's safest: report
- Our 'boring' rules just fine, Flaherty says
- Caution rules in bankers' U.S. forays
- Is M-and-A on a slow upswing?
- Eurozone jobless at 10-year high
- Brown calls for UK bank bonus reform
- Brazil bests U.S. in cotton battle
- New Japan leader to create economic recovery post
- Ottawa draws fire for axing cellphone rate calculator
- EU bans old-fashioned light bulbs
- Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion
- The most irritating phrases in the English language

eNews - 08-31-2009 Economy on 'cusp of recovery'

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- Economy on 'cusp of recovery'
- Japanese turf ruling party
- China's stock market plunges nearly 7 per cent
- Why FDIC's shrinking cushion is bigger than it looks
- As big banks repay bailout money, U.S. sees a profit
- Cash-for-clunker rebates for home appliances
- Cash for cribs? Toys 'R' Us offers trade-ins
- Flaherty chooses himself as authority on banking oversight
- China - booming car sales, tiny profits
- Is Google entering the mortgage quote business?
- Ottawa probes mortgage brokerages
- Arnie's garage sale raises $1.5m
- 15 reasons to go back to work
- Hey, PC, who taught you to fight back?
- State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops
- Kids 14 times more likely than elderly to get swine flu
- Aspirin does more harm than good in healthy people

eNews - 08-28-2009 Scotiabank profit down, but beats Street

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- Facebook changes privacy policy
- Twitter to charge businesses to tweet
- Fighting first party fraud in Canada - an expert shows how
- Why Canada is Hotter than the United States
- Five awesome Excel tips to make your data come alive
eNews for 08-28-2009
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- Scotiabank profit down, but beats Street
- Banks shine amid gloom
- National confirms probe by regulators
- Bank earnings a nice surprise for Bay Street
- Consumer confidence highest in year
- Experts waiting for worm to turn
- Victims of swindlers to launch national coalition
- Bernanke hit by identity theft
- Back on the soap box
- Facebook makes friends with privacy czar
- Gay ads play it straight
- 15 reasons to get back to work and be happy about it
- Fee for discovering Canada was 40 shillings

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eNews - 08-27-2009 Royal Bank profit tops $1.5 billion

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- Royal Bank profit tops $1.5 billion
- Enron still haunting CIBC
- New problem for CIBC is credit cards
- National Bank profit rises to $303 million
- Investors punish CIBC over loan losses
- Banks look alike on outside, but inside is a different story
- BMO in Beijing
- TD beats profit expectations, ramps up lending
- The Governor gets his hands dirty
- Overheated computer blamed for fiery death
- Wind turbines to generate some 200 jobs in Windsor
- Discount brokerages get creative to keep new clients
- Alberta headed for record $6.9 billion deficit
- Bell hopes Palm Pre will rival iPhone
- 510 year old royal letter points to Englishman's contact with
Canada

eNews - 08-26-2009 CIBC profit surges to $434-million

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- CIBC profit surges to $434-million
- Ego and the CEO
- Bank of Canada takes on soaring loonie
- Eldorado to buy Sino Gold
- Yahoo to overhaul search despite pending Microsoft deal
- Sen. Edward Kennedy dead at 77
- Delusions of empire haunt GM
- How to buy Florida real estate
- BMO boosts financials, triggering TSX rally
- Pub jobs starting to dry up
- Touch-screen wireless reader targets Kindle

eNews - 08-25-2009 BMO profit rises to $557-million

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- BMO profit rises to $557-million
- Bernanke to be nominated for second term
- Consumers' spending spree puts recession on the run
- GM Seeks Funds to Keep Opel
- Goldman Sachs providing biggest clients early access to analyst
views
- IT hiring intentions point to rebound
- Low-interest era to push into 2011
- U.S. payment-card industry grapples with security
- Erase street views, Swiss official tells Google
- Special 'Fun Day': Scotiabank treats 60 students to full day of
various activities
- Multitaskers are bad at... er... what was it?

eNews - 08-24-2009 World stocks power to 10-month high

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- World stocks power to 10-month high
- Analysts brace for low third-quarter bank profits
- Federal deficit hits $5-billion in June
- Jamaica to cut spending 20 pct ahead of IMF loan
- Investment banks repackage debt for sale
- Brazil develops fossil-fuel fever
- Bad luck o'the Irish
- Sugar Prices Reflect a Commodity Rife with Regulation
- Canada's latest flu challenge: distribution
- Three degress of retirement preparedness
- Rewriting the future of the phone book
- Taxman's phone calls cause confusion
- Bug patrol: How to keep mosquitoes at bay

eNews - 08-21-2009 Taxman takes on Swiss bank to reveal Canadian fortunes

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- 10 of tech's biggest missed opportunities
- Wikipedia Passes the 3 Million Article Mark
- The Man Behind Our Software Update Nightmare
- US man charged with stealing 130 million card numbers
- High Commitment, High Performance Management

eNews for 08-21-2009
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- Taxman takes on Swiss bank to reveal Canadian fortunes
- Mexico Awaits Recovery as Economy Shrinks
- Natural gas price sinks to lowest in 7 years
- Teachers' true-blue investment
- Bombardier stung by marquee order loss
- Loyalty programs' popularity surges: study
- Cross-border travel hits record low
- Wholesale sales rise for first time in nine months
- Workplace, Facebook an uneasy mix: study
- Getting flight data to you by iPhone, iPod devices
- Squeezed for cash: Serbian police find python on cash machine

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 08-20-2009 World markets rebound

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- World markets rebound
- We're unlikely to repeat 1991's 'jobless recovery'
- Ottawa getting into the distressed loan business
- Loonie ends higher as oil prices rally
- Buffett, Pimco warn of greenback's decline
- Swiss bank to give U.S. details on 4,500 accounts
- FNX equity issue raises M&A chances, analysts say
- Higher earnings seen for banks
- US consumers to benefit as credit card law debuts
- Hidden toll on China's economic backbone
- Germany's Merkel again most powerful woman: Forbes
- RIM flying the national-interest flag on Nortel
- Video appears in paper magazines
- New mosquito repellents beat DEET
- Sweet temptation? How gazing at cake helps you lose weight

eNews - 08-19-2009 'Anemic' growth likely for years to come: IMF

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- 'Anemic' growth likely for years to come: IMF
- Canada's inflation story: food is up, gas is down
- Natural gas prices can't find a bottom
- Jonathan Chevreau: Grey area of what bank branches can and cannot
sell
- What do Chinese farmers have to do with the price of copper?
Plenty
- Scotiabank CEO Rick Waugh picking winners in wealth management
race
- Some little guys do dish out the dividends
- Could hybrids and a weaker yen propel Toyota back into profit?
- Auto repair chains grab share from dealers
- BoE split over money injection
- Nigeria threatens largest debtors
- Trustee lays out Jones scheme stretching back to 1980s
- How Wal-Mart, Amazon, and General Mills win amid turbulence
- Golf rated 'big industry' in first national survey
- Apple, RIM, Palm get wet kiss from RBC

SLS eNews - 08-18-2009 World markets recover poise after selloff

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- World markets recover poise after selloff
- Scotiabank jumps into home, auto insurance fray
- As evidence of growth spreads, so does fear about second dip in recession
- Desjardins Group announces surplus earnings of $338mn for Q2
- Stronger CIBC can afford growth: analysts
- CIT Group wraps debt purchase, dodges bankruptcy
- Money market funds lose favour as investors buy for the long term
- With credit tight, Fed extends consumer loan plan
- Brace for commercial foreclosures: report
- Brazil seeks more control of oil beneath its seas
- IBM bets on Brazilian innovation
- US banker found guilty of fraud
- Man accused over America's biggest credit card identity fraud
- Fortune smiles on RIM's growth
- Many students say cash won't last past Christmas - RBC poll

eNews - 08-17-2009 Japan pulls out of recession, but outlook shaky

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- Japan pulls out of recession, but outlook shaky
- Canadians upbeat about recovery
- Housing, manufacturing data point to end of Canadian recession: economists
- Consumer demand remains weak
- June posted the biggest drop in consumer prices since 1955
- U.S. stock futures point to plunge
- In Calgary, a litmus test of consumer strength
- Mexico: a glimmer of good news in a gloomy economy
- Mexico in major customs shake-up
- The paper that doesn't want to be free
- 'Free' business model can backfire
- Two Canada banks top list of Allied Irish suspects
- Canada loses out as U.S. ups "green" ante
- Poor economy hammers health of Canadians, survey shows
- Why be an ethical company? They're stronger and last longer
- Microsoft 'unlikely to pay' damages to Toronto firm in patent case
- Be afraid: mathematical modelling of zombie attacks

eNews - 08-14-2009 Bank customers happy, survey suggests

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- You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again
- Breakfast Can Wait. The Day's First Stop Is Online.
- Google Adds Social Networking To Personalized Home Page
- Microsoft Adds New Parallel Programming Support to Visual Studio
- USAA launches iPhone cheque deposit app

eNews for 08-14-2009
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- Bank customers happy, survey suggests
- Moving up in the world as rivals fall
- Eurozone prices mark record fall in July: EU
- New Magna proposal clears hurdles
- Recovery in Europe sparks commodity rally in Canada
- Canadian consumers upbeat about the economy's future: survey
- In tough times, movies still rake it in
- A different kind of credit-card company
- BlackBerry Bluetooth watch incoming
- Bald penguin gets sunburn wetsuit
- Well-timed photo intrusion turns Banff squirrel into Internet
celebrity

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 08-13-2009 Germany and France post surprise growth

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- Germany and France post surprise growth
- U.S. Fed signals stimulus exit plan
- Fed's low loan rate, better outlook boost markets
- BCE, Telus shares rise on merger speculation
- Manulife buys AIC as Lee-Chin retreats
- Canada Pension Plan assets trail market rebound
- Rating cut fresh blow for ABCP investors
- More proof that beaten-up banks are beautiful
- Microsoft, Nokia, and Google take aim at RIM
- Scotiabank and First Atlantic Commerce offer 3-D Secure solutions
across the English Caribbean Region
- Scotia Capital forms strategic alliance with NYFIX to deliver IOI
service
- Millions of missing fish signal crisis on the Fraser River
- Cheesy collateral keeps Italian credit flowing amid recession
- Patients are reminded of aspirin's risks
- Neanderthals weren't wild about Brussels sprouts either

eNews - 08-12-2009 Personal bankruptcies surge 51%

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- Personal bankruptcies surge 51%
- Caisse takes $5.7-billion hit
- Profit taking, financial fears nip at TSX
- Flaherty calls economic signs encouraging, tentative
- 'Fragile recovery' for UK economy
- CI profit rises in Q2, just below estimates
- Scotiabank eyes bigger stake in China
- A top Madoff aide shatters the silence
- Overtime looms as workplace issue: Study
- Harper signs trade deal with Panama
- PM stands firm on Nortel
- Kia sets new profit record
- Leaner IBM 'looks where the puck is going'
- Canada's cellphone rates among highest
- Study suggests binge drinking affects memory

eNews - 08-11-2009 Fed expected to stay course towards 'fragile' recovery

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- Fed expected to stay course towards 'fragile' recovery
- Banks have much to offer China: Flaherty
- Judge questions, delays BofA settlement
- Why sugar's high will leave you low at the gas pump
- Price wars grip Canada's grocery stores
- 'Buy American' won't endanger Canadian trade: Obama
- Scotiabank Group receives three prestigious awards for internet
banking
- Investors take profits, nudge Toronto stocks lower
- Canadian currency declines for third day as stocks, crude fall
- China makes unexpected grab for Canadian miner
- B.C. emerges as major natural gas player
- RDSP holders still waiting
- Brazil's coming rebound
- What's in a name? The sweet smell of cash
- Can a bank be youth-friendly?
- Optimistic women 'live longer'
- Average dog smart as a two-year-old

eNews - 08-10-2009 U.S. celebrates dramatic jobs improvement

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- U.S. celebrates dramatic jobs improvement
- CanWest, CRTC to talk ownership
- Effort to rein in pay on Wall Street hits new hurdle
- Do Fannie and Freddie need a 'bad bank?'
- Investors take a shine to Canadian small caps
- Life insurance industry pushes pension fix
- Bank lobbyists winning battle against regulation
- Bank will allow customers to deposit checks by iPhone
- B.C. credit union urges customers to pay more
- Climate change could heat up economy, create jobs
- 'We don't count the women'
- gender inequality in Japanese companies
- People 'get happier as they age'
- Recession spurs Americans to brush up on manners
- How to improve your memory
- Mouse builds nest egg in ATM with $20 bills

eNews - 08-07-2009 Job losses deeper than feared

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Online Banking's Next Growth Spurt: Gen Y
- P2P Transfers Become a Bank Reality
- The New Bank Branch
- Internet Cafes and Rent-a-Rooms
- The Family That Facebooks Together...
- U.S. Marines Ban Twitter, MySpace, Facebook

eNews for 08-07-2009
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- Job losses deeper than feared
- Number of Canadian credit delinquents soars
- TSX rally dies after life insurer slashes dividend
- Nortel deal could open a can of political worms
- Fight over EI reform sparks election talk
- U.S. consumer sentiment rebounds from summer doldrums, according to RBC index
- Emerging markets: irrationally exuberant?
- Manulife stock stung by 50% cut in dividend
- SEC slaps Greenberg on AIG accounting
- Moody's warns it may downgrade Mexico's big banks
- IDB's board approves temporary increase in Canada's callable capital
- 'Massive attack' strikes websites
- Avoiding Europe's carbon trading missteps
- Pizza or salad? Depends on who you eat with
- Ottawa gets 50M doses to fend off swine flu
- Clever crows prove Aesop's fable is more than fiction
- Burger King: No shoes rule taken too far with baby

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 08-06-2009 Flaherty turns page with mission to China

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- Flaherty turns page with mission to China
- July car sales boost feeling worst is over
- Bank dividends: Onward and upward?
- MPs to grill top executives about Nortel asset auction
- RBC to offer both Visa, MasterCard products
- BoE takes big step to boost UK economy, holds rates
- Old banks, new lending tricks
- Clunkers driving U.S. economy
- $2 bn in grants to bolster U.S. manufacturing of parts for electric cars
- Equity markets boost Sun Life profit
- BCE reports $346-million profit
- Cost of cable services rises
- High demand leaves some Alberta gas stations empty
- Deal expected to protect Quebec forests
- CIBC memo takes the cake

eNews - 08-05-2009 TSX tops 11,000, first time in 10 months

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- TSX tops 11,000, first time in 10 months
- U.S. consumer spending edges up
- Canadian bank targets raised but caution remains
- S.E.C. starts crackdown on 'flash' trading
- Economy tops agenda as Canada's premiers gather
- SEC fines GE $50 million for accounting misdeeds
- GM, Germany, bidders hold new Opel talks
- Flaherty aims to cool loonie
- Scotia gets higher earnings from Mexican bank
- Global travel takes a dive
- The best place to hide money: conversation with a burglar
- Middle-income family spends $221,000 to raise baby
- Brace yourself, Canada, grocery bills may not skyrocket
- Is urban beekeeping the new buzz?
- Study finds link between drinking and cancer

eNews - 08-04-2009 World stocks up on recovery hopes

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- World stocks up on recovery hopes
- Banks, brokerages in ABCP saga named
- Bank of America agrees to pay $33M U.S. fine
- HSBC, Barclays profits hit by bad debt surge
- End of U.S. housing slump? Not exactly
- Employment strength 'the missing link' for economic recovery
- Toyota's loss smaller than expected
- Few bumps in la belle province's recession ride
- Is the emerging-markets rally for real?
- You better shop around
- UK savers get 21bn pounds compensation
- 'Missing link' work of Mozart, aged 8, played for first time in Salzburg
- Domestic dog origins challenged
- Kentucky Fried Chicken meal 'caused brain damage'
- Study: kids aren't getting enough vitamin D

eNews - 07-31-2009 Canadian banks pass S&P stress tests

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- Canadian banks pass S&P stress tests
- Two-thirds of Canadian industries cut jobs in May
- Forecasts see Canada provincial economies mending
- '$10 trillion' credit crunch cost
- Cuomo probes bonuses at bailout banks
- 'Clunkers' auto rebate plan so popular that it's broke
- Energy giants hunker down to slash costs
- UK banking reform 'largely cosmetic'
- EU nations warned to shore up banks
- Pensions funds sue Manulife
- Broker faces new charges over clients
- Movie posters yield blockbuster returns
- Wheat board reports highest exports in nine years, near record revenue
- World's fisheries at risk of collapse, but recovery is possible: study
- Sea animals change climate via flutters and flaps?

eNews will not be published on Monday, August 3 due to the Civic Holiday.

Have a great long weekend!

eNews - 07-30-2009 Canada-U.S. price gap narrows

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- Canada-U.S. price gap narrows
- US Fed sees signs that the economy is stabilizing
- Flaherty no wet blanket: economists
- Bernanke bids adieu to Canadian holdings
- Settlements of up to $400M sought in ABCP saga
- Air Canada lands $1-billion reprieve
- Mexico's economy to shrink in 2009
- Daimler and Peugeot report losses, but both offer optimism
- Cash For Clunkers bringing back US car buyers
- Shell cuts jobs as profits plunge 70%
- Sony posts $390.5 million loss- Battle for the wealthy
- Women thriving in a man's world
- Eau no! Perfume spray sparks panic at bank
- Earth landing for 'space cheese'

eNews - 07-29-2009 EI claims peak, Flaherty warns more to come

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- EI claims peak, Flaherty warns more to come
- TSX drops nearly 200 points
- Magna's Opel bid hits roadblock
- China, U.S. stake out currency, climate positions at talks
- Credit crisis: don't blame accounting rules
- Pension liability clouds Nortel auction
- Yahoo gives in to Microsoft, gives up on search
- Bank of America may trim branches as customers use web, phones
- Bank's offer of big-wheel privileges was too late- Colombian peso to drop as rally prompts bank concern
- C$ lower as U.S. consumer confidence weighs
- Counterfeiters target the euro
- Cadbury profit triples as chocolate sales boom
- Big spenders tend to marry big savers, researchers find
- Warning: Your GPS doesn't do spellchecks

eNews - 07-28-2009 Signs of stability and an economic bottom

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- Signs of stability and an economic bottom
- Financials shine in a lacklustre session
- Surging dollar isn't the poison it's cracked up to be
- U.S. rule on 'naked' short-selling now permanent
- HSBC Canada results bode well for CIBC, National Bank
- Ottawa looks at keeping Nortel Canadian
- Canadian National outshines U.S. rivals
- Global tech rebounds, report says
- Cott frets as titans head down market
- Rogers boosts profit, but slashes outlook
- Verizon profit down, looks to cut 8,000 jobs
- Chinese Warren Buffett faces judgement in U.S.
- Fugitive financial adviser Earl Jones arrested
- Swine flu could hit up to 40 per cent in U.S.
- Divorce is bad for your health, study says

Good morning! TSX Composite YTD 18.92%. Market recovered 42% since the market low in March. Have a good week!

eNews - 07-27-2009 Canadian dollar hits highest level since October

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- Canadian dollar hits highest level since October
- Ericsson makes plans, but RIM won't give up
- World stocks hit nine-month high on recovery hopes
- Stock market surge to boost Canada life insurers
- Bernanke sees high jobless rate, even in recovery
- Nine central banks join settlement systems group
- China revs up its dealmaking machine
- CIBC surges ahead on electronic trading strategy
- Scotiabank joins forces with international payment gateway, First Atlantic Commerce
- Toyota becomes Canada's top vehicle producer
- India's Tata Motors profit jumps 58%
- Lawmakers: Calif. budget crisis resolved, for now
- British economists send apology to queen
- When it comes to good acronyms, government can be AWOL
- $190,000 withdrawn in $20 bills

eNews - 07-24-2009 The recession is over. Cue the painful recovery

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- The recession is over. Cue the painful recovery
- Regulators target dealers over ABCP
- Commodity prices continue to rise: Scotiabank
- EU sets new bank bail-out rules
- HSBC Canada profit falls
- Mexico inflation slows in early July on recession
- Dark days for Canadian insurers
- Via strike looms as talks break off
- West Coast jumps on harmonized sales tax bandwagon
- New cheque scam making the rounds
- Rogers vs. Bell: Duelling ads confuse
- Europe's jobless youth
- Best and worst mid-year performance review comments
- U. K. study seeking women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year
- What breakfast cereal has to do with heart failure

Have a great weekend!

eNews - 07-23-2009 Retail sales rise more than expected in May

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- Retail sales rise more than expected in May
- GM, Ford count on India, China to offset U.S. slump
- US bank earnings: no 2Q bonanza
- Ericsson joins global bidding war for Nortel
- Bailout risk: $23.7 trillion? More like $3 trillion
- Ottawa says premiers close to deal on good will gesture not to discriminate against U.S.
- Small caps ready for cyclical rebound
- Japan's export fall less severe as recession eases
- IMF shines a light on China's rising star
- Bankers: The new lawyers
- Ex-banker admits stealing $819,000
- TD Canada Trust launches interactive website for customers experiencing financial hardship
- Japanese companies address baby shortage
- UK pubs are closing, but who cares?
- As Canadian as salt? Study finds more in our food