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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- 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