Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Talking drugs and politics: The Jean Coutu Group holds its annual meeting Tuesday after reporting its first-quarter results. The Quebec-based drug chain has been one
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Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Talking drugs and politics: The Jean Coutu Group holds its annual meeting Tuesday after reporting its first-quarter results. The Quebec-based drug chain has been one
Ottawa Citizen owner Postmedia turns $13M net profit in Q3 after cutting costs
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is reporting a $13-million net profit in its fiscal third quarter, as cost savings more than offset an 11.1 per cent
Ottawa Citizen owner Postmedia turns $13M net profit in Q3 after cutting costs
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is reporting a $13-million net profit in its fiscal third quarter, as cost savings more than offset an 11.1 per cent
Microsoft laying off thousands of global workers in sales shakeup
Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected
What the looming rise in interest rates mean for Canada’s mortgage market
Canadians are starting to take note that the key number determining how much they pay for a mortgage is very likely going to soon go
China fears cyberattacks designed to steal tech, Beijing’s envoy in Ottawa says
China fears cyberattacks because it is creating cutting-edge technology that others will want to steal, says its envoy to Canada, a rebuttal of the widely
Mid-year Canadian auto sales hit 1M mark for first time
Despite slumping passenger car sales, for the first time more than one million new vehicles have been sold in Canada by the midway mark of
Canadian IPO market recovering after dismal 2016: PwC report
PwC says the initial public offering market in Canada has bounced back, posting a steady recovery through the first half of the year after a
Rosy economic data, central bank survey back expectations of interest rate hike
Sturdy economic growth and a central bank survey showing renewed business optimism reinforced expectations that Canada’s first interest rate hike since 2010 could be less
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