Hidden Camera Investigation Uncovers ‘atrocious' Investment Advice
As RRSP season closes and many Canadians prepare for tax time, a CBC Marketplace investigation reveals that financial advisers at some of Canada’s top banks and firms are giving consumers inaccurate,...
View ArticleCanadian dollar charges ahead as data shows economy put in solid showing in '13
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was sharply higher Friday morning amid data showing the economy slowed more than expected in December but last year's growth still turned out to be the best since 2011.The...
View ArticleAfter weeks of snow, winter-weary Americans plead with travel agents: Get me...
CHICAGO - Shannon Frauenholtz has had it with winter. Barely able to stomach the television news with its images of snowbound cars, she heads to the tanning salon, closes her eyes and imagines she's...
View ArticleThe Most Luxurious Hotel Bathrooms In Las Vegas (PHOTOS)
(Relaxnews) - From Grecian marble columns and heated toilet seats to steam showers that feature colour therapy, some of the most over-the-top bathroom hotels in Las Vegas could be suites onto...
View ArticleCanada's Federal Surplus At $1.1-Billion In December, Up From $700-Million...
OTTAWA - The federal budget was in the black in December as Ottawa recorded a $1.1-billion surplus.That compares with a $700-million deficit recorded in December 2012.In its monthly Fiscal Monitor, the...
View ArticleCanada Job Grants: Provinces, Ottawa Reach Deal On Funding
OTTAWA - Ottawa has reached a deal on the Canada Job Grant with all the provinces and territories except Quebec, Employment Minister Jason Kenney said Friday."At the end of the day, this will be a...
View ArticleCMHC Raising Mortgage Insurance Rates
OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is raising the rates it charges to insure mortgage loans.The federal agency said Friday the new premiums will go into effect May 1 and apply to new mortgages,...
View ArticleTelus pulls out of telecom industry lobby group in surprise move
Major wireless carrier Telus, in a surprise move, has pulled out of the lobby group that represents the telecommunications industry, saying it can do a better job on behalf of customers on its...
View ArticleBig Telecom is Using Your Own Money To Keep You Trapped
It looks like the Big Three telecom giants are fighting hard to maintain their stranglehold over our wireless market, and over Canadians' wallets. The Big Three have been on the back foot since...
View ArticleBoomers Not Causing Rise In Youth Unemployment: Study
TORONTO - Baby boomers are often criticized for many of today's economic woes, from creating the national debt to driving up tuition costs. But studies are discounting one of the biggest complaints --...
View ArticleSuit: Sporting goods CEO pretended to be executive at rival to get secrets...
TRENTON, N.J. - The CEO of a sporting goods chain who once appeared on the TV show "Undercover Boss" pretended to be an executive from a rival company in an effort to get confidential information,...
View ArticleJason Kenney Links Income-Splitting To 'Stable Families'
OTTAWA - Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney has come out in vigorous support of his government's contentious income-splitting promise.Kenney says social research indicates that people who come...
View ArticleUkraine airline says Crimea airspace closed after gunmen show up at airports
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine International Airlines says it has cancelled flights to and from the regional capital of Crimea due to the closure of the airspace over the peninsula.The announcement, which did...
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Coal Fire Turns Australian Mine Into Mordor's Mount Doom
A fire at the the Hazelwood open-cut coal mine has turned a large swathe of Morwell, Australia into something out of J.R.R. Tolkien's Mordor. The fire at the mine has been blazing for three weeks and...
View ArticleCitigroup says Mexican fraud lowers bank's 2013 earnings
Citigroup reduced its 2013 earnings by $235 million on Friday, saying it was a victim of fraud committed by a Mexican oil services company to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in short-term...
View ArticleSigned contracts to buy US homes barely up; housing market starting 2014...
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a possible sign of a softening real estate market.The National Association of Realtors said...
View ArticleJAL Wins Title Of 'Most Reliable Airline' In Flightstats Study
(Relaxnews) - Japan Airlines has emerged as the most reliable carrier in the world, posting the best on-time performance. After collecting real-time flight status information of the top 200 airlines in...
View ArticleMulcair Warns Canada Job Grant Could Be Quebec Election Issue
MONTREAL - Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair warned Friday that the Conservative government has risked making its Job Grant program an issue in the Quebec election by going ahead without the...
View ArticleThe CBC Won't Talk To CBC Radio About Mansbridge's Speaking Fees
It seems that the CBC siblings aren't talking to each other. That is, at least when it comes to CBC TV's chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge and the controversy surrounding the news that he accepted a...
View ArticleCrude oil exists February with gain of 5%; naural gas off 7%
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil rose slightly Friday, finishing February with a gain of five per cent for the month.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery rose 19 cents to close...
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