Economic news
December 4, 2008
Thailand’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by the most ever to support an economy ravaged by domestic political turmoil and the global […]
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November 5, 2008
Owners of apartment buildings in the St. Louis area have been able to command increasing rents in the last few years, but that may […]
economics, management - Comments closed
October 28, 2008
CALGARY–Suncor Energy Inc. has cut its capital spending target for 2009 by more than one-third to $6 billion.
Sixty per cent of the total […]
October 23, 2008
Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) slashed its annual operating profit forecast by 57 percent to far below market expectations, citing a […]
October 21, 2008
The Toronto stock market surged almost 300 points yesterday, led by big gains in energy stocks after oil prices turned around following steep losses in […]
economics - Comments closed
October 11, 2008
CB Richard Ellis Inc. has laid off an undisclosed number of employees as part of a national restructuring plan.
Robert W. McGrath, spokesman for CB Richard […]
economics - Comments closed
October 2, 2008
CHICAGO–Former newspaper executive David Radler, who was jailed at a Pennsylvania federal prison, has been turned over to Canadian authorities.
Radler, 65, was released […]
economics - Comments closed
September 25, 2008
TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission has followed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in easing last week's ban on short-selling of financial-industry stocks […]
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September 20, 2008
How much stock-market risk can you stomach?
There’s a tendency to overestimate your risk tolerance when stocks are going up.
But after an earth-shaking week when stocks […]
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September 19, 2008
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic took radical steps to restore confidence in battered financial markets on Thursday, as the United States proposed […]