Tag Archives: Canada

Markets rally, oil prices top $100 a barrel

A decision to make it easier for banks to lend money to keep the economy growing by the Federal Reserve along with the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and central banks from Canada, Japan and Switzerland led to …

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Commodity based currencies up vs US dollar

There’s not to much activity happening for the U.S. dollar today as no new data on the state of the U.S. economy has been released to remind traders of the dismal state of the global markets.

Last week saw large …

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Bank of America selling Canadian credit card business to TD Canada Trust

Bank of America announced on Monday that it will sell its $8.6 billion credit card business to TD Bank Group in Canada and that it will further sell off its credit card businesses in the UK and Ireland.

 

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Loonie drops on fears of U.S. recession

The Canadian dollar wiped out most of yesterday’s gains following the Federal Reserve’s indication that its biggest trade partners economy was slowing down.

The Fed announced on tuesday it would keep interest rates at near zero for an additional two …

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FedEx to raise freight unit shipping costs

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) announced on monday that it will raise the prices on it freight unit by 6.75 percent on the majority of its North American shipping. The new prices are set to go into effect starting on September 6th and …

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Lonnie drops after decline in economic output during May

A decline in the production of mining, oil and gas during may all lead to pulling the loonie down against the U.S. dollar on friday.

A report showed that Canada economy actually contracted during the month of may leading to …

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