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CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises as heavyweight financials climb - Reuters + MORE Jan 13th
CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises as heavyweight financials climbReutersTORONTO Jan 13 Canada's main stock index rose on Friday as heavyweight financial shares climbed, offsetting losses for energy and mining stocks as commodities fell. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up.... More »
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today - The Globe and Mail Jul 17th
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today The Globe and MailNorth American stock markets extend rally as investors bet on Trump OrilliaMattersTSX Today: What to Watch for in Stocks on Tuesday, July 16 The Motley Fool CanadaS&P/TSX composit.... More »
What are the risks of trading crypto? + MORE Apr 20th
Thinking about getting into crypto? Bitcoin, ethereum and their multitude of smaller competitors have created a new world of investment opportunities. No doubt, the crypto economy is exciting, but proceed with caution. Cryptocurrencies are still considered highly speculative, and not only because of.... More »
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Intact Financial raises catastrophe loss estimate
– theglobeandmail.com
Property and casualty insurer hit by bad weather events and a fiery train derailment that devastated the town of Lac-Mégantic, Que., in early July
Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto CEO Yannis Mallat announced the $373-million investment this morning at the company’s Montreal headquarters, alongside several Parti Québécois cabinet ministers.
Canada Has Trade News–But not About a Deal with the EU
– blogs.wsj.com
Canada and Chile have expanded their 16-year-old trade pact to include financial services.
Jury picked for SEC’s lawsuit charging Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading
– canadianbusiness.com
DALLAS – Seven women and three men were picked Monday to decide the government’s lawsuit charging billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading.
The jury includes one man who said he was “leaning” toward Cuban’s side based on what he’d already heard about the case. One woman said she was “impressed” with Cuban as a man who stands up for his beliefs, and another called him “a nice guy.”
The makeup of the jury could represent another hurdle for Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers who will try the case before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater.
“It’s a very tough case for the SEC. The trial judge dismissed it once,” said Russell Duncan, a former federal prosecutor who tried financial-fraud cases. After Fitzwater dismissed the SEC lawsuit in 2009, an appeals court overturned his decision and sent the case back.
The SEC charged in a civil lawsuit that Cuban violated insider-trading rules in 2004 by selling his shares in a Canadian Internet company after learning confidentially about news that would send the shares down…
The jury includes one man who said he was “leaning” toward Cuban’s side based on what he’d already heard about the case. One woman said she was “impressed” with Cuban as a man who stands up for his beliefs, and another called him “a nice guy.”
The makeup of the jury could represent another hurdle for Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers who will try the case before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater.
“It’s a very tough case for the SEC. The trial judge dismissed it once,” said Russell Duncan, a former federal prosecutor who tried financial-fraud cases. After Fitzwater dismissed the SEC lawsuit in 2009, an appeals court overturned his decision and sent the case back.
The SEC charged in a civil lawsuit that Cuban violated insider-trading rules in 2004 by selling his shares in a Canadian Internet company after learning confidentially about news that would send the shares down…
‘Big Mick’ returns to mining – and he’s hungry for acquisitions
– theglobeandmail.com
The former Xstrata CEO has enlisted two big investors to provide the wherewithal to pounce on resource assets that the executives consider undervalued


