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90 days - 1.80% + MORE Apr 5th
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2015-03-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
B.C. to outline financial support for renters impacted by coronavirus crisis - Global News Mar 25th
B.C. to outline financial support for renters impacted by coronavirus crisis Global NewsB.C. bans majority of evictions during COVID-19 pandemic CBC.caB.C. to announce help for renters, landlords amid COVID-19 financial crunch CTV NewsHome evictions rising in Covid-1.... More »
Can big corporate earnings jolt the lagging Canadian market? + MORE Jul 24th
Companies scheduled to unveil their quarterly financial results represent a wide cross-section of the S&P/TSX composite index, following a trickle of results last week
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How can my stock losses be used to lower taxes? Sep 17th
Q. I just received a report from my brokerage noting the value of one of my investments was cut in half. Can this loss report be used to lower taxes and how does that work? I understand there is also a specific form used for Canada Revenue, but I’m not sure which ones I need. Thanks, Lesli.... More »
‘It sucks:’ Hardisty, town at start of Keystone XL, takes stock of rejection Nov 7th
HARDISTY, Alta. – Lee Hayes and his coworker Dave Stuart have a blunt assessment of U.S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: “It sucks.”
The two 50-something men make their living maintaining equipment in the tiny, quiet town of Hardisty, Alta., wh.... More »
Political outsider Yanis Varoufaki takes starring role in Greek crisis
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Greece’s rookie finance minster playing a starring role in the most high-profile financial brinksmanship in recent times, reports Robert Everett-Green
Consumers look for exceptions to GM’s bankruptcy law protection in 2-day federal hearing
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A federal bankruptcy judge this week heard arguments from consumers who are suing General Motors, saying their cars dropped in value because of a defect with its ignition switches.
Attorneys for GM and several groups of plaintiffs argued before Judge Robert Gerber in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday and Wednesday. Gerber presided over GM’s swift bankruptcy sale in 2009. GM says it is protected by a bankruptcy shield, a set of rules that applies to companies that emerge from bankruptcy protection by buying good assets and leaving behind debt and bad assets.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that GM shouldn’t get that protection because the company engaged in fraud before and after the sale. They want GM to pay for the lost resale value of the plaintiffs’ cars and for loaner vehicles and repairs.
Large sums are at stake: General Motors Co., which emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, is now sitting on about $25 billion in cash…
Attorneys for GM and several groups of plaintiffs argued before Judge Robert Gerber in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday and Wednesday. Gerber presided over GM’s swift bankruptcy sale in 2009. GM says it is protected by a bankruptcy shield, a set of rules that applies to companies that emerge from bankruptcy protection by buying good assets and leaving behind debt and bad assets.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that GM shouldn’t get that protection because the company engaged in fraud before and after the sale. They want GM to pay for the lost resale value of the plaintiffs’ cars and for loaner vehicles and repairs.
Large sums are at stake: General Motors Co., which emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, is now sitting on about $25 billion in cash…
3.5 year – 2.30%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
4.5 year – 2.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
90 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.


