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Two ways to lower risk in your investment portfolio with ETFs Nov 8th
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Resolutions for dividend investors like me + MORE Feb 1st
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Ann, Endo, Media General, Eleven Biotherapeutics and JA Solar are big market movers
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Ann Inc., up $7.69 to $46.40
The Ascena Retail Group is buying the owner of Ann Taylor and Loft in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2.16 billion.
Media General Inc., up 93 cents to $16.37
The television station operator said it is opening a new Washington, D.C., bureau and named Jim Osman as the bureau chief.
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., down 11 cents to $2.08
The educational entertainment company delayed reporting its fourth-quarter financial results as it conducts a required asset test.
Nasdaq
Endo International PLC, down $4.58 to $80.77
The drug developer will spend about $8.05 billion to buy Par Pharmaceutical as it pushes further into the generic-drug market.
Eleven Biotherapeutics Inc., down $8.28 to $3.69
The biopharmaceutical company’s key drug candidate failed to meet its primary goals in a pivotal late-stage clinical trial.
JA Solar Holdings Co…
NYSE
Ann Inc., up $7.69 to $46.40
The Ascena Retail Group is buying the owner of Ann Taylor and Loft in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2.16 billion.
Media General Inc., up 93 cents to $16.37
The television station operator said it is opening a new Washington, D.C., bureau and named Jim Osman as the bureau chief.
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., down 11 cents to $2.08
The educational entertainment company delayed reporting its fourth-quarter financial results as it conducts a required asset test.
Nasdaq
Endo International PLC, down $4.58 to $80.77
The drug developer will spend about $8.05 billion to buy Par Pharmaceutical as it pushes further into the generic-drug market.
Eleven Biotherapeutics Inc., down $8.28 to $3.69
The biopharmaceutical company’s key drug candidate failed to meet its primary goals in a pivotal late-stage clinical trial.
JA Solar Holdings Co…
Shopify IPO could pave the way for Canadian tech startups
– theglobeandmail.com
The retail software company, which doubled its revenue in each of the past two years, is expected to begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange
Oil-and-gas lobbyists gear up for Alberta NDP’s royalty review
– theglobeandmail.com
Companies will frame the debate in the context of depressed crude oil prices, sector cutbacks in capital spending and the need to compete globally for investment capital
Median price for U.S. vacation homes: US$150,000
– moneysense.ca
U.S. investment and vacation homes still popular (Getty Images / Tom Merton)Were you brave enough to jump in and purchase one or more U.S. vacation homes just after the real estate market tanked in 2007? Or did you wait and purchase state-side property at rock-bottom prices in 2012? A new survey by the U.S.-based National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that a few number of cash-flush people flocked to the United States to purchase vacation property last year.
According to NAR, vacation sales were up by more than 50% in 2014, compared with 2013 sales and of all the homes bought and sold in 2014, a full 21% were for vacation purposes. The survey also shows that the median price for all these homes was a mere US$150,000 with a median size of 1,500 square feet. The most popular location type for these vacation home purchases was a beach-front spot. However, another interesting statistic from this survey prompts the question: Who’s actually buying up all the U.S. vacation homes? That’s because the 2015 Investment & Vacation Home Buyers Survey reported that the median distance these vacation homes were from the buyer’s principal residence was 200 miles (or approximately 320 kilometres)…
Kathleen Wynne touts Ontario’s investment potential in U.S.
– theglobeandmail.com
Premier pitching her province as a sophisticated high-tech destination and a leader in climate change policy in North America
