Carson gets chance to talk issues in GOP debate – and leaves lots of policy details blank + MORE Nov 11th

Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (13,341.93, down 69.70 points):
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down five cents, or 3.45 per cent, to $1.40 on 6.8 million shares.
Element Financial Corp. (TSX:EFN). Financial Services. Up $1.45, or 8.76 per cent, to $18.00 on 5.4 million shares.
Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B). Miner. Down 49 cents, or 7.24 per cent, to $6.28 on 4.3 million shares.
Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Down 57 cents, or 9.39 per cent, to $5.50 on 4.3 million shares.
Whitecap Resources Inc. (TSX:WCP). Oil and gas. Down 89 cents, or 7.27 per cent, to $11.36 on 4.2 million shares.
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Up five cents, or 2.14 per cent, to $2.39 on 4.1 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Molson Coors Canada Inc. (TSX:TPX.B). Beverages. Up $5.64, or 4.81 per cent, to $122.97 on 4,914 shares. Molson Coors will nearly double its size once it completes a US$12-billion purchase that secures full ownership of its U…

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Typically, only a small portion of the funds raised by these lotteries ends up supporting charitable programs. The numbers tell the story. More than 20 of the largest 100 charities in Canada run lotteries, but half of them fail to get a 50% return on their investment. That’s lousy.
Several charity-run lotteries don’t even fare that well. The Heart and Stroke Foundation, for instance, spends $54 million to run its annual lottery, but only adds $9 million to its coffers after expenses. The return? A measly 18%. Why? Because despite what you may think, charities have to pay up front for all of those luxury homes and exotic cars they give away as prizes. Plus, they have to pay for marketing and administrative costs to make them successful.
So while the odds on these lotteries may be slightly better than what you might get from a ticket bought at your local convenience store, you’re still just gambling and there’s no certainty you’ll walk away with anything in the end…

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There’s something magical about the first snowfall of the season, when snowflakes meander down from the sky to cover the remnants of autumn in a white blanket. If you pause and take a close look at each flake, a world of beautiful crystals opens up. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, which makes it hard to pick a favourite.
In a similar way, it can be difficult to sort through the stock market to find the best prospects. That’s why we’re here to offer a helping hand with the 12th annual MoneySense All-Star guide to the Top 200 Canadian stocks. It’s packed full of just the sort of information investors crave and it includes an easy-to-use grading system.
We’re pleased to say our approach has weathered both good times and bad over the past 11 years. Our All-Star Stocks, which combine the best growth and value prospects, gained 15…

WASHINGTON – Ben Carson got the chance he wanted to talk substance in the latest Republican debate. Be careful what you ask for.
In his turns at the microphone, the popular political neophyte bobbled more than a few facts, struggled for coherence at times and offered a nearly blank slate on what he’d do as president about the Islamic State, big banks and other leading issues of the day.
The economy-focused debate gave the eight candidates a platform to lay out their policy in more detail than before, and Carson was hardly alone in making some flubs. But for a candidate who was overshadowed by louder rivals in past debates and slammed the focus in recent days on his biography, the forum laid bare a largely details-to-come policy agenda.
On Syria and Iraq, Carson proposed both making Islamic State militants “look like losers” and destroying them, leaving unstated whether he would go after them with propaganda or ground troops. He inveighed against banking regulations while indicating he would head off another financial crisis with new, though unspecified, regulation…

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