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– theglobeandmail.com
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
– canadianbusiness.com
Toronto Stock Exchange (13,494.36, down 9.62 points):
GeneNews Ltd. (TSX:GEN). Health-care. Up six cents, or 52.17 per cent, to 17.5 cents on 9.1 million shares.
Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. (TSX:PRE). Oil and gas. Up 17 cents, or 25.76 per cent, to 83 cents on 8.6 million shares.
Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down three cents, or 0.67 per cent, to $4.43 on 7.5 million shares.
Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE). Oil and gas. Down 20 cents, or 5.81 per cent, to $3.24 on 7.2 million shares.
Pengrowth Energy Corp. (TSX:PGF). Oil and gas. Up 17 cents, or 11.11 per cent, to $1.70 on 5.9 million shares.
Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA). Oil and gas. Up 25 cents, or 3.26 per cent, to $7.92 on 5.8 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
Cara Operations Ltd. (TSX:CAO). Restaurants. Up $2.50, or 9.38 per cent, to $29.15 on 333,761 shares. The owner of Swiss Chalet and a number of other widely known restaurant brands is buying St-Hubert for $537 million, giving it a major presence in Quebec, including a chain of franchised restaurants, a food manufacturing and distribution business and about 10,000 employees…
Free tax software or hire an accountant?
– moneysense.ca
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TORONTO – With tax season upon us, some Canadians may be exploring new options for filing their returns this year.
Should you hire an accountant? Or do them yourself on a computer or on paper? Experts say the answer to that question depends on how complicated your financial situation is and how comfortable you are with taking on the task.
Last year, the Canada Revenue Agency received 23.4 million (81 per cent) electronic returns compared with 5.4 million (19 per cent) paper returns. It notes that the number of people filing their personal tax returns electronically, either on their own or via a tax professional, has been steadily increasing over the past five years.
Adriana Harper with H&R Block says Canadians who are looking to save money at tax time can consider using readily available free software…
