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In a sign of growing economic ties, China allows direct currency trading with New Zealand + MORE Mar 19th
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – In another sign of growing economic ties, China on Wednesday allowed its currency to be directly traded with New Zealand’s.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced the start of trading during a trip to China.
Previously, a company that needed to trade New .... More »
Russia-Ukraine live updates: NATO chief tells Russia it cannot win nuclear war - The Globe and Mail Mar 23rd
Russia-Ukraine live updates: NATO chief tells Russia it cannot win nuclear war The Globe and MailNATO calls on China to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine Reuters.comCan China broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine? The GuardianChina and Russia's military relationship.... More »
Toronto brokerage firm Canaccord to cut 4% of global capital markets staff + MORE Feb 2nd
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., a Vancouver-based wealth management company, is shrinking its global capital markets staff by four per cent, it announced Sunday..... More »
Vulnerability of indebted households to hit ‘historic’ levels as rates rise: PBO + MORE Jun 21st
The expected, gradual rise of interest rates over the next few years is poised to push the financial vulnerability of indebted Canadian households well above levels seen over the last three decades, warns a new analysis.
A report released Tuesday by the parliamentary budget officer predicted househo.... More »
Caisse sells Empress Hotel in Victoria; purchase price not disclosed + MORE Jul 3rd
VICTORIA, Minn. – Ivanhoe Cambridge, the real estate arm of Quebec pension fund manager the Caisse de depot, has sold The Empress Hotel in Victoria to real estate developer Nat Bosa and his wife Flora.
Cushman & Wakefield, which acted on behalf of Ivanhoe Cambridge, did not disclose the sa.... More »
90 days – 1.60%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-03-07. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
30 days – 1.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Weekend Readings
– IntelligentSpeculator.net

Happy Friday!!! I hope you all made it out of the Holidays alive and well:) I gathered a few good readings but also wanted to share this epic answer to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks.. haha
General Readings
-Wolf of Wall Street review @ ReformedBroker
-Why I’m interested in Bitcoin @ ChrisDixon
Dividend & Passive Income Readings
-Best 2014 Dividend Income Stocks @ TheDividendGuyBlog
Tech Stock Readings
-US to China: We hacked that gear we told you not to hack @ Wired
-The Black car company people love to hate @ NextCity
-Amazon about to get involved into shipping? @ TechCrunch
-Apple (AAPL) denies working with NSA on backdoor @ AllThingsD
credits: MostlyLisa.com
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120 days – 1.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-10-17. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Canada’s investment banking fees drop 10 per cent
– theglobeandmail.com
Though the global figure is up, a slowdown in resource deals hit Canada’s finance industry in 2013


