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Snap Inc tumbles after trailing estimates for new users and sales, competition from Facebook - Financial Post + MORE May 10th
Financial PostSnap Inc tumbles after trailing estimates for new users and sales, competition from FacebookFinancial PostSnap Inc.'s Snapchat app added fewer users than projected in the first quarter, a sign that the young company may have trouble expanding its audience as social-media giant Fac.... More »
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Sleep Country public offering expected to raise more than $300 million + MORE Jul 10th
TORONTO – Sleep Country Canada Holdings expects to generate more than $300 million in gross proceeds from the company’s return to public markets.
Canada’s largest mattress retailer said Friday that it will issue 17.65 million shares at a price of $17 per share.
The offering is made.... More »
TD, RBC second-quarter profit bump helped by rising rates, macro environment May 24th
Two of Canada's biggest banks reported second-quarter earnings Thursday that benefited from bigger profit margins on the back of rising interest rates, though the bump could be less pronounced in coming quarters as pressure mounts for banks to raise the interest rates they pay on dep.... More »
Getting married? Better update your financial plan + MORE Jun 18th
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You’ve talked about old girlfriends and boyfriends. You’ve talked about whether you want children. You’ve talked about your mothers.
Now financial advisers say a discussion about money should be high on your to-do list before tying the knot this summer.
Sophie Salci.... More »
Political outsider Yanis Varoufaki takes starring role in Greek crisis
– theglobeandmail.com
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.
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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.
