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Experts say dividend-paying stocks are not for everyone May 31st
How to go about securing the best return for your investment in Canada.
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A Guide To Private Money Lending + MORE Jan 30th
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Alibaba bets $590-million on becoming a smartphone player
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Investment in Meizu Technology gives e-commerce giant a key tool in its push to unlock more money from China’s half a billion smartphone users
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Global watchdog warns pace of reforms slowing among advanced economies
– canadianbusiness.com
ISTANBUL – Global growth is threatened by developed countries’ flagging efforts to reform their economies, a major international organization warned on Monday.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a think-tank dealing with the world’s developed countries, says in a report that the lagging attention to reform is preventing many advanced economies — particularly Europe and Japan — from returning to the growth rates they enjoyed before the financial crisis.
OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria called the development “not very encouraging.”
“There is this danger that we can move into long-term low growth or pretty flat growth,” he said in a press conference.
The report was released as finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 wealthy and developing nations began a two-day meeting in Istanbul. In a statement accompanying Monday’s report, the OECD’s chief economist, Catherine Mann warned of “growing difficulties by governments in pushing for reforms…
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a think-tank dealing with the world’s developed countries, says in a report that the lagging attention to reform is preventing many advanced economies — particularly Europe and Japan — from returning to the growth rates they enjoyed before the financial crisis.
OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria called the development “not very encouraging.”
“There is this danger that we can move into long-term low growth or pretty flat growth,” he said in a press conference.
The report was released as finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 wealthy and developing nations began a two-day meeting in Istanbul. In a statement accompanying Monday’s report, the OECD’s chief economist, Catherine Mann warned of “growing difficulties by governments in pushing for reforms…
TSX heads for lower open amid glum China data, Greece euro exit concerns
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market looked set to give back some of last week’s solid advance amid worry centred around whether Greece will exit the eurozone and subpar economic data from China.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.16 of a cent to 80.01 cents US amid rising prices for oil and metals.
New York futures were well in the red with the Dow Jones industrial futures down 72 points to 17,710, the Nasdaq futures were 14.7 points lower to 4,212.8 and the S&P 500 futures shed 9.1 points to 2,044.
Chinese trade data for January elevated worries about a deepening economic slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy. Imports tumbled 19.7 per cent from a year earlier on top of a decline of 2.4 per cent a month earlier. Exports dropped 3.2 per cent year-on-year, compared with a 9.7 rise in December.
However, analysts pointed out that China’s trade figures early in the year are often volatile because companies rush to fill orders before shutting down for the Lunar New Year, which falls in January or February…
The Canadian dollar rose 0.16 of a cent to 80.01 cents US amid rising prices for oil and metals.
New York futures were well in the red with the Dow Jones industrial futures down 72 points to 17,710, the Nasdaq futures were 14.7 points lower to 4,212.8 and the S&P 500 futures shed 9.1 points to 2,044.
Chinese trade data for January elevated worries about a deepening economic slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy. Imports tumbled 19.7 per cent from a year earlier on top of a decline of 2.4 per cent a month earlier. Exports dropped 3.2 per cent year-on-year, compared with a 9.7 rise in December.
However, analysts pointed out that China’s trade figures early in the year are often volatile because companies rush to fill orders before shutting down for the Lunar New Year, which falls in January or February…
