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Loonie gains strength but remains near 11-year lows, index futures positive + MORE Dec 22nd
TORONTO – The Canadian dollar strengthened Tuesday but remained near 11-year lows.
The loonie traded at 71.84 cents US, up 0.23 from Monday’s close.
The Dow Jones futures were up 21.0 points at 17,199.0, the S&P 500 futures advanced 2.0 points to 2,016.9 and the Nasdaq gained 1.5 poi.... More »
Canadian marijuana stocks have a serious accounting problem + MORE Jan 24th
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Depending on your point of view, the burgeoning marijuana industry in Canada is either an unprecedented opportunity to rake in huge profits as recreational use becomes legal, or a speculative bubble that will eventually pop. When forensic accountant Al Rosen looks at the sec.... More »
'I welcome a dust-off' of NAFTA, says Bank of Canada's Stephen Poloz - CBC.ca + MORE Mar 28th
CBC.ca'I welcome a dust-off' of NAFTA, says Bank of Canada's Stephen PolozCBC.caBank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said Tuesday there could be room to improve the North American Free Trade Agreement. He was speaking after a speech in which he praised free trade, foreign investment,.... More »
First lady Melania Trump launches 'Be Best' campaign for children - Globalnews.ca + MORE May 8th
Globalnews.caFirst lady Melania Trump launches 'Be Best' campaign for childrenGlobalnews.caU.S. First Lady Melania Trump announced a new “Be Best” campaign aimed at children's wellness. “I feel strongly that as adults, we can and should 'be best' at educating our child.... More »
Senior cardinal convicted of embezzlement in historic Vatican fraud trial - Al Jazeera English Dec 16th
Senior cardinal convicted of embezzlement in historic Vatican fraud trial Al Jazeera EnglishVatican’s ‘trial of the century’ sees cardinal given five-and-a-half-year jail sentence CNNSenior cardinal found guilty of embezzlement in Vatican corruption trial CBC.c.... More »
Hyundai Motor’s 4Q profit up 13 per cent but 2013 profit inches down
– canadianbusiness.com
SEOUL, South Korea – Hyundai Motor Co. said its fourth-quarter profit increased 13 per cent over a year earlier thanks to higher overseas sales.
But its earnings for the whole of 2013 fell, underlining Hyundai’s waning popularity among Korean consumers and labour strife.
South Korea’s largest automaker said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit reached 2.1 trillion won ($2 billion) compared with 1.9 trillion won a year earlier.
Hyundai’s 2013 profit dropped 1 per cent to 9 trillion won. Hyundai blamed lower demand from domestic consumers and production disruptions caused by strikes. Automakers from Europe and the U.S. expanded their sales in South Korea by introducing cheaper models and benefiting from free trade deals that phased out tariffs.
Hyundai, the maker of Genesis sedan, also attributed currency rates for its lower annual profit. The South Korean won posted gains against the U.S. dollar while Japanese automakers enjoyed the benefits of a cheaper yen as a result of the Bank of Japan’s aggressive monetary easing…
But its earnings for the whole of 2013 fell, underlining Hyundai’s waning popularity among Korean consumers and labour strife.
South Korea’s largest automaker said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit reached 2.1 trillion won ($2 billion) compared with 1.9 trillion won a year earlier.
Hyundai’s 2013 profit dropped 1 per cent to 9 trillion won. Hyundai blamed lower demand from domestic consumers and production disruptions caused by strikes. Automakers from Europe and the U.S. expanded their sales in South Korea by introducing cheaper models and benefiting from free trade deals that phased out tariffs.
Hyundai, the maker of Genesis sedan, also attributed currency rates for its lower annual profit. The South Korean won posted gains against the U.S. dollar while Japanese automakers enjoyed the benefits of a cheaper yen as a result of the Bank of Japan’s aggressive monetary easing…
90 days – 3.00%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-01-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 1.55%
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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.
Executive Pay at Canadian Public Companies – More Good than Bad
– http://canadianfinancialdiy.blogspot.ca
One of the problems with studies like the one The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Hugh Mackenzie has come out with, All in a Day’s Work? (CEO Pay in Canada), is that it tars all companies and their executives with the same black brush. As I compiled the data to do some posts (Over-paid CEOs, Fairly-paid CEOs) on my other blog about the really bad (at least from an investor’s viewpoint) companies and some good companies, there was some data that I did not use on the pay received by the companies’ Named Executive Officers (NEOs) i.e. the top managers.The DataMy data looks at the change between 2007, in the heady good time just before the financial crisis and the stock market was at a peak, to 2012. So it isn’t taking a market low for stock prices that company executives could easily beat just by hanging around through the recovery.There are 39 companies in the table, a mix of big ones, such as are in Mackenzie’s list (8 of his top 10), but also smaller ones. It was not scientifically systematic or randomly chosen, I was looking for especially good or bad performers…Continue Reading On http://canadianfinancialdiy.blogspot.ca »
5.5 year – 2.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2013-12-17. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
