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Experts say an increasing number of first-time homebuyers are contemplating buying real estate with platonic friends, not life partners, as sky-high prices in markets such as Toronto and Vancouver have eroded affordability.
Twitter has reported dismal user figures — 310 million, up from 305 million a year ago but down from 320 million in the fourth quarter — as earnings topped Wall Street expectations but revenues came up short.
OTTAWA – Corporate Canada increased spending in its ten favourite tax havens by 17 per cent in 2015, according to new figures on direct foreign investment released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
Canadians for Tax Fairness crunched the numbers and found that Canadian corporations invested almost $40 billion last year in the top 10 tax haven destinations for Canadian capital — taking investment totals since 1990 to $270.2 billion.
Barbados has been the top destination, attracting $79.9 billion in total while seeing its numbers climb 14 per cent in 2015.
Four other countries in Canada’s top 10 — Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Switzerland and Hong Kong — all saw year-over-year increases of at least 34 per cent last year.
“The money doesn’t just stay there, it goes on to somewhere else,” Dennis Howlett, the CEO of the Tax Fairness advocacy group, said in an interview.
“But (corporations) route it through tax havens usually because there are tax advantages for doing so…
OSC has failed to prove Sino-Forest founder committed fraud: lawyer
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Allen Chan and four other senior executives are accused of misleading investors by overstating company’s revenues and assets
Alberta’s finance minister vows to reclaim AAA investment-grade rating
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Joe Ceci says he will reduce expenditures and ensure a diversified economy after the province suffered two credit downgrades this month
