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Penn West shares plunge as it scrambles to avoid default
– theglobeandmail.com
Oil and gas producer’s stock was down nearly 25% in Toronto; company says it has hired financial advisers to help negotiate with lenders
Toronto, major U.S. stock indexes start the week with solid advance
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – Canada’s largest stock market got the week off to a positive start this morning, with resource companies leading the way.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index rose 143.30 points to 13,891.88.
Most of the TSX subindexes were up, led by mining and energy stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 110.22 points at 17,645.54, the broader S&P 500 composite index advanced 12.80 points to 2,059.41 and the Nasdaq composite gained 38.15 points to 4,755.83.
The Canadian dollar was at 77.56 cents US, up 0.25 of a cent from Friday’s close at 77.31 cents US.
The June crude contract was up $1.24 at US$47.45 per barrel and June natural gas was down 5.6 cents at US$2.04 mmBTU.
The June gold contract rose $2.80 to US$1,275.50 an ounce and July copper contracts rose 1.5 cents to US$2.09 a pound.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index rose 143.30 points to 13,891.88.
Most of the TSX subindexes were up, led by mining and energy stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 110.22 points at 17,645.54, the broader S&P 500 composite index advanced 12.80 points to 2,059.41 and the Nasdaq composite gained 38.15 points to 4,755.83.
The Canadian dollar was at 77.56 cents US, up 0.25 of a cent from Friday’s close at 77.31 cents US.
The June crude contract was up $1.24 at US$47.45 per barrel and June natural gas was down 5.6 cents at US$2.04 mmBTU.
The June gold contract rose $2.80 to US$1,275.50 an ounce and July copper contracts rose 1.5 cents to US$2.09 a pound.
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Find the next hot market using the MLS database
– moneysense.ca
Imagine you’re in the market to buy a home. You don’t want to overpay. You’d love to find a deal. But you’re not quite sure where the right price starts and ends.
If Rokham Fard, co-founder of tech-based brokerage TheRedPin, had his way, buying a home would be a lot like shopping for a car. Go online. Search out all the available options. Compare prices for similar models and configurations, and finally, settle on a price you think is fair. Sure, you may still have to negotiate and maybe you don’t get the exact deal you wanted, but the deal would be close to your expectations. Why? Because you could do research using clear, transparent information and data. It’s comparative shopping in the e-commerce world—and more and more, it’s becoming a reality for Canada’s residential real estate industry.
The biggest move towards transparency came a couple of weeks ago, after the federal Competition Tribunal ordered the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) to stop limiting access to home sales data…
If Rokham Fard, co-founder of tech-based brokerage TheRedPin, had his way, buying a home would be a lot like shopping for a car. Go online. Search out all the available options. Compare prices for similar models and configurations, and finally, settle on a price you think is fair. Sure, you may still have to negotiate and maybe you don’t get the exact deal you wanted, but the deal would be close to your expectations. Why? Because you could do research using clear, transparent information and data. It’s comparative shopping in the e-commerce world—and more and more, it’s becoming a reality for Canada’s residential real estate industry.
The biggest move towards transparency came a couple of weeks ago, after the federal Competition Tribunal ordered the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) to stop limiting access to home sales data…
Young Canadians complain that stratospheric real estate prices are putting home ownership out of reach. But even as governments begin to tabulate the impact of foreign buyers in Canada’s largest cities, they are terrified that any move to pop the bubble will cause a serious economic backlash.
Range Resources boosts natural gas assets with Memorial Resource buy
– theglobeandmail.com
Deal for $3.3-billion, excluding debt of $1.1-billion
