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3.5 year – 2.30%
– ratesupermarket.ca
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.
EU’s Alpine tourism hubs brace for fewer Russian visits amid Ukraine, ruble and oil-price pain
– canadianbusiness.com
PARIS – Russia’s tensions with the West over Ukraine and the slump for the ruble are echoing through the French Alps — and unfortunately for some businesses, just in time for ski season.
Hoteliers, taxi drivers and ski stations in France’s wintertime hotspots and beyond say a tourism boom by big-spending Russians in recent years is about to melt away because of Russia’s economic crisis, Western sanctions and a drop in oil prices that is keeping both uber-rich and middle class Russians away as the year ends.
As Moscow and the West began a faceoff over violence in Ukraine this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S and European sanctions would cut both ways. At times, they have: Few places have felt them as have European tourist getaways in the Alps or the Mediterranean. Tourism chiefs cite a one-two punch to Russian travel to the EU: First political strains over Ukraine dent enthusiasm for travelling to the EU, then the financial pain of a falling ruble and oil prices hit Russian pocketbooks…
Hoteliers, taxi drivers and ski stations in France’s wintertime hotspots and beyond say a tourism boom by big-spending Russians in recent years is about to melt away because of Russia’s economic crisis, Western sanctions and a drop in oil prices that is keeping both uber-rich and middle class Russians away as the year ends.
As Moscow and the West began a faceoff over violence in Ukraine this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S and European sanctions would cut both ways. At times, they have: Few places have felt them as have European tourist getaways in the Alps or the Mediterranean. Tourism chiefs cite a one-two punch to Russian travel to the EU: First political strains over Ukraine dent enthusiasm for travelling to the EU, then the financial pain of a falling ruble and oil prices hit Russian pocketbooks…
Stocks face final days of 2014 in far better shape; traders look to GDP data
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – North American stock markets are facing the last few trading sessions of 2014 in better shape than they have been in weeks after suffering steep declines amid a collapse in oil prices, concerns about U.S. interest rate hikes and the after-effects of the end of the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing at the end of October.
“I think we will see things kind of stabilize — it’s been a pretty wild first half of December,” observed Colin Cieszynski, chief strategist at CMC Markets.
“But from here on, I suspect it is going to be pretty quiet. Maybe we’ll get some action at the beginning of next week, but after a day or so that will be about it.”
Traders are facing a much-shortened trading week with Toronto and New York closing at 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Toronto stays shuttered for the rest of the week while New York reopens Friday.
But there is still some top-drawer economic data to consider this week, including the latest readings on Canadian and U…
“I think we will see things kind of stabilize — it’s been a pretty wild first half of December,” observed Colin Cieszynski, chief strategist at CMC Markets.
“But from here on, I suspect it is going to be pretty quiet. Maybe we’ll get some action at the beginning of next week, but after a day or so that will be about it.”
Traders are facing a much-shortened trading week with Toronto and New York closing at 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Toronto stays shuttered for the rest of the week while New York reopens Friday.
But there is still some top-drawer economic data to consider this week, including the latest readings on Canadian and U…
4.5 year – 2.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
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 – 2.00%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-10-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
