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Canadian dollar extends recent gains as oil moves higher
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
No King Lears yet, but 2020 delivered many pandemic-made masterpieces
In this handout image courtesy of ABC singer Taylor Swift poses during the 2020 American Music Awards aired from the Microsoft theatre on November 22, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Photo by - / American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. / ABC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of ABC" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/American Broadcasting Companies,/AFP via Getty Images)
Ontario allows restaurants to permanently sell alcohol with food takeout, delivery
The interior of Le Swan,, one of Jen Agg?s restaurants, is photographed on Dec 2 2020.
Toronto teachers call for expansion of asymptomatic coronavirus testing program
Students from another school board a bus outside Thorncliffe Park Public School in Toronto on Friday December 4, 2020. Toronto Public Health closed the school due to a COVID19 outbreak. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM Hassan Diab, three other ministers in August port explosion
The site of the August 4 explosion at Beirut port, Lebanon, as seen on Dec. 9, 2020.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Thursday - and why
Energy infrastructure company AltaGas Ltd
Facebook under investigation in Germany over use of Oculus VR products
A men tries the Facebook Oculus VR headset during the Vivatech startups and innovation fair, in Paris on May 16, 2019. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images
Uber asks U.S. states to prioritize its drivers for COVID-19 vaccine
FILE PHOTO: An Uber logo is shown on a rideshare vehicle during a statewide day of action to demand that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft follow California law and grant drivers "basic employee rights'', in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Ottawa should help freight industry transition to zero-emission vehicles, report says
A man walks between transport trucks waiting to deliver cargo containers at Port Metro Vancouver's Centerm container facility in Vancouver on May 10, 2013. A new report says that efforts by Canada’s government and corporate sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have largely failed to address a rapidly growing source of air pollution: freight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Style news: Petit H line of off-cut curiosities now available to Hermès shoppers in Canada
Bigger things predicted for tiny tin market
A miner looks from outside the tin mine of Huanuni, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
For commodities, 2021 is a times a-changin’ bet on the pace of coronavirus recovery
Trucks carrying copper and other goods are seen waiting to enter an area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai in this September 24, 2014 photo.
U.S. weekly unemployment claims rise more than expected as COVID-19 infections surge
FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. Nevada jobless figures continue to climb, with more than 18,000 people filing first-time claims for benefits last week. That will add to the record 28.2% statewide unemployment figure in April. The U.S. Labor Department tally on Thursday, May 28 comes after the state last week reported that Nevada unemployment is higher than any state ever, topping even the 25% nationwide estimates made during the Great Depression. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Thursday’s breakouts: A stock with a unanimous buy call that analysts expect to hit a record high in 2021
Volkswagen supervisory board looks for ways to defuse leadership standoff
FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen CEO, Herbert Diess and chairman of the supervisory board Hans Dieter Poetsch, address the media after a supervisory board meeting at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Central banks divided on role of private sector in payment systems, survey finds
San Francisco-based Ripple has an enormous target in its sights: the $155-trillion that each year moves between countries in the cross-border payments industry.
New alerts, indicators help identify signs of illicit transactions tied to online child exploitation
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Short sales on the TSX: What bearish investors are betting against
The TSX logo is seen in Toronto in this file photo.
COVID-19 lockdown isn’t easy, but these small Newfoundland towns are pulling it off
Harbour Breton, seen here in a 2017 handout photo, is a town of about 1,600 on Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula. On Sunday night, before the tiny town of Harbour Breton on Newfoundland’s south coast asked businesses to temporarily close following two confirmed cases of COVID-19, Mayor Georgina Ollerhead got a call from the mayor of Deer Lake, about 430 kilometres away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Josh Smee *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Pre-emptive bid for Bloor West home goes $276,000 over asking
Done Deal, 467 Beresford Ave., Toronto
ECB eases policy again to help push euro zone economy through second wave of COVID-19
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 12, 2020 the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are pictured in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. - The European Central Bank is expected on December 10, 2020 to unleash more stimulus to help shore up a eurozone economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said, in a move eagerly awaited by financial markets. The Frankfurt institution already has a 1.35-trillion-euro ($1.6-trillion) emergency bond-buying programme in place, but ECB chief Christine Lagarde all but promised in October that extra support was on the way. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)
All eyes on India as world’s pharmacies gear up for vaccine race
FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Facebook says it has resolved issues with Instagram and Messenger
FILE- In this March 13, 2019, file photo Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are are displayed on an iPhone in New York. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday, April 14. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Sobeys parent Empire ramps up e-commerce expansion as pandemic drives online demand
Fauzia Tariq, a cashier, scans items at the Laird Sobeys at Leaside, on Nov 26 2020.
S&P Dow Jones Indices drops some Chinese firms from index products after U.S. blacklisting
FILE PHOTO: People visit a HIKVision booth at the security exhibition in Shanghai, China May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
EU reaches compromise with Hungary and Poland, unblocking €1.8-trillion pandemic recovery fund
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (John Thys, Pool via AP)
Goldman Sachs is bullish on these Canadian energy stocks
Suncor Energy facility is seen in Sherwood Park, Alberta on Aug. 21, 2019.
Boris Johnson signals ‘strong possibility’ of no-deal Brexit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 9, 2020.
General Electric to pay $200-million penalty for misleading investors, SEC says
FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. conglomerate General Electric is seen on the company building in Belfort, France, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Canada seeks clarification after China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry says Spavor, Kovrig have gone to trial
A man holds a sign with photographs of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been detained in China since December, 2018, as people gather for a rally in support of Hong Kong democracy, in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Streaming Scrooges: Four theatre actors upload A Christmas Carol from stage to screen
Sanjay Talwar playing Scrooge in A Christmas Carol Blue Bridge Theatre Photo credit Jam Hamidi.JPG Blue Bridge Theatres A Christmas Carol in Victoria. Blue Bridge Theatre A Christmas Carol. Directed by Jacob Richmond Starring Sanjay Talwar photo credit Jam Hamidi.
EU introducing environmental standards for batteries, aiming to give local producers an edge
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 25, 2020 a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery for the Volkswagen ID.3 electric car is pictured at the Volkswagen car factory in Zwickau, eastern Germany. - They are everywhere: in our smartphones, our tablets, in pacemakers. But it is in the automotive sector, a sector in full transformation, that electric batteries represent a real challenge in the face of the energy transition. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN / AFP) (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Customers entering and exiting the Dollarama store on Front St. East, are photographed on Dec. 4 2019.
Disney announces big expansion of Marvel and Star Wars on Disney+
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, a Disney logo forms part of a menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on a computer screen in Walpole, Mass. Disney said Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming. The company said in August that its Disney Plus service has more than 60 million subscribers, and subscribers to its main combination of streaming services — Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu — top 100 million. It still plans to launch another international streaming service called Star. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Brent oil rises above $50 for first time since March on vaccine optimism
FILE PHOTO: A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol
Airbnb shares more than double in price in long-awaited IPO
This file illustration photo taken on November 22, 2019 shows the logo of the online lodging service Airbnb displayed on a tablet in Paris.
Morning Update: The Globe got a first-hand look at a Chinese forced-labour camp
An electric fence and surveillance cameras surround a residential style facility near the Lop County Hair Product Industrial Park on Dec. 5, 2020.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak, left, and John Panin work on the floor of the NYSE during the DoorDash IPO, Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020. U.S. stocks are wobbling between small gains and losses while hovering around their recent record highs as coronavirus vaccines move closer to distribution and Washington ramps up stimulus talks. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Why now may be the right time to sell your losing ETFs
Hand is turning a dice and changes the direction of an arrow symbolizing that the value of an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) is going up (or vice versa)
Digital trade top agenda item in pending Canada-U.K. trade talks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France on Aug 24, 2019.
Here’s how to get in contact with detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig
People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, on March 6, 2019.
Ten clean energy ETFs to capitalize on the renewed push for renewable energy
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Eight online retail ETFs to bet on this holiday season
As ETF interest and selections continue to rise, advisors have to navigate what helps clients keep to their plan.
Michael Spavor’s wish list: Documents show how Canadians detained in China are seeking hope and comfort
A Uyghur activist in Vancouver holds a poster of Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor outside a courtroom last year.
China denies the use of forced labour in this industrial park, but won’t let reporters visit. The Globe went anyway
People stand in a row inside a residential style facility surrounded by electric fence near the Lop County Hair Product Industrial Park on Dec. 5, 2020.
Dream Office REIT betting on Toronto with biggest development proposal since COVID-19 pandemic began
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The close: Energy stocks propel TSX higher as Brent crude tops $50
A man watches the financial numbers at the TMX Group in Toronto.
Thursday’s Insider Report: Director adds to his position in this emerging copper producer
Michael Houghton’s Nobel Prize win shows Canada’s strength in biotechnology
Bill Flanagan is president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta
Vancouver’s Boast Capital raises $30-million to rival accounting giants with R&D-tracking software
Lloyed Lobo, partner at Boast Capital
For the love of winter, clear off your cars before you drive
Andrew Clark
It’s that time of year again: Have you thought about who you want to be next year?
Harvey Schachter
As emerging markets rebound, where should investors turn for growth?
Illustrative picture of Chinese male getting vaccinated against coronavirus
Dec. 10: ‘The CBC has lost my trust.’ Readers react to broadcaster’s paid-content plans, plus other letters to the editor
A photograph of the CBC building in Toronto on April 4, 2012. CBC says it plans to launch a paid version of a new CBC TV app that will let viewers watch programs without ads. The broadcaster says in a memo that the new app will allow users to live stream CBC TV, watch episodes on demand on the same day they're released, see ad-free children's programing, and see series not aired on the network. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Gunmen kill female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan says two troops killed by Indian fire in Kashmir
Pakistani Kashmiris collect useful stuff amid the debris of their homes that were reportedly destroyed by cross border shelling from Indian troops, in Tehjain village in Neelum Valley, situated at the Line of Control in Pakistani Kashmir, on Nov. 14, 2020. Pakistani and Indian troops clashed in disputed Kashmir, leaving multiple people dead and wounding more than 30 others on both sides, officials said. The fighting came amid increasing tension between the South Asian neighbors.
North Korea wasted chance to improve relations under Trump, U.S. envoy says
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
Justice Department sues Alabama over prison conditions
Prisoners at the Limestone County Correctional Facility participating in the Chain-Gang program use sledge hammers to crush rocks as part of a new get-tough regime near Huntsville, Ala., on Aug. 21, 1995. The U.S. Justice Department painted a harrowing picture on April 3, 2019 of conditions in men's prisons in the southern state of Alabama including "regular" violence, drug use, sexual abuse and inmate deaths.
U.S. set to execute first of five inmates before Biden inauguration
This August 2016 photo provided by the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington shows Brandon Bernard. The Trump administration on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, is poised to begin an unprecedented number of executions in the run-up to Joe Biden's inauguration by putting to death. Bernard, a former Texas street-gang member for a 1999 slaying of a young religious couple from Iowa during which he burned their car with their bodies in the trunk. (Stacey Brownstein/Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington via AP)
Your daily horoscope: December 10
Sagittarius.
NFL league office ahead of teams in diversity hiring, study says
The NFL logo is pictured at an event in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Nov. 30, 2017.
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