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Bank of America profit beats estimates on loan growth, M&A boost
A Bank of America ATM is seen, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Winchester, Mass. Bank of America said, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, its profits rose 28% in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, but the bank faced the same wage inflation as its Wall Street counterparts.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Canadian home prices climb 0.8 per cent in December
A for sale sign outside a home indicates that it has sold for over the asking price, in Ottawa, on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Digital secret-keeper 1Password smashes venture capital record with US$620-million deal, making it one of Canada’s most valuable tech companies
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How to lead in a crisis? Communication is everything
Businesswoman, wearing a mask, standing at distance and talking to a colleague
Western Canada: Schools in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan struggle with the return the classroom amid an Omicron surge
Alberta students board a school bus, as they return to school today for the first time since their holiday break was extended due to surging COVID-19 cases, near Cremona, Alta., Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Linamar says labour, logistics issues affecting production, names new board chair
An assembly line for engine blocks is seen at the Linamar factory in Arden, N.C.
Cargo ticks up along St. Lawrence Seaway, despite grain decreases
Container ships are shown in the Port of Montreal on January 4, 2016. The non-profit authority overseeing St. Lawrence Seaway says cargo numbers nudged up last year despite a weak grain crop as manufacturing and construction demand came roaring back. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Unvaccinated military face ‘steeper’ challenge than airman who refused anthrax shot
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday, July 8, 2016. Unvaccinated military members are in for a tougher fight than a retired soldier who was disciplined for refusing an anthrax vaccine 20 years earlier, his former lawyer warns. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Beijing 2022 official warns against violations of ‘Olympic spirit’
People are seen in front of an installation displaying Bing Dwen Dwen (R) and Shuey Rhon Rhon, respective mascots of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, along a street in Beijing on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
U.K. inflation hits near 30-year high, pressuring Bank of England and households
FILE PHOTO: People shop at a supermarket in London, Britain December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File Photo
Gordon Pape: As its share price continues to slide, this struggling company should be on investors’ radar
A TTC worker wears a mask in a bus while on shift in Toronto on April 23, 2020.
Federal government in no rush to conduct overdue parliamentary review of assisted dying law
The trauma bay is photographed during simulation training at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Biden predicts Russian invasion of Ukraine, warns it will pay high price for full-scale incursion
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Chinese regulator denies issuing guidelines on internet giants’ investments, fundraising
A woman wearing a face mask walks by the offices of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2021. A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault. So she went into the busy cafeteria at the headquarters of the Chinese e-commerce giant and screamed out her plight. Now she is paying the price. The company fired her. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Nickel gripped by ferocious squeeze as stocks disappear
An employee works at Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant of Nornickel company, the world's leading nickel and palladium producer, in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia Aug. 23, 2021.
German 10-year bond yield above 0% for first time since May 2019
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 10, 2021.
More major airlines cancel, change flights to U.S. over 5G dispute
FILE - An Emirates jetliner comes in for landing at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 11, 2019. Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2021 to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
Barrick’s fourth-quarter gold output rises 10% sequentially
Barrick Gold logo is seen during the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Oil market heads for surplus as Omicron impact muted: IEA
FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen operating in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, U.S. on May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
The HIV/AIDS crisis showed us how to equitably overcome a pandemic
People line up at an Ontario DriveTest centre during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, January 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Oil flow resumes at Iraq pipeline in Turkey following explosion
In this screenshot taken from a video, smoke rises from an oil pipeline near the town of Pazarcik in the Kahramanmaras province, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. An explosion has shut down a pipeline in southeastern Turkey that carries oil from Iraq to world markets. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the blast late Tuesday in Kahramanmaras province caused a huge fire that forced authorities to also shut down a highway. No one was hurt in the explosion. (IHA agency via AP)
Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Oil highest since 2014 as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
CAQ has failed to put a dent in Quebeckers’ oversized tax burden
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Morning Update: Ukraine urges Canada to provide military supplies to defend against Russian aggression
Melany Joly and Ambassador Laryssa Galadza observe UNIFIER tactical drill in International Training Center in Stare, Ukraine, Jan. 18, 2022.
Investors should expect more corporate restructurings this year, report says
Bank buildings are photographed in Toronto's financial district on June 27, 2018. A coalition of Canadian business leaders have announced a strategic partnership for a program to support Black professionals on Bay Street and elsewhere. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Erin O’Toole never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole speaks during a news conference responding to the federal government’s COVID-19 response, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Online, in-person, hybrid, or bust? Film festivals face make-or-break 2022
Festival goers look to purchase film tickets in the box office during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
Canada criticizes Russian mercenary forces in Mali but undecided on sanctions
Supporters hold a poster of Mali's transition president, Colonel Assimi Goita, as they participate in a demonstration called by Mali transitional government after ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) sanctions in Bamako, Mali, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Paul Lorgerie
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
As disputes around logging increase, First Nations eye carbon credits as a way to generate revenue
The clouds move among the old growth forest in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The British Columbia government says it is finalizing plans with First Nations that have indicated support for plans to defer logging in certain old-growth forests, while it continues talks with nations that need more time to decide.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Wednesday’s small-cap stocks to watch
U.S. cannabis industry turns to ‘bud porn’ for an edge in highly competitive market
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Trapped in Indonesia, Rohingya struggle to get by as laws block their path to asylum elsewhere
After years on boards, Sheelagh Whittaker examines how firms should recruit leaders and how to determine pay in new book
NANAIMO, BC: AUGUST 26, 2010 - CEO Sheelagh Whittaker, who now lives in England, stands outside her holiday home in Nanaimo, BC, on Thursday. (Photo by Deddeda Stemler for Globe and Mail for Report on Business story)
After seeing so many stuck cars, I wonder if drivers know how to disengage traction control?
People help clear snow from around a vehicle that got stuck in deep snow on a slight incline on Merton St. near Mt Pleasant Rd. on Jan 17, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Toronto and much of southern Ontario was blanketed with snow with some areas receiving upwards of 40 cm.
The close: Nasdaq confirms correction as Wall Street sell-off deepens; TSX losses blunted by rally in materials
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Jan. 18.
Hedge funds oppose SEC’s reform plans after GameStop debacle
FILE - This Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, shows a GameStop store in New York. Small investors piled into stocks in 2021, at times banding together on online forums like Reddit’s WallStreetBets to stoke a frenzy over certain targets like GameStop. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Jan. 19: ‘Our collective return on investment from this government … is nothing short of abysmal.’ Readers review government spending, plus other letters to the editor
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada protest on the three year anniversary of the launch of the Phoenix pay system, in Ottawa, on Feb. 28, 2019.
Israel police evict Jerusalem residents from disputed houses
A man on crutches, supporter of the Palestinian Salhiya family, gestures by the ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighborhood on January 19, 2022. - Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday morning, an AFP photographer said. Before dawn, Israeli officers went to the home of the Salhiya family, threatened with eviction since 2017 and the centre of an anti-expulsion campaign in the Palestinian Territories and abroad, according to a video posted online by the police. Shortly afterwards an AFP photographer witnessed the demolition of the house. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Afghan acting PM Akhund calls for official recognition of Taliban administration
FILE - Mullah Hasan Akhund, right, then Afghanistan's Foreign Minister is received by then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in Islamabad, Aug. 25, 1999. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)
Global conservation goals are insufficient to avoid mass extinction event, report finds
Aerial view of a coca field and remains of deforested trees in Guaviare department, Colombia, on November 4, 2021. - The Colombian Amazon is experiencing "worrying environmental degradation", due to illicit crops, intensive livestock farming, illegal mines, and drug trafficking, with ever more deforestation and putting "environmental defenders in great danger" according to NGOs. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Monahan’s two-goal performance powers Calgary Flames past Florida Panthers 5-1
Florida Panthers goalie Spencer Knight, right, looks on as Calgary Flames' Sean Monahan scores during third period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Montembeault saves 48, Canadiens top Stars 5-3
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault (35) blocks a shot during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Demko makes 31 saves as Canucks beat skidding Predators 3-1
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) stops a shot by the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
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