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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Tuesday - and why
Precision Drilling Corp. Trainees Dan Brook and Bradley Williams are directed by instructor Clint Dyck while training to lay down drill pipe on a rig floor, at Precision Drilling in Nisku, Alta., on January 20, 2016.
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Paris Olympics organizers ‘surprised’ by reports of investigation into president’s pay
FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to one forecast released on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, six months before the Games open on July 26. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Luminato Festival Toronto selects Australian Olivia Ansell as new artistic director
Olivia Ansell, Lumuniato Luminato Festival Toronto selects Australian Olivia Ansell as new artistic director
Mogadishu blast kills at least 10
Students wave a Somali flag during a demonstration in support of Somalia's government following the port deal signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland at Eng Yariisow Stadium in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024. Somalia vowed to defend its territory after a controversial Red Sea access deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway state of Somaliland that it branded as "aggression". (Photo by ABDISHUKRI HAYBE / AFP) (Photo by ABDISHUKRI HAYBE/AFP via Getty Images)
TMX Group reports $84.4-million fourth-quarter profit, revenue up 9% from year ago
FILE PHOTO: A logo for TMX Group, which operates the Toronto Stock Exchange. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Big questions surround 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics two years before next Winter Games
Workers build the Olympic Village at the Porta Romana former railway yard, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics start exactly two years from Tuesday and it still seems like there are more questions than answers for a complicated games that will be staged across a large swath of northern Italy spread between five different venue clusters. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Facebook parent Meta to start labeling AI-generated images from companies like OpenAI, Google
(FILES) The Meta (formerly Facebook) logo marks the entrance of their corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. With major elections looming, Meta's policy on deep fake content is in urgent need of updating, an oversight body said on February 5, 2024, in a decision about a manipulated video of US President Joe Biden. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Messi says he ‘feels much better’ and hopeful of playing in Tokyo after PR disaster in Hong Kong
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi warms up with his teammates during a training session Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Chiba, near Tokyo. Inter Miami is facing Vissel Kobe in a friendly soccer match Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
WeWork founder Adam Neumann trying to buy back company, sources say
Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork, speaks to guests during the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Manhattan, in New York City, NY, U.S. May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/ File Photo
Britain, France lead 35 nation agreement on controlling spyware, mercenary hackers
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: The WhatsApp messaging app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on May 14, 2019 in San Anselmo, California. Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp announced a cybersecurity breach that makes users vulnerable to malicious spyware installation iPhone and Android smartphones. WhatsApp is encouraging its 1.5 billion users to update the app as soon as possible. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
‘TSX for inflation, S&P 500 for disinflation,’ says BofA equity strategist
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Eli Lilly rides wave of weight-loss drug demand, working to expand capacity
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
With solar industry in crisis, Europe in a bind over Chinese imports
FILE PHOTO: Solar installations on 340 hectares surround the village of Hjolderup, which consists of 12 households, the 300 MW solar park will be Northern Europe's largest and is being built by Danish European Energy, in Hjolderup, west of Aabenraa southern Denmark February 21, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS/File Photo
Canada needs time for ‘deeper conversation’ on assisted dying, mental health, Mark Holland says
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Health Mark Holland rises to table a report in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Court hears challenge of Ontario law banning ‘aggressive’ panhandling
The Ontario Superior Court in Toronto is photographed on Monday, May 2, 2022. An Ontario court is set to hear a constitutional challenge to a panhandling law that advocates say is grossly disproportionate and infringes the rights of some of the most vulnerable members of society. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Activist investor Blackwells recommends its Disney board nominees, suggests potential company split
FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management is formally nominating the activist investor and a former Disney executive for a seat on Disney's board, two days after the media and entertainment company nominated a slate of directors that did not include either. Peltz and Jay Rasulo, Disney's former chief financial officer, said in a preliminary proxy filing Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 that they wanted to complete a successful CEO succession at Disney and align management pay with performance. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Precision Drilling reports $146.7-million fourth-quarter profit, revenue edged lower
Precision Drilling Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire CWC Energy Services Corp. in a deal valued at about $141 million including shares, cash and assumed debt. Trainees Dan Brook and Bradley Williams are directed by instructor Clint Dyck while training to lay down drill pipe on a rig floor, at Precision Drilling in Nisku, Alta., on January 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Google calls out spyware firms and advocates for tighter regulation
This photograph taken on January 18, 2024 shows a sign of US technology company Google displayed during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
EU scraps anti-pesticides proposal in another concession to protesting farmers
Farmers gather outside the European Parliament for a protest, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The European Union's executive on Tuesday shelved its anti-pesticides proposal in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests blocked major capital and economic lifelines across the bloc. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Morning Update: London police apologize to woman in world junior sex-assault case
London Police Chief Thai Truong, right, and Detective Sergeant Katherine Dann, of the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section, listen to questions during a press conference in London, Ontario on Monday, February 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
Chinese shares jump as state investment fund pledges to expand stock holdings to aid sagging markets
People stand in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Hong Kong and Shanghai leading declines, ahead of a decision by the Federal Reserve this week on interest rates. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Country singer-songwriter Toby Keith dies at 62 after battling stomach cancer
(FILE PHOTO) Singer Toby Keith dies at 62 AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 30: Toby Keith performs onstage during the 2021 iHeartCountry Festival Presented By Capital One at The Frank Erwin Center on October 30, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Editorial Use Only. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
The truth should not be [redacted]
Some of the redacted pages from the thousands disclosed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service are displayed after a B.C Civil Liberties Association news conference, in Vancouver, on Monday July 8, 2019. The BCCLA alleges that CSIS was monitoring the organizing activities and peaceful protests of Indigenous groups and environmentalists who were opposed to the now-defunct Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
How the battle to get Trump off the Colorado ballot signals trouble for the two-party system
Can my employer force me to repay my maternity leave top-up if I quit?
Scrap maternity leave? U.K. strategist triggers backlash
From healing patients to healing the planet: Montreal’s Royal Vic hospital revitalized
The Royal Victoria Hospital is being redeveloped to include teaching, community and event spaces. The hospital forecourt, which had become a parking structure, will be replaced with a landscaped entrance pavilion.
BP earned US$3-billion at end of last year but saw annual profit fall by half from 2022
FILE PHOTO: The logo for a BP petrol station is seen in London, Britain, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Security remains fragile at Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine: UN nuclear chief
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi talks to the press during a media briefing, in Kyiv, on February 6, 2024, before the visit of a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The Thomson Reuters logo is pictured on a building in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Nov. 16, 2021.
Brent, U.S. crude futures give up some gains on talk of Gaza ceasefire
FILE PHOTO: Oil rig pumpjacks, also known as thirsty birds, extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach, California July 30, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew/File Photo
What does the PWHL need to be a successful hockey business? More Canada
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OSC head Grant Vingoe plans to ‘act fast and act harder’ on enforcement matters
Ontario Securities Commission Chair and CEO Grant Vingoe, poses for a photograph, in Toronto, Monday Feb. 5, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)�
Danielle Smith’s sex-ed policy changes are putting all Alberta teenagers at risk
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Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, at Diwan Annex, in Doha on February 6, 2024, during his Middle East tour, his fifth urgent trip to the region since the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza erupted in October. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The close: Stocks edge higher as investors absorb more Fed clues, weakness in U.S. regional banks
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Feb. 5.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on February 05, 2024 in New York City. The stock market closed down with the Dow Jones leading the way, closing more than 250 points lower amid speculation that the federal reserve is unlikely to make rate cuts in March. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Big banks’ loans to real estate developers are not shaping up to be as risky as feared
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Inflation, U.S. election to drive 2024 markets: JPMorgan trader survey
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Spartanburg, S.C., Monday, Feb. 5.
Toronto home sales jump 10% in January as buyers re-enter the market
A house for sale in Leaside neighbourhood, Toronto on May 16, 2023 (Ammar Bowaihl/The Globe and Mail)
The U.S. states vying for cheaper drugs from Canada
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‘People across Canada should know that there are many in Alberta who do not agree.’ Danielle Smith’s restrictions on gender-affirming care, plus other letters to the editor for Feb. 6
Protestors take part in a Gay Straight Alliance rally at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Wednesday June 19, 2019. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to rules surrounding transgender youth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Minister backs shift away from privately owned rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
Demolition takes place at the Winters Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Protests erupt across Haiti as demonstrators demand that the prime minister resign
Former presidential candidate Moise Jean-Charles, center, chants anti-government slogans during a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Your daily horoscope: February 6, 2024
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Brandon Ingram hits eight 3s, scores 41 to lead Pelicans past struggling Raptors 138-100
New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram (14) takes a 3-point shot against Toronto Raptors center Jakob Poeltl (19) in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Ingram had a career high eight 3-pointers and a season high 41 points, as thePelicans won 138-100. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pierre Engvall scores late winner as Islanders clip Maple Leafs 3-2
New York Islanders' Pierre Engvall (18) scores on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov (35) during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Monday, February 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
China gives suspended death sentence to Chinese Australian democracy blogger Yang Hengjun
FILE - This undated, file photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. Australia says it is appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun. (Chongyi Feng via AP, File)
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