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Buyers eager to get in before competition pushes prices back out of reachBuyers in Canada are starting to venture back into the housing market, seeking to get ahead of any possible shopping frenzy spurred by expected rate cuts from the Bank of Canada....

A US$244 billion exchange-traded fund tracking the Nasdaq 100 climbed in late hours after Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.’s results. Amazon extended gains after reporting strong profit and giving an operating income outlook that surpassed estimates...

Meta Platforms Inc. announced plans to buy back an additional US$50 billion in shares and issue its first-ever quarterly dividend as Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg works to convince investors that his costly bets on the metaverse and artificial intel...

Canada's main stock index gained almost a hundred points Thursday despite weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets erased a big chunk of their losses from the day before.  The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 97.33 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 21,119...

Lorne Steinberg, president, Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management FOCUS: Global value stocks and high-yield bonds  MARKET OUTLOOK: Inflation and interest rates continue to dominate the headlines, as markets price in some central bank easing in 2024. De...

Apple Inc. reported a deepening slump in China during the holiday quarter, even as total iPhone sales were stronger than expected and the company returned to revenue growth.  Sales in China dropped 13 per cent to US$20.8 billion in the fiscal first quarter...

What's left of your annual bonus after tax and what does it get you?A colleague lamented last week, on receiving his annual bonus, that he saw only 42 per cent of it. The other 58 per cent, though it departed his employer’s bank account, never reached his. M...

Quebec will do whatever it takes to catch up to its neighbour to the WestOntarians are wealthier than Quebeckers, but Francois Legault is on a mission to close the gap. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, orta...

Only about a third say they are in the financial position to retire when they want We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Posthaste: Retirement out of reach for alm...

Urges government to focus on increasing housing supply to improve affordabilityOTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank can’t solve the housing crisis with interest rates because the root cause is a supply shortage. We apolo...