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U.S. stock benchmarks rebounded after a tense week while the retreat in Treasuries extended as Wall Street debated the odds the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this year. The S&P 500 advanced 1.2 per cent Friday with the benchmark snapping...

Monday, Oct. 9 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, markets are closed Columbus Day in the U.S., stock markets are open, bond markets closed Tuesday, Oct. 10 Notable data: Bloomberg Nanos Confidence, U.S. NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey (...

Safe Supply Streaming Co. is betting on a third-wave of policy changes around hard drugs A startup just listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange with a business model based on a provocative prediction: legal cocaine is coming. Safe Supply S...

It was a sea of red with the energy sector posting the largest drop The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 0.57 per cent on Oct. 6, but that wasn’t enough to pull markets into positive territory for the week. We apologize, b...

When you look at how much more the province has put into the Canada Pension Plan than its counterparts, it makes sense I wasn’t going to write again on the Alberta Pension Plan and what has become the controversial LifeWorks report saying Alber...

Online News Act due to come into effect on Dec. 19 Alphabet Inc.’s Google moved closer to blocking Canadians from viewing news links on its search engine, after it rejected government regulations meant to placate its concerns about an impending...

Rising wages represent a complicating factor because central bankers believe they can be inflationary Wages continued to grow in September, extending a trend that will help households cope with higher prices, but could also force the Bank of Ca...

Stocks and bonds have backed away from the worst of this week’s slump, though key data Friday threatens to spur a fresh slide. U.S. equity benchmarks ended the day pointing lower Thursday after the latest data showed weekly unemployment claims holding near...

Darren Sissons, partner and portfolio manager, Campbell, Lee & Ross FOCUS: Global and technology stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: Given the likelihood of higher-for-longer interest rates and the current geopolitical uncertainty in China, Ukraine and the app...

Strength in utility and telecom stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index higher on Thursday, while U.S. stock markets moved lower. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 103.00 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 19,137.81. In New York, the Dow Jones Indust...