BMO looking to technology to help it serve its customers better, CEO says
TORONTO - The Bank of Montreal is looking to use enhanced analytics to improve the way it serves its customers, chief executive Bill Downe says.Downe told the bank's annual meeting on Tuesday that...
View ArticleChapters In Downtown Toronto Closes, Amid Flurry Of Disappearing Bookstores
Toronto’s bookstores are disappearing faster than you can say “turn the page,” and the latest to close its doors is the former flagship of the Chapters chain at John and Richmond Streets. Indigo...
View ArticleNATO ministers order end to co-operation with Moscow, plans for reinforcing...
BRUSSELS - NATO's foreign ministers have ordered an end to civilian and military co-operation with Russia and told their generals and admirals to quickly devise ways to better protect alliance members...
View ArticleNo IPOs in first quarter for TSX, two on TSX Venture, PwC survey says
TORONTO - A report by PwC suggests a collapse of the market for new mining issues in the first quarter of 2014 led to the worst three-month period for Canadian initial public offerings in five...
View ArticleRevenue Agency Big Source Of Data Breaches
The federal government has reported more data breaches over a recent 10-month period than it reported in the previous 10 years. Between April 1, 2013 and Jan. 29, 2014 — a period covering 10 months of...
View ArticleIs Canada Tarring Itself?
Start with the term “tar sands.” In Canada only fervent opponents of oil development in northern Alberta dare to use those words; the preferred phrase is the more reassuring “oil sands.” Never mind...
View ArticleLight vehicle sales flat in March amid increase in truck sales and drop in cars
TORONTO - Light vehicle sales were flat for automakers overall in March, as an increase in light truck sales in Canada was offset by a drop in passenger cars.Total light vehicle sales for March...
View ArticleManchin tells Va. company to remove his interview from film on Upper Big...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is demanding his name and interview be removed from a documentary funded by former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. The documentary "Upper Big Branch - Never...
View ArticleDx3: Canada Needs More Investment In Digital Advertising
Canada is very well positioned as a world leader in the digital space, says Fred Forster President of PHD Canada, yet still faces some challenges due to the vast geographic size of the country and its...
View ArticleWSP Global shares set new high after bullish analyst forecasts of firm's growth
MONTREAL - Shares in engineering services firm WSP Global Inc. hit a record high Tuesday after industry analysts raised the company's target prices by as much as 15.7 per cent on a bullish outlook of...
View ArticleAP source: Charles Keating Jr., leading figure in 1980s savings and loan...
PHOENIX - Charles H. Keating Jr., the notorious financier who served prison time and was disgraced for his role in the costliest savings and loan failure of the 1980s, has died. He was 90.A person with...
View ArticlePacific Gas and Electric charged with 12 criminal counts in fatal California...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was charged Tuesday with U.S. felony counts involving safety violations linked to a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay...
View ArticleBlackBerry ends licencing agreement with T-Mobile in the United States
WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) says it will not renew a licensing agreement with U.S. telecom giant T-Mobile to sell BlackBerry products when it expires on April 25, 2014.The Waterloo,...
View ArticleZellers Reopening In Ottawa, Would You Believe
What a difference 12 months makes. This time last year, the buzz was all about Target’s rollout across Canada, many in former Zellers locations. Now, Target’s Canadian foray is facing serious financial...
View ArticleIMF chief Lagarde warns that nations must adopt bold policy actions to boost...
WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund warns that leading nations need to embrace bold policy steps to accelerate a still-modest and fragile global economic recovery.IMF Managing...
View ArticleToronto House On Sale For Free .. If You Can Figure Out Where To Put It
A historic coach house in downtown Toronto can be yours for free … you just can’t have the land it’s on. And oh yeah, you’re going to have to move it out of its present location by Labour Day. The...
View ArticleMichael Horgan, Deputy Finance Minister, Announces Retirement
OTTAWA - The Finance Department's second-in-command has announced he is retiring, just two weeks after minister Jim Flaherty left his post.Michael Horgan, a career public servant who had been the...
View ArticleIn South Africa, Bombardier Caught In Controversy Over 'Black-Empowerment'...
After winning a $1-billion (U.S.) rail contract from a South African freight company, Bombardier Inc. says it is confident of a bigger breakthrough in the emerging African market – but first it must...
View ArticlePayPal app lets users in Toronto buy coffee, dinner without their wallets
TORONTO - It's long been promised that technology will kill the old-fashioned wallet and consumers won't need to carry cash or credit cards to buy a coffee, eat out and go shopping.PayPal Canada has...
View ArticleImperial: Kearl crude a hot commodity for refiners, including one in Malaysia
CALGARY - About two dozen refineries — including one in Malaysia — have processed crude from Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Kearl oilsands mine, which uses a proprietary technology to remove the "heaviest,...
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