Новости за 01.10.2015

A new federal program aimed at matching economic immigrants with jobs in Canada is having difficulties getting the attention of the group it is designed to help

These are not the best of times to be new owners of Concordia Healthcare Corp., a company that closed a US$520 million equity offering this week and which plans to use the proceeds to help finance its latest acquisition

Canada's housing market showed the fourth biggest gains globally, but economic uncertainty and stretched affordability remain headwinds, a Scotiabank study said today

Canada’s two largest railroads are giving investors a glimpse of what the future may hold by putting second-in-commands in charge while health issues sideline the chief executive officers

The minimum hourly wage went up in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland on Thursday with Alberta's going up by a dollar but still leaving it behind Ontario's new rate of $11.25

One-way fares will start at $99 including taxes from Canada to Iceland and another $149 from Iceland to Wow Air's 16 European destinations

The five IPOs in the most recent quarter raised more than $795 million in new equity. By comparison, issuers raised $531 million from a total of five IPOs in the third quarter of 2014

Local content thresholds in car manufacturing are a key sticking point in ongoing negotiations around a Trans Pacific Partnership with Japan and Mexico and Canada pushing for different thresholds

Wal-Mart is planning to lay off hundreds of people at its headquarters in Arkansas as part of the retail giant's efforts to pare costs, sources say

Scrambling to remain profitable as crude prices drop, oil drillers are stuffing more and more sand down wells to try to better pry open the rock and bolster oil output

Gold miners have managed to cut their costs significantly since prices started to freefall in 2013. And fortunately, it appears that trend is not slowing down

It's more common for single women than single men to buy a home, says the U.S.-based National Association of Realtors', partly because women more than men see owning a home as a sound financial investment

Burke will join the global operating committee and will report to Dan Daviau, whose was named president and chief executive of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., effective Thursday

Ontario’s sputtering economy is the direct result of failed government policy, a new report from the Fraser Institute says, and the province’s worsening odour is driving away potential newcomers

The rebranding is bad news for those loyal to the 800 Mac's stores in Canada, but Couche-Tard is ready to give up the sentimental attachment by expanding its dominant brand globally

McDonald’s is introducing a line of customizable hamburgers — complete with toppings such as blue cheese and guacamole — that will be dropped off at customers’ tables by a server