Wrong numbers can lead volatile markets astray
August 18th, 2011
Gross domestic product, the labour market, industrial production, housing starts
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The Toronto stock market headed sharply higher Tuesday after a series of plunges brought the TSX to its lowest level in a year in the previous session.
The S&P/TSX composite index gained 125.44 points to 11,796.4 while the TSX Venture Exchange added 7.44 points to 1,689.73 as traders looked to an afternoon announcement by the U.S. […]
After dipping its toes with a handful of St. Louis area stores, Target is now taking the plunge and converting the rest of its stores in this region to its expanded grocery format known as “PFresh.”
As it do so, the traditional grocers around the region are no doubt letting out a collective groan.
Target’s expanded grocery […]
Staying relevant is never easy for a company or its long-suffering investors.
Firms and their products can go in and out of style
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Just hours after the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation in Ottawa, Air Canada and the Canadian Autoworkers Union reached a tentative deal.
No details were immediately available, but the CAW has called a news conference for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Sheraton Centre.
Striking customer service agents at airports across the country began cheering as they heard […]
Boeing Co. won massive orders in China at the Hong Kong air show Tuesday, including the largest Dreamliner order in three years and a much-needed sales boost for Boeing’s new 747-8 jumbo passenger jet.
The orders for 43 widebody planes are worth nearly $6 billion after typical discounts, and more than $10 billion at list prices.
On […]
A strengthening U.S. recovery means the depressing influence of the winter storms that disrupted travel from Chicago to New York over the past few days and blanketed much of the country in January will be temporary, economists said.
Sales at chain stores fell 0.9 percent in the month ended Jan. 29, cutting the gain over […]
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Knee-deep water inundated communities in southeastern Australia on Tuesday as electricity companies warned that further cuts there were likely if more power stations were submerged by floodwaters.
The floods reached into the state of Victoria at the weekend following weeks of flooding that ravaged Queensland to the north and swamped a major city.
In Victoria, the city […]