TORONTO – Amazon.ca has become selling scientific and industrial supplies for example microscopes, tools and 3D printers as the company looks to expand its offerings in Canada. The new category of business, industrial and scientific supplies is aimed at hospitals, universities and business searching for commercial supplies. The popular online retailer has added several new types of products to its ...
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Upstart exchange Aequitas NEO has secured its first listing. It’s a milestone to be sure, but one that illustrates the task of taking on the dominant Toronto Stock Exchange. The listing, to visit live sometime in March once the application receives regulatory approval, is a new PowerShares exchange-traded fund (ETF) to become launched by Invesco Canada – a firm which ...
Read More »Mackie Research Capital learns what happens when you hit the Send button too quickly
The the next time a company’s leader decides to transmit a missive to employees, it’s probably best to seek advice from an assistant to find out if it’s been done properly. As oilpatch layoffs mount, downsizing with dignity is becoming a challenge There’s not good way to lose your job, but there are certainly bad ways. As the stories of ...
Read More »Canadian adoption of fintech products set to triple in a year: report
TORONTO ? Canadian adoption rates of financial services products developed by non-bank online firms, which operate underneath the umbrella of fintech, could triple each year, according to a study Thursday from EY. The consulting firm framed the outcomes like a heads-up to banks, whose business is the main target of disruptive fintech firms, but the expected increase is due, at ...
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Here are all the tables Financial Post Data generated for Dealmakers 2016. All tables have been in PDF form. Hitting any link will either open a brand new window or download a PDF copy on the table to your computer. Data for investment banks reaches the very best. Data for law firms is below. Full Credit tables All Financings ...
Read More »Apple Inc to open 22,000-square-foot office across from BlackBerry’s QNX in Ottawa suburb, sources say
Apple Inc., among the world’s most-recognized technology companies, will open an office in Kanata, the Ottawa Citizen reported. According to several sources in the Ottawa real estate community, the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant has leased a 22,000-square-foot space after searching within the capital area since at least October. Apple has repeatedly refused comment on its Ottawa expansion, and on Wednesday ...
Read More »U.S. economic growth brakes sharply, rising only 0.7% as strong dollar weighs on exports
WASHINGTON – U.S. economic growth braked sharply within the fourth quarter as businesses increased efforts to lessen an inventory glut and a strong dollar and tepid global demand weighed on exports. Gross domestic product increased in a 0.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday, also as lower oil prices continued to undermine investment by energy firms and ...
Read More »Canada’s economy grows for first time in three months as factories rebound
Canada’s gdp expanded the very first time in three months in November on a manufacturing and wholesaling rebound, a sign the economy is shaking off the damage from a drop in commodity prices. U.S. economic growth brakes sharply, rising only 0.7% as strong dollar weighs on exports Output expanded 0.3 percent for an annualized $1.65 trillion, Statistics Canada said Friday ...
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