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Porter Airlines was supposed to flop. But founder Robert Deluce has beaten back cutthroat competition, hostile locals and political foes.
- Konrad von Finckenstein 'sick' and Jim Shaw 'tired' SJR.B-T
- Show's not over for Oprah brand
- Weak growth delays Flaherty attack on deficit
- Can Cott put the pop back in its sales? BCB-T
- Hershey mulls Cadbury bid: source CBY-N
- Personal bankruptcies still soaring
- Valero shuts Delaware oil refinery VLO-N
- Transat teams up with French travel network TRZ.B-T
- Japan now struggles with deflation
- Russia tops global fraud survey
- Paying down this mortgage can wait
- Konrad von Finckenstein 'sick' and Jim Shaw 'tired' SJR.B-T
- What market watchers are saying this week
- This week's Stars and Dogs
- How will the real estate boom end -- and how will it affect you?
- The bad boys of the ETF world
- A beaten-up Manulife looks awfully tempting MFC-T
- Note to Flaherty: TFSAs are good but they can be so much better
- Can Cott put the pop back in its sales? BCB-T
- This accountant drills into the cash flow BCE-T
The Week in Quotes
What market watchers are saying this week
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This week's Stars and Dogs
A look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
Friday's top business stories
Bankruptcies to remain high? Roubini calls for ‘U' recovery
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Saskatchewan potash sales hit 37-year low
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Managing Your Money
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The hottest ETFs on the TSX
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Portfolio Strategy
The bad boys of the ETF world
Exchange-traded funds are the hot investment these days. But the bandwagon effect has also led to the creation of unsuitable ones
Home Cents
The many ways to give
Getting rid of an old car? It can help fund a charity of your choice
Insider Trading
Buying at Melcor
Property prices could conceivably soar again without immediately drawing the central bank's attention
Technical Analysis
Bullish on Sherwin-Williams
Technical analysis shows the manufacturer of paint and coatings is set to rise
Market Lab
Global investors pour cash into Canadian stocks
Foreign investors bought $13.6-billion of Canadian securities in September
The Buy Side
Cool it. Slow down. Don't buy the rthetoric
Obama and others are masterful speakers who can sway you, but don't let an investment salesperson convince you with words alone, writes Avner Mandelman
Features
Personal Finance Reader
Break out the bubbly. No, wait, don't
Rob Carrick's guide to the best reading on personal finance from around the web this week
Investing
Is it inflation or deflation that investors need to worry about?
Economists have warned that both are potentially on the horizon. Gail Bebee looks into the issue
Let's Talk Investing video
How will real estate boom end? How will it affect you?
Financial journalist Garth Turner takes a look in our Let’s Talk Investing video series
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