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Good economic news=trouble

Observers fret over rate hikes

Home Cents

Families feeling frugal this March Break

But you can still have fun on the cheap, personal finance blogger Chaya Cooperberg writes

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Does Russia need to rein in ruble?

Speculation mounts that central bank could put brakes on rally as currency sets fresh 14-month peaks almost daily

Canadian dollar hits 20-month high

Currency shoots past 98 cents U.S., reaching its highest level since July, 2008, spelling good news for travellers heading out of the country for spring break

Full-time jobs surge as rate declines

Canada's jobless rate drops to 8.2 per cent, though some of the hiring may have been Olympic related; loonie tops 98 cents

Auditor blames Lehman officials

Firm used accounting tricks and was insolvent for weeks before bankruptcy, court-appointed examiner finds

Lions Gate rejects Icahn bid

Film studio urges shareholders to refuse partial takeover bid, launches ‘poison pill' in attempt to thwart the billionaire's plan

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Doritos opens a grab bag of potential

Viralocity contest entrants use viral marketing campaign to their own ends

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TD gives employees extra day off

Strong financial performance results in reward

Globe and Mail reporter Tara Perkins
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Innovation is our hidden deficit

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Stock picking becomes an essential art

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Personal Finance Reader
Cheap U.S. flights, tax tips and egregious cell phone bills

Rob Carrick's round-up of the best personal finance reading on the Web this week

Passengers sleep on the floor as they wait in line to board U.S. bound flights at Toronto's Pearson International airport in this Dec. 27, 2009 file photo.
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What next for income trusts?

The clock is ticking. Ask Harry Levant your questions

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Forget Oscar parties: Exchange to take bets

Cantor Fitzgerald subsidiary to open online market allowing studios, institutions and moviegoers to put money on Hollywood blockbusters

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Canada's booksellers v. Amazon.com

The Canadian Booksellers Association took questions on why it wants Ottawa to block the Internet bookseller from opening a ‘fulfilment centre' in Canada

A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado.
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An economic motherlode: 75 years of central bank data

From the dollar and interest rates, to home ownership and cars on the road, the Bank of Canada assembled charts of data spanning decades as it marks its 75th anniversary

Lieutenant-Governor John Black Aird, accompanied by his senior aide-de-camp, walks past demonstrators in Toronto during the recession of the 1980s