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Portfolio Strategy
A craving for juicier returns
Ignoring yield is often seen as the healthiest approach to dividend investing, but high-yield stocks don't always have to be bad for you
Derek DeCloet
Tales of greed and epic financial failures
Will Michael Lewis's latest book help change Wall Street's culture?
In Review
Required reading: Five essential stories of the week
Why Canada's an attractive investment, plus, Kit Kat's viral spat and Todd Stottlemyre's pitch for you
The Week in Quotes
What market watchers are saying this week
We track down the insightful, the outspoken, the colourful and, occasionally, the just plain weird words coming out of the investing community
The next commodities king
Secretive Swiss trading group Glencore International is set to shake up the mining world – possibly by merging with Xstrata PLC to create one of the globe's biggest commodities players.
Days of rock-bottom interest rates are numbered
With the pace of inflation outstripping the central bank's expectations, borrowing costs anticipated to rise as early as June
Corporate Strategy
Telus prepares for wireless showdown
Telecom giant ponies up $650-million for IPTV network as rival Shaw plans foray into cellphone service out West
Icahn circles Lions Gate
Studio calls activist shareholder's $6-a-share hostile bid ‘financially inadequate'
Fed must reveal bailout records
Information on which banks got government loans to survive financial crisis can't be withheld from media, Manhattan court rules
Reports
Resources
Columnists
Canadian News
International news
More from today's Globe and Mail
- Battening down in stormy seas
- WHAT THE CHARTS SAY
- Going beyond real estate
- Don't mess with the Icahn
- WHO IS BUYING AND SELLING / INSIDER TRADING
- Cancer didn't slow generous runner
- After college, it's time to budget
- BHP a huge bet on commodities - and a possible roller-coaster ride
- Barrick prices African IPO at low end
- THE WEEK'S MOST READ ON REPORTONBUSINESS.COM
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Market Blog
A big bet on commodities
With BHP, the big issue for investors: Is now the time to invest?
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Calendar
Carney addresses economists, Wednesday
Get up to speed on the news that matters, before it happens
Adhocracy
Going beyond the ‘dark green' with no-nonsense pitch
Clean electricity provider Bullfrog goes up front and asks people to pay more
Food
Couple trades corporate life for bakery
Two years ago the Stewarts moved to Cowichan Bay, B.C., and helped transform it into a foodie destination
Kit Kat spat goes viral despite Nestlé's efforts
Greenpeace Internet video might have fallen flat if company had ignored it
Television
Google goes prime time
Search-engine giant teams with Intel and Sony to offer Web services on TV sets
Video
Warren Buffett, rock god
In a Geico insurance video, Berkshire boss channels his inner Axl Rose
Personal Finance Reader
Need some retail therapy?
If anything from an Apple iPad to a new house is on your buy list, check out this week's edition of the Reader, says Rob Carrick
Careers
Why it pays to tell your boss what you really think
Giving a boss blunt feedback is not easy, especially in times like these, when workers fear doing anything that might compromise their jobs
Campus
Tips on getting in to MBA school
As part of our Report on MBA Schools, these MBA school administrators offer tips for getting in to the program you want
Earlier discussion
Why's the loonie so high and where's it going next?
As the loonie nears par with the greenback, Scotia Capital currency strategist Sacha Tihanyi took your questions
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