The Syncrude oil sands extraction facility is reflected in a lake reclaimed from an old mine near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta
Morning Business Briefing

Who strong dollar hurts most, who gains from new royalties

Plus, how the jobs market is healing. And, why Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan shares are surging.

A doctor in Arlington, Va., injects Botox
Marketing

Wrinkle Wars: Rival Medicis takes on Allergan's Botox

Maker of Dysport offers aggressive rebates in marketing campaign

Discussion, noon (ET)

What next for income trusts?

The clock is ticking. Ask Harry Levant your questions

Careers

Who would turn down a promotion?

With Games fever still fresh, the focus remains on gold. But many are content with the workplace equivalent of second place

Peter Chao, Doritos Surge
Adhocracy

Doritos opens a grab bag of potential

Viralocity contest entrants use viral marketing campaign to their own ends

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

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

Auditor blames Lehman officials

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

GM Canada refuses to reinstate dealers

Move could escalate the tension between dealers' group and GM Canada, whose U.S. parent agreed last week to reinstate 661 of about 2,000 dealers who were terminated

Leave yuan to us, China says

Central banker says U.S. should not blame others for its own economic problems

Alberta cuts royalties to lure investors

Stelmach reverses course on royalty hike in bid to boost oil and gas investment in province

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Unemployment data, Friday

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March 8 - 12
Kevin Lynch
Innovation is our hidden deficit

What would it take for Canada to be an innovative economy for the 21st century?

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.
Discussion, noon (ET)
What next for income trusts?

The clock is ticking. Ask Harry Levant your questions

Movies
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

Exterior night shot of a retro illuminated neon movie theatre. iStockphoto
Earlier discussion
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