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Debt ceiling

Biden and McCarthy agree to 2-year budget deal to raise debt ceiling, enhance work requirements for food aid

With the outlines of a deal in place, the legislative package could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for votes early next week in the House and later in the Senate
Resources

Panama is ready to cash in on its copper boom

Panama is sitting on massive reserves of copper and other minerals crucial to the energy transition. Now it – and other Latin American nations – are wringing massive concessions from mining companies like Vancouver’s First Quantum Minerals
Inflation

Inflation is changing the way Canadians are spending

As prices for basic necessities have shot up, Canadians are buying and eating less and focusing more on basic needs
Hydro-Quebec
Official Ottawa buzzing over who will replace Michael Sabia in key finance role
Hunt for Sabia’s replacement will likely begin by reviewing the current roster of deputy ministers and whittling it down based on years of experience, former officials say
Personal finance

Why Leon, 80, and Melanie, 70, need to communicate more about finances

If Leon predeceases Melanie, she will lose 40 per cent of his pension income as well as his government benefits

B.C. couple earning $160,000 are weighed down by debt but plan to start saving for their wedding

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Opinion

Which is the bigger threat: TikTok’s Chinese control or Montana’s state overreach?

Gus Carlson

Doug Ford is leading the charge among premiers to eradicate systemic discrimination in the job market

Rita Trichur
Rita Trichur

Russia and China’s BRICS economic alliance will fail at countering the West

Keith Porter

Canadians’ household debt is surging – this is a grave problem

Charles St-Arnaud

Root of the labour crisis: We lied to millennials and Gen Z when we said they could be anything

Todd Hirsch

Personal finance

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Streetwise

TD shuffles equity capital markets leadership after Cowen deal

Sante Corona, who became co-head of TD’s global equity capital markets business on March 1 when the Cowen deal closed, relocated to New York City as of May 1

Better For It Podcast

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Hear from noteworthy Canadian entrepreneurs who failed, learned from their mistakes and built back better

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Economy

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Financial services

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Energy and resources

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Technology

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International business

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ROB Magazine

Empire’s Michael Medline dishes on supply chain woes, price-fixing allegations and Galen Weston

The outspoken boss has never been one to hold his tongue, and right now especially, he has a lot to say

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Video

What’s ahead for Big Five banks amid impending recession in this week’s Advisor LookaheadVideo

Suddenly Single: How women are transitioning through death and divorceVideo

Reducing wealth erosion through effective cash flow managementVideo

Raiders of the Deep - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 5Video

The FHSA is here: How to make the most of this new homebuyer incentiveVideo

Apple inks multi-billion-dollar deal with BroadcomVideo

Amazon offers $10 to pick up your own packageVideo

OpenAI chief voices concerns about AI's impact on election integrityVideo

In case you missed it

Bank of Canada says mortgage payments could spike as much as 40 per cent

portfolio strategy

GIC investors, these bond ETFs should be on your radar

Rob Carrick
opinion

Ottawa, we have a problem: Is Canada’s economy heading toward disaster?

George Athanassakos

A grandmother’s van life and where housing investors live: This week’s top real estate stories

Sections

Future of work

opinion

Empty Canadian offices fill 89 Rogers Centres – and it’s a chance to reimagine downtown

Karen Chapple, Patrick Gill and Marwa Abdou
opinion

We are being asked to tip on everything these days. We shouldn’t

Gus Carlson
opinion

Four-day workweek? With Canada’s low productivity, we may need six-day workweeks

Jason Clemens, Steven Globerman and Milagros Palacios

Careers

leadership lab

Remote work likely affecting our ability to learn, focus and innovate, studies show

Talia Varley
power points

Improve your status updates and to-do lists so they aren’t a waste of time

Harvey Schachter
Harvey Schachter
newsletter

Cheekbone Beauty CEO Jenn Harper on why inexperience can be an asset. Plus, how to successfully pivot to a new industry

Taxes

Canada on the ‘wrong track’ as a place for business to invest, Globe CEO survey finds

Amazon discloses Canadian taxes for the first time

opinion

Alberta must invest oil windfall for future generations, not use it to buy votes

Duane Bratt

Small business

podcast

How Knix founder Joanna Griffiths built an underwear empire in a room full of naysayersPodcast

podcast

Why Cheekbone Beauty CEO Jenn Harper thinks inexperience can be an assetPodcast

podcast

From cannabis boom to bust: Why Bruce Linton was fired from the company he createdPodcast

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