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Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades

Financial services

Canada’s bank regulator keeps capital buffer unchanged, says lenders can absorb losses

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions says it won’t change the domestic stability buffer, holding it at 3.5 per cent of a bank’s risk-weighted assets

Canada’s anti-money-laundering watchdog fines CIBC $1.3-million

mission critical

Canadian miners seek to evade Ottawa’s crackdown on Chinese investment in critical minerals

Despite a crackdown by the federal government late last year, Canadian critical-minerals companies continue to pursue M&A deals with potential Chinese buyers

Mission Critical: Why The Globe is digging deep on critical minerals

Climate
analysis

With plans for oil and gas emissions cap, Ottawa calls industry’s bluff

It is now up to Canada’s fossil-fuel sector to show it is willing and able to extract resources more sustainably than its international competition

Canada proposes minimum 20-23% emissions cut from oil and gas sector, industry to pay for additional offsets

personal finance
opinion

If you ever had thoughts of buying an annuity, now is the time

The best rates are starting to fade
Rob Carrick

Looking back on the personal finance stories that shaped 2023Podcast

Retail

Canada Bread denies price-fixing scheme in court filing, points finger at Maple Leaf

Canada Bread Co. Ltd. also denied profiting from the alleged conspiracy, or from the price increases it pleaded guilty to participating in as part of the Competition Bureau’s investigation

Opinion

Federal oil and gas emissions cap shines harsh spotlight on Alberta’s lack of action

Janetta McKenzie

Canada’s modern slavery act sets the floor, not ceiling, for businesses to ensure ethical supply chains

Rita Trichur
Rita Trichur

Graduating during a recession has devastating effects. Hopefully things have changed

Linda Nazareth
Linda Nazareth

Wheels of justice grind slowly for Mobilicity’s initial investors

Rita Trichur
Rita Trichur

The professional Airbnb landlord class is simply the worst

Rob Csernyik
Rob Csernyik

Personal finance

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Streetwise

Laurentian Bank profit sinks on charges tied to system outage, restructuring efforts

Montreal-based Laurentian reported adjusted profit of $1 a share in the latest quarter, falling short of the $1.16 analysts were expecting

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

How construction firm Beaudoin Canada is thriving amid rising interest rates

For this 35-year-old Quebec-based company—one of Canada’s Best Managed—diversification is key

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Video

Year-end tax planning strategiesVideo35:31

Canada buying fleet of Boeing P-8A surveillance planesVideo1:50

Tesla sets Cybertruck starting price at nearly $61,000Video1:53

China Evergrande has last-ditch debt plan, sources sayVideo1:30

Virgin Atlantic completes historic sustainable fuel flightVideo3:01

Why carbon capture is no easy climate solutionVideo3:46

Schools shut as Quebec public sector workers begin strikeVideo2:18

How the BoC’s last interest rate decision of 2023 will play out in this week’s Advisor LookaheadVideo2:08

In case you missed it

opinion

Does the latest Bank of Canada announcement mean it’s go time again for variable-rate mortgages?

Rob Carrick
opinion

So you think working longer will fix your lack of retirement savings

Rob Carrick

Consumer debt, credit delinquencies on the rise, Equifax report says

Will it cost you $350,000 to raise a child? There’s the easy math and then there’s the right math

Anita Bruinsma

Sections

Future of work

How Givex manages a global workforce with technology that takes care of the details

Clio’s journey: Leveraging tech for flexible work and enhanced productivity

How technology advances enable remote work efficiencies for SMEs

Careers

Graduating during a recession has devastating effects. Hopefully things have changed

Linda Nazareth
Linda Nazareth
power points

‘Success is not one big event that changes your life’: The benefits of micro-actions

Harvey Schachter
Harvey Schachter
newsletter

I’m a business owner interested in exporting to the U.S. What steps should I take?

Taxes

opinion

What if there’s a new tax that hurts Canada’s economy? That’s the luxury tax

Mike Mueller and David Chartrand
opinion

The key to saving Canada’s economy is tax reform

Aaron Wudrick

Majority of Canadians want carbon tax dropped or waived for three years, poll finds

Small business

Indigenous cannabis entrepreneurs choose between government red tape and reserve ‘red markets’

For Indigenous founders stuck in startup mode, SOAR accelerator steps up

Small businesses find it increasingly hard to compete with Amazon, survey says

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