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We've filtered through our favorite news sites and here are the articles we're talking about around the office.
- VANOC will balance books – with $100-million in help
- Bankruptcies fall in April
- Mainland China pours wealth into B.C. housing
- Jobs market gains for fifth straight month
- Carney plots cautious rate path
- Canada’s hot economy tops forecasts
- Vancouver ranks high in global survey
- Rising household debt threatens recovery
- MICs a safe way to invest in real estate
- Oil sands on track to be biggest source of U.S. oil imports
B.C., Ottawa and International Olympic Committee chip in to close the gap [more]
Nearly 13,000 insolvencies reported by individuals and businesses in April, down 10.1 per cent from a year earlier. [more]
Buyers are snapping up Vancouver units, putting luxury market on record track [more]
Economy churned out another 24,700 jobs in May; unemployment rate holds at 8.1 per cent [more]
Economic troubles around the world lead Governor Mark Carney to stay uncommitted to future rate rises [more]
GDP expands 6.1% in the first quarter, biggest rise in a decade; loonie rises [more]
Four Canadian cities among the top 25 among 221 in the world in terms of quality of living [more]
With Bank of Canada expected to raise rates, consumer spending is at risk [more]
David Kaufman, president of Westcourt Capital Corp., takes investors beyond traditional stocks and bonds to explore how to add value to your portfolio with hedge funds, debt instruments, real estate investment trusts, mortgage funds, private equity and even collections of art and wine. [more]
Canadian oil sands will become the largest single source of imported oil to the United States this year [more]