‘Resistance Is Futile’ In Slow March To Open Banking In Canada

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‘I’ve had a helluva ride in life’: Ron Joyce, Tim Hortons co-founder, dead at 88: Joe O'Connor


Grew the doughnut chain into an iconic Canadian brand and added double-double to the Canadian lexicon

‘Resistance is futile’ in slow march to open banking in Canada: Kevin Carmichael


Already in use in most other developed economies, our legacy financial institutions are still dragging their heels

Terence Corcoran: CBC admits it wrongly reported hyped-up insurance 'climate risks': Mike Rivero


The Insurance Bureau of Canada’s decades-long campaign to raise alarms about the ravages of floods continued last week with an appearance by Blair Feltmate, a favourite star climate-change witness for the biggest insurers, at the Lake Simcoe Region Conservati…

Imperial blasts Alberta’s ’dramatic, drastic’ oil curtailment order that has made crude-by-rail uneconomic: Geoffrey Morgan


Output cut has caused Imperial to reconsider the timing of its $2.6-billion Aspen oilsands project

Nike faces demand for sneaker recall because logo on sole said to resemble the Arabic word for Allah: Bloomberg News


Online petition attracts thousands of signatures

Tim Hortons co-founder Ron Joyce dies at age 88: The Canadian Press


TORONTO — Ron Joyce, the co-founder of the Tim Hortons doughnut chain, has died at age 88. More coming …

Bank of Canada eyeing high consumer debt when pondering interest rate hikes: Reuters


Senior deputy governor says the central bank is taking into account the effect higher rates would have on people with big debt loads

Bioengineered milk and lab-grown meat: Tech firms bet the future of food lies in alternative proteins: The Telegraph


Big money is flowing into meat substitutes, including from some of the world's richest people, largest companies and most red-blooded venture capitalists

Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime pleads guilty in bribery case: The Canadian Press


Duhaime was the last defendant in a major corruption and fraud case involving the McGill University Health Centre project

Weekend Unlimited wins lottery for POT stock symbol — and yes, it’s a marijuana company: The Canadian Press


Weekend Unlimited has been trading under the symbol YOLO

Apple fixes FaceTime privacy bug, will issue update next week: Reuters


The state of New York is probing Apple's failure to warn consumers about the bug

Central banks bought and stockpiled an incredibly large amount of gold last year: The Telegraph


Bank gold stocks soared 74 per cent from 374.8 tons in 2017 to 651.5 tons — the second-highest total since records began

Three tips to help retirees minimize their taxes and maximize their cash flow: Jamie Golombek


Jamie Golombek: Don't miss out on opportunities to claim tax credits or implement strategies that might save thousands of tax dollars annually

Toronto new home sales plunge to lowest in almost 20 years as unsold condos pile up: Bloomberg News


'Greater caution' should be taken when investing in new condo units, warns research firm

Wealthy on paper, couple with $2.9 million in assets needs to sell a property to finance retirement: Andrew Allentuck


With most of their money locked up in real estate and no pensions, B.C. couple must choose the right property to sell

Amazon shares fall after first-quarter sales forecast misses estimates: Reuters


Company faces new regulatory hurdles in India and a slowdown in e-commerce sales in Europe

Sierra Wireless Device-to-Cloud IoT Solution Enables Unimar to Deploy Tower Lighting Systems and Improve Flight Safety - Financial Post:


Sierra Wireless Device-to-Cloud IoT Solution Enables Unimar to Deploy Tower Lighting Systems and Improve Flight Safety Financial Post VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), the leading provider of fully integrated device-to-cl…

Five positive thoughts for investors as the TSX posts it best January in 39 years: Peter Hodson


Peter Hodson: There is still a ton of investor doom and gloom out there, but these five points should make you feel a bit better

Disappointing wage gains can partly be blamed on oil slump, but there’s more to it than that: BoC’s Wilkins: The Canadian Press


Wages have fallen short of where they should be in a tightened job market where the unemployment rate is at a a 43-year low

Ontario may let realtors tell homebuyers the price of other bids: The Canadian Press


Right now, buyers often blindly offer more than what they had wanted to spend in hopes of beating their competitor


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