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Annual profits at HSBC Bank Canada slipped four per cent in 2010, but the bank’s CEO is happy with the underlying operating results.
 
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Mayo Schmidt, CEO of Viterra Inc. earned $4.46 million in 2010, up 7.2 per cent from $4.16 million in 2009, according to documents sent to Viterra shareholders...
 
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The first invitation to Apple's rumoured iPad 2 event March 2 has surfaced with The Loop confirming its invite arrived Wednesday.
 
 
 
Nearly one in five Canadians reported to work late at least once of week, a new survey shows. Take a look at some of the top excuses given by late employees...
 
 
 
A newly resuscitated debt clock started its national tour yesterday in Victoria, and by the time it officially arrives in Vancouver today it will register...
 
 
 
Canadian banks, ranked the world’s soundest for three straight years by the World Economic Forum, may report higher first-quarter profit on rising fees...
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Bank profits may rise on mortgage, credit-card fees

Canadian banks, ranked the world’s soundest for three straight years by the World Economic Forum, may report higher first-quarter profit on rising fees from mortgages and credit cards and fewer bad loans.


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BC Hydro bills to jump 50% with new plan

BC Hydro calls its $6-billion capital plan a "regeneration" of its system, which it anticipates will cost the average consumer 32 per cent in rate increases over the next three years more than 50 per cent over the next five years.


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Apple's March 2 iPad unveiling confirmed, invitations sent

The first invitation to Apple's rumoured iPad 2 event March 2 has surfaced with The Loop confirming its invite arrived Wednesday.


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Bernard Callebaut was in court Wednesday after items were removed from his former company after it was placed in receivership.

Callebaut chocolate saga back in court in Calgary

Bernard Callebaut is back in court, after it was discovered that certain items — including more than 200 boxes of bulk chocolate — were removed from his namesake company around the time it was placed in receivership last year.


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