Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Economic rebound slows as Statistics Canada says economy grew 3.0 per cent in July
OTTAWA - The pace of Canada's economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic slowed in July, and maybe even more in August, Statistics Canada says, suggesting the country is in what experts described as ...
Sep 29, 2020
Deficit on track to hit $330 billion with COVID effects lasting years, says PBO
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic will leave a lasting scar on the Canadian economy that could produce permanent deficits, the parliamentary budget officer says in a report estimating this year's shortfa...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump went even further than other uber-rich to shrink taxes
WASHINGTON - The tax-avoidance strategies that President Donald Trump capitalized on to shrink his tax bill to essentially zero are surprisingly common among major real estate developers and other ube...
Sep 28, 2020
Healthy US economy failed to narrow racial gaps in 2019
WASHINGTON - The solid growth that the United States enjoyed before the viral pandemic paralyzed the economy this spring failed to reduce racial disparities in Americans' income and wealth from 2016 t...
Sep 28, 2020
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017
President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times. Trump, who has...
Sep 27, 2020
Locked-up computer systems only part of ‘terrifying’ ransomware scourge
TORONTO - A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, ...
Sep 27, 2020
Locked-up computer systems only part of 'terrifying' ransomware scourge
TORONTO - A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, ...
Sep 27, 2020
Maine lobster business salvaged its summer despite pandemic
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's lobster fishermen braced for a difficult summer this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but then the unexpected happened. They kept catching lobsters, and people kept ...
Sep 26, 2020
Gateway Casino gets first federal loan for big employers, worth $200 million
OTTAWA - A federal program aimed at giving loans to some of the largest companies in the country is rolling the dice with $200 million to a casino chain. The loan is the first from what the government...
Sep 25, 2020
Finance Department says federal deficit hit $148.6 billion through July
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $148.6 billion during the first four months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year, the result of unprecedented spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Sep 25, 2020
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