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Birch Hill, Brookfield buying First National Financial in $2.9-billion deal
TORONTO — First National Financial Corp. says it has agreed to be sold in a roughly $2.9 billion deal. The mortgage firm says ...
U.S. LNG producers soar as EU agrees to $250 billion in annual purchases
Shares of U.S. liquefied natural gas developers surged in premarket trading on Monday, after the European Union pledged to ...
Musk’s Tesla signs $16.5 billion chip supply deal with Samsung
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the U.S. automaker had signed a US$16.5 billion deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics, a ...
TD Bank names John MacIntyre board chair
Canadian lender TD Bank said on Monday that John MacIntyre, currently serving as an independent director, will take over as ...
World shares advance after EU strikes trade deal with Trump
Stock markets in Europe and Asia shot higher Monday after the European Union worked out a trade deal with the Trump ...
Bank of Canada widely expected to hold key rate steady amid trade uncertainty
Avery Shenfeld doesn’t think the Bank of Canada will cut its benchmark interest rate at its decision on Wednesday, but if it ...
Tariffs threaten Asian beauty product boom in U.S.
When Amrita Bhasin, 24, learned that products from South Korea might be subject to a new tax when they entered the United States, she decided to stock up on the sheet masks from Korean brands like ...
S&P/TSX composite rises Friday, U.S. markets also close higher
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 59.05 points at 27,431.31. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 99.67 ...