That’s right… The CN Tower has been surpassed in height by a Dubai building, under construction. This means the CN Tower no longer holds the title as “the world’s tallest building”. The Burj Dubai, a US$4.1-billion hotel, business, and residential complex under construction in the United Arab Emirates, yesterday reached slightly above the CN Tower’s [...]

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If you are new to investing online, don’t put your entire life savings into an online account. Start with a smaller sum, which will be easier to handle and keep track of. Once you feel confident, you can then decide to add more money to your investing online account. Once online, many investors tend to [...]

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“Canadian Tire Mortgage” — coming to a Canadian Tire store near you… The Canadian retailer’s financial services arm, Canadian Tire Bank, announced yesterday that it will allow people to combine mortgage, chequing and savings accounts, as well as other loans and credit card balances into a single account. This is a huge move for Canadian [...]

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Private Student Loans – If savings, grants, scholarships, and federal loans aren’t covering the cost of your education, it’s time to turn to private student loans. But young college students can’t qualify for a private loan, can they? Wrong! I’ve looked quite a bit into this topic, and decided to post on this and other [...]

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A group of big U.S. and Canadian institutional shareholders is mobilizing to push for the merger of TSX Group Inc. and Montreal Exchange Inc., a deal that the companies have been unable to consummate despite serious talks this summer. The exchanges have publicly trod increasingly separate paths this year, signing up high-powered U.S. allies and [...]

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