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Major junior hockey players exploited? It's a peculiar business, this major junior hockey. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-05-19 09:47:21

Trail expands to Saskatchewan Western Canada's largest independent appliance retailer will get a little larger come fall 2012 as it stretches its reach into Saskatchewan. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-05-18 09:40:21

Yahoo investors applaud change, fear limbo Yahoo Inc's choice of interim chief executive is a signal the company is returning to its roots selling brand advertising on its consumer websites, analysts say, even as a deal with an activist hedge fund raises new questions about its future. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-05-14 21:30:15

TransCanada moves forward with $275M Keystone pipeline terminal TransCanada Pipeline's decision to proceed soon with a major oilsands terminal expansion is another sign of confidence in the viability of its Keystone XL route, a company spokesman said Thursday. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-05-10 21:20:02

U.S. receives new TransCanada pipeline application The U.S. State Department confirmed on Friday it has received a new application from TransCanada Corp for a pipeline to run from the U.S.-Canada border to Steele City, Nebraska. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-05-04 12:41:37

Rate hikes predicted despite tame inflation A drop in Canada's year-on-year inflation rate to an 18-month low in March will not delay interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada, which is paying closer attention to economic growth, analysts said on Friday. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-04-20 18:33:19

Rise of the MBA entrepreneur When Chika Ekeji enrolled in the MIT Sloan School of Business' full-time MBA program, he was ambivalent about actually finishing his degree. What he was really in school for, he'd decided, was a chance to found his own company. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-04-14 21:19:09

Hicks: Careful with credit-cards How complicated can credit-card comparisons get? Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-03-24 01:13:41

Home sales rise in February Sales of existing homes in Canada climbed 1.4% in February from January, following a decline in the previous month, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Thursday. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-03-15 08:22:41

Auto biz looking up, says Ford Canada boss The country's leading auto maker has upped the forecast for projected sales in Canada after a surprising break-out start for an industry still clawing its way back from a recessionary slump. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-03-14 21:35:43

Breaks hit on Mission mess At the Feb. 27 meeting of city council, which addressed a status report from the Planning, Development and Assessment Dept. (PDAD) about redevelopment on Mission Road S.W., Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart said, "... it's 40 miles of bad road and it's just going to continue to get worse." Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-03-05 17:16:31

Iceland puts former PM on trial over crisis Iceland began the trial on Monday of former prime minister Geir Haarde for failing to prevent a 2008 financial crash, thought to be the only prosecution in the world of a political leader over the crisis. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-03-05 08:36:08

Shane Homes expands Calgary housing portfolio Shane Homes has expanded its Calgary operations by acquiring all of Beattie Homes' single-family land positions in Calgary. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-27 15:17:38

Germany proves private and health care can go together For the past two decades, hundreds of hospitals have been privatized in Germany. The number of private for-profit hospitals grew by about 90%, whereas the number of public hospitals decreased by 43%. Today, roughly one-third of German hospitals are private for-profit. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-27 15:17:37

Berkshire identifies Buffett successor Warren Buffett told investors on Saturday the Berkshire Hathaway board has identified his successor, easing some shareholder concern about the future of the company once the famed 81-year-old investor steps down as chief executive. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-25 15:15:13

Sears slashes prices to compete with Target Calvin McDonald remembers his first job: Pulling a wagon loaded with Sears catalogues and delivering them to homes in this small southwestern Ontario city. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-17 19:00:42

What's in a logo? Logos surround us on a daily basis. They are a company's nameplate -- their welcoming mat in a way. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-16 07:38:08

Air Canada pilots back strike mandate Air Canada's pilots, who are in talks with the airline on a new labor contract, voted overwhelmingly in favor of giving their bargaining committee the right to call a strike, the pilots union said on Tuesday. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-14 16:40:23

Carney and Flaherty send letters to U.S. counterparts Canada stepped up pressure on Washington on Monday to rewrite its controversial Volcker rule to remove restrictions on Canadian bank activities that it says do not threaten the U.S. financial system. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-13 13:41:52

$2 billion oil sands expansion Imperial Oil Ltd (IMO.TO) said on Friday it will go ahead with a C$2 billion ($2 billion) expansion of its Cold Lake oil sands project, adding 40,000 barrels per day of new production to Canada's largest thermal oil sands development. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-02-03 16:55:45

Caterpillar's cash windfall About 500 workers (members of CAW Local 27) at Caterpillar Inc.'s Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., were locked out at the beginning of the year after they refused to accept a contract that includes a more than 50% cut in wages and health-care and an elimination of pension benefits. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-01-27 18:45:06

Trial for three ex-Nortel execs begins The fraud trial of three former executives at Canada's bankrupt Nortel Networks opens on Monday, a decade after their alleged crimes, as one of the most spectacular casualties of the 1990's dot-com bubble takes a curtain call in a Toronto courtroom. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-01-16 12:00:24

Pipeline delays a budget concern Lengthy delays in approving lucrative oil pipelines is a budget concern, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in Calgary Wednesday. Newspaper: Calgary Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-01-11 14:50:48

Ford claims it has topped Cdn auto sales Ford Motor Co of Canada said on Wednesday it was Canada's top-selling automaker in 2011 for the second consecutive year, boosted by sales of its F-Series pickup truck. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-01-04 14:39:46

Adviser defrauded investors using LinkedIn: regulator U.S. securities regulators charged an Illinois-based investment adviser on Wednesday with using LinkedIn and other social media networking websites to lure investors by offering more than $500 billion in fake securities. Newspaper: Edmonton Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Money Date: 2012-01-04 14:39:46

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