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Biggest mistakes that could tarnish, or even tank, your credit rating

Biggest mistakes that could tarnish, or even tank, your credit rating

Before reaching financial milestones such as a car, home, or savings account, a credit rating might be the only thing young people own.
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Fed's Waller: Interest rates are likely high enough to bring inflation back to 2% target

Fed's Waller: Interest rates are likely high enough to bring inflation back to 2% target

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Federal Reserve official said Tuesday that he is “increasingly confident” that the Fed's interest rate policies will succeed in bringing inflation back to the central bank's 2% target level.
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Porter, Air Transat launch joint venture to gird against domestic competition

Porter, Air Transat launch joint venture to gird against domestic competition

MONTREAL — Porter Airlines and Air Transat are announcing a joint venture as the two carriers look to expand their range of destinations and tap into each other's markets.
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American consumers more confident in November as holiday shopping season kicks into high gear

American consumers more confident in November as holiday shopping season kicks into high gear

American consumers are feeling slightly more confident this month as the all-important holiday shopping season kicks into high gear. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 102 from 99.
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Pipeline company TC Energy raises growth outlook for 2023

Pipeline company TC Energy raises growth outlook for 2023

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is raising its financial guidance for the year. The company says it now expects its comparable earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for 2023 to be up about eight per cent from 2022.
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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts in early trading as November's momentum fades

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts in early trading as November's momentum fades

BANGKOK — Stocks are listless in early trading on Wall Street as the market’s big November rally continues to stall. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in the early going Tuesday.
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Panama's Supreme Court declares 20-year contract for Canadian copper mine unconstitutional

Panama's Supreme Court declares 20-year contract for Canadian copper mine unconstitutional

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests by environmentalists and others who argued it would damage a forested coastal area and t
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Canada Goose buys European knitwear supplier Paola Confectii

Canada Goose buys European knitwear supplier Paola Confectii

TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it has acquired a long-standing knitwear supplier and its European manufacturing facility. Financial terms of the deal for the operating assets of Paola Confectii Manufacturing were not immediately available.
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Scotiabank reports Q4 profit down from year ago, provision for credit losses up

Scotiabank reports Q4 profit down from year ago, provision for credit losses up

TORONTO — Scotiabank reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as the amount it set aside to cover bad loans more than doubled. The bank said Tuesday its net income totalled nearly $1.39 billion or $1.
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Government impersonation, phishing are top financial scams, Interac survey finds

Government impersonation, phishing are top financial scams, Interac survey finds

TORONTO — A new Interac survey finds government impersonation is one of the biggest financial scams plaguing people across Canada.
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