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OTTAWA, Ontario, August 23, 2010 — The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) debuts a new national television commercial today featuring production and editing techniques developed specifically for this project and never before used in Canadian television advertising.
Shot in HD, the new commercial is called “Faces”, and it highlights the value REALTORS® bring to one …
OTTAWA, Ontario, August 18, 2010 — Following similar international reports by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Bank of Canada today published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impact on the Canadian economy of new global capital and liquidity standards, which are to be finalized later this year by the G-20.
Using …
TORONTO, Ontario, August 18, 2010 — Continuing weakness in the U.S. economy may force the Bank of Canada to put interest rate hikes on hold after September, notes a new report from CIBC World Markets Inc.
“North America’s story is again darkening,” says CIBC’s Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld in the latest Global Positioning Strategy report. “We were looking for a material second-half …
OTTAWA, Ontario, August 16, 2010 — Consultation Paper: Ensuring Businesses Access to Long-Term Mortgages
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today released a consultation paper that proposes to give businesses more flexibility in negotiating mortgage terms with lenders.
OTTAWA, Ontario, August 16, 2010 — The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) says national home sales activity continued to trend down in July 2010. The decline was almost entirely the result of fewer sales in British Columbia and Ontario. A slowdown in demand in these two provinces had been widely expected in July, as many purchases were brought forward into the first half of the year …
TORONTO, Ontario, August 12, 2010 — Well-known Canadian broadcaster, Valerie Pringle will kick-off a two-week, cross-Canada tour starting in Halifax on Monday, August 16 to talk to Canadians about their saving habits, challenges and successes. The tour is part of Ms. Pringle ’s role as the Saving Ambassador for Scotiabank’s new Let the Saving Begin program, which is designed to …
