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Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
People walk past a snow hill at Red Square in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower after a heavy snowfall in Moscow on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
investment ideas
U.K. PM Sunak bids to lead wary investors through British maze
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the opening session of the Global Food Security Summit at Lancaster House in London on Nov. 20.
report on business
Abaxx raises $30.7-million from large institutions to advance its futures market
FILE PHOTO: A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Murmansk Region, Russia February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
world
Russian drones target Kyiv as British Defence Ministry says little chance of front-line change
An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
opinion
Higher immigration without business investment lowers Canadian living standards
William Robson
world
New massacre reported in Darfur as Sudan crisis escalates
Children cross the border on their donkeys from Sudan to Chad, in Chad, November 7, 2023. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
world
At least 7 civilians killed and 20 others wounded after a minibus exploded in the Afghan capital
Afghan policemen inspect a damaged minibus after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 19, 2018.REUTERS/Parwiz
tax matters
Your investment loss could be your spouse’s tax gain
Tim Cestnick
cost of living
AI may be revolutionary technology, but for now, it’s a pretty lousy investment
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 10, 2018 a traders looks at screens of financial dataat the offices of CMC Markets in the City of London on December 10, 2018. - Artificial intelligence is sweeping through finance, where investors are always looking for a technological breakthrough. However, it adds a destabilizing factor to the markets, with its overpowered machines often freewheeling. According to the Greenwich analysis firm, more than 50% of the market companies will have implemented artificial intelligence procedures within 2 years. Investment funds and portfolio managers use them to control their risks or choose what to buy for whom and when. (Photo by Daniel SORABJI / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SORABJI/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
One man recovering, 16 containers retrieved in Iqaluit port following fall
Children get free Halloween candy from a local businessman, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. Locals seek a return to normalcy after a shooting that claimed 18 lives in their community on Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Matt York)
opinion
In times of polycrises, multilateral development banks must do more and act faster
Masatsugu Asakawa
report on business
Banking regulator asks lenders to set aside more capital as mortgage risks mount
FILE PHOTO: A house with a sold real estate sign on it in a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg/File Photo
hockey
Matthew Phillips scores against his old team, Capitals beat the Flames 3-2 in a shootout
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Blake Coleman #20 of the Calgary Flames shoots against the Washington Capitals during the third period at Capital One Arena on October 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
investment ideas
Big U.S. banks warn capital hikes could weigh on green energy, equity products
A person bikes past the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
opinion
Canadian pensions funds should invest more in domestic assets to boost the economy
Shahir Guindi
world
6.3 magnitude earthquake shakes part of western Afghanistan where earlier quake killed over 2,000
Afghans bury hundreds of people killed in an earthquake to a burial site, outside a village in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Saturday's deadly earthquake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
investment ideas
This games manufacturer is a quality dividend-paying stock that should outperform in the long run
A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
world
Red Cross combs streets of ‘deserted’ Nagorno-Karabakh capital for stranded residents
A convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) makes its way past a checkpoint of Russian peacekeepers in Azerbaijan's controlled region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this picture taken during an Azeri government organized media trip on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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RBC pumps capital into Californian bank unit City National
<div>The latest RBC survey shows financial uncertainty has become the new normal for many Canadians as inflation remains high. A woman walks past a Royal Bank of Canada sign in the financial district in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul</div>
investment ideas
Tokyo equity offerings surge as Japan Inc begins to shift towards capital efficiency
A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Sept. 11.