Competition watchdog sues Toronto Real Estate Board

The Competition Bureau has filed a lawsuit against Canada’s largest real estate board to stop alleged “anti-competitive” practices that it says bars agents from offering […]

Germany’s Ifo Business Confidence Remained Unexpectedly Unchanged in May - Bloomberg

German business confidence remained unexpectedly unchanged in May as booming exports and rising company spending boosted economic growth.
The Ifo institute in Munich said its […]

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Asian shares follow Wall Street up

Better-than-expected job growth data from the U.S. late last week helped carry Asian stocks mostly upward on Monday.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1 percent […]

Madoff victims could soon start getting funds

The trustee in charge of recovering money stolen by Bernard Madoff took steps Wednesday to begin payments to victims totaling $272 million.
The trustee, Irving […]

Carrigan: Sell in May? Don

Advocates of seasonal investing are getting ready to sell in May and go away.
There are two variations of this broadly recognized investment strategy. The […]

Swiss Bond Sales Boom as Banks Diversify Amid Dollar Plunge: India Credit - Bloomberg

After a 24-year hiatus, Indian companies are poised to raise almost $1 billion of Swiss franc- denominated bonds, about a quarter of total overseas borrowing […]

Stocks steady after S&P warns about US debt

Standard & Poor’s warning that it could downgrade the United States’ credit rating continued to haunt the markets Tuesday, but hopes for a small recovery […]

China Manufacturing Grows at Faster Pace as Economy Withstands Tightening - Bloomberg

China’s manufacturing growth accelerated for the first time in four months, easing concern that monetary tightening may lead to a slowdown in the world’s second-biggest […]

AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

AT&T Inc. says it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion.
T-Mobile is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in […]