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Greece recovery fraught with risks, report warns
Greece’s second bailout package can make its debt sustainable, but the country faces more than a decade of strict austerity and may need more money after 2014, an updated debt sustainability analysis by international lenders shows
The X factor: Barry Gordon believes innovation is XTF’s key to success in the burgeoning ETF market
“I have no real ability to compete … for market share in well-trodden ground,” says Barry Gordon of First Asset Capital Corp. “That’s just a recipe to blow my brains out”
Practically speaking
‘Common sense’ economics often dictates that Canada should be in one industry or another, but we might be better served by focusing on what we know 
Russia trade a ‘priority’ for Canada — but why?
The federal government is planning a trade mission to Moscow and St. Petersburg in June, to be led by International Trade Minister Ed Fast. Russia has been identified as a “priority market” with significant potential benefits by Mr. Fast’s department — but the question is, for who, exactly?
To protect ‘Canadian champion’, Ottawa unlikely to approve Viterra sale
Claudia Cattaneo: A rumoured bid for Viterra Inc., Canada’s largest grain-handling company, hasn’t even been presented yet, and debate is already raging about whether the loss of control of a key Canadian player offers a net benefit to the country
Tobacco firms play along with government rules, court hears in landmark class-action
Lawyers for Canada’s three largest tobacco companies argued Monday morning that they cannot be held liable for the addictive and health effects of their products because they operate under regulations imposed on them by the federal government
Yahoo sues Facebook in massive patent infringement lawsuit
Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc on Monday over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, according to a copy of the lawsuit
No quick end seen to deep Canadian oil discounts
Bargain-basement discounts on Canadian crude are more than just a short-term irritant for producers as surging supplies and a limited U.S. Midwest refining market threaten to cut industry-wide revenues by as much $18-billion a year, an analyst said on Monda
Enbridge mulls writedown at New Brunswick gas unit
Enbridge Inc warned on Monday that it may write off all or part of its $460-million investment in a New Brunswick natural gas distribution business as the Canadian province’s government readies new rules that will lower the price of the fuel for consumers
BCE steps up fibre push to compete against cable
TORONTO — BCE Inc. launched on Monday a faster Internet service and new television product in Quebec City on the back of major improvements made in the past year to its phone network. The launch sets the stage for a battle for market share in the city and surrounding suburbs with regional cable power and …
