Thursday May 23, 2013




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Gov't probe faults poor quality construction materials for deadly Bangladesh building collapse

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-...

posted: May 23,2013





National Business

UN forecasts slow global growth in 2013; austerity hurts Europe, US spending cuts a risk

Global economic growth is projected to gain slow momentum for the rest of the year, a United Nations economic forecast said Thursday....


Asian stocks markets slide as survey shows worse-than-expected slip in China's manufacturing

BANGKOK - Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing....


Japan government bond yields jump following Fed comments, adding to jitters over growing debt

TOKYO - Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds have briefly topped 1 per cent for the first time in a year, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan is aggressively trying to lower interest rates....


Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:...


Loonie falls nearly a penny amid signs that U.S. Fed has no plans to end stimulus

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar dropped nearly a penny Wednesday as the head of the U.S. central bank said that prematurely ending the Fed's $85-billion-a month monetary stimulus program could harm the world's largest economy....


TSX up slightly, Wall Street falls amid talk of possible end to Fed stimulus

TORONTO - North American markets were mixed Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank has considered ending its extraordinary stimulus program, but added that it is too soon to do it now....








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