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OpenText has been on a US$3 billion buying spree, and its CEO says it’s not done yet

Open Text Corp. has spent almost US$3 billion acquisitions over the past three years and the company doesn't plan to slow down, Mark Barrenechea said

Now up to $50 billion, Canada’s green electricity bailouts make the Bombardier giveaway look like peanuts

Terence Corcoran: A rough tally of the ballooning costs in four provinces’ green electricity debacles runs over $50 billion

Suncor CEO confident Tillerson will shield oilpatch from border adjustment tax

Former Exxon chief Rex Tillerson, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, understands American refineries need Canadian oilsands, says Steve Williams

Indigo and HMV: Why one triumphed and the other is folding

Both faced the spectre of online retail and both adopted the same strategy to combat it. But then their fortunes parted

Trump won’t like seeing U.S. refugees slipping into Canada—and that's trouble for Trudeau

William Watson: Canada-U.S. relations always depend at least a little on the psychologies of the two countries’ leaders

The tale of the ‘silver-tongued’ financier who left a trail of broken companies and unhappy investors

John Simmonds says he’s a businessman, a dealmaker who has ‘never stolen a dime.’ Yet today he’s under house arrest, facing a litany of criminal fraud charges and lawsuits

Manulife makes $4 billion earnings target as Asian business boosts income and outlook

Manulife achieved record high insurance sales in Asia, up 27% in a year, as the region's burgeoning middle class looks to save and invest

The massive snowstorm hitting New York City today is costing the city $1.8 million an inch

Clearing a city the size of New York doesn't come cheap: the sanitation department budgeted US$88 million solely for snow removal this year

Investing

Joe Chidley: Trump tweet-storming your stock? Relax, the effects don’t tend to last long

Trump has made no bones about targeting publicly companies on social media: But take heart, investor, the Trump-attack effect doesn’t seem to last very long

Midas Letter

Podcast: Replicel Life Sciences CEO Lee Buckler on global expansion

Buckler has seen his company's share price double year-to-date. He joins Midas Letter Podcast to discuss the multi-faceted approach that seems to be working

Trading Desk

Freeport-McMoRan Inc downgraded despite balance sheet progress

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. was downgraded to neutral from overweight at J.P. Morgan, as analyst Michael Gambardella doesn’t see much upside in the stock at current copper prices

FP Street

Aritzia stock dips below key milestone after impressive debut, but analysts still see a buy

Share price of the 'innovative design house and fashion retailer of exclusive brands' traded below $16 for the first time. In Aritzia’s time as a public company, $16 has significance

Tech Desk

OpenText has been on a US$3 billion buying spree, and its CEO says it’s not done yet

Open Text Corp. has spent almost US$3 billion acquisitions over the past three years and the company doesn't plan to slow down, Mark Barrenechea said

Young Money

If you think Millennials are just a bunch of spoiled spendthrifts, then think again

Millennials may get stereotyped as spoiled, debt-dependent and fixated on instant-gratification. But there are plenty of good financial habits they can teach us

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Property Post

After the crash: Everyone is suddenly worried about this U.S. mortgage-bond whale

Almost a decade after it all began, the Federal Reserve is finally talking about unwinding its grand experiment in monetary policy

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Personal Finance

Thinking about buying a home? Here are a few cold, hard facts to chew on

You want to be the king or queen of your own castle. But how do you conquer this daunting feat, given that in big cities, so-called starter castles can be more than $1M?

FP CIO

Google adds more Cloud Platform support, HPE acquires Niara: News IT leaders need to know

This week's highlights also include a cloud pricing update from Oracle and Salesforce acquiring Sequence

Global Investor

Boutique bank Moelis scores coup on reports it will advise Saudi Aramco on the world’s biggest IPO

The New York-based investment bank will help Aramco select underwriters for the sale and make decisions on potential listing venues

FP Energy

Anxiety builds in Alberta on fears oilsands carbon cap policy set to pick favourites

Claudia Cattaneo: Clouded in secrecy, the oilsands cap policy will pit company against company, project against project, observers say

Retail & Marketing

PC Plus rewards collectors warned to beef up passwords after security breach

'We recently noticed unusual traffic on our website and suspended customer sign-in capabilities while we investigate'

Mortgages & Real Estate

‘Canadian housing just won’t quit’: Homebuilding picks up in January, especially in Ontario cities

Housing starts out today surprised economists with a better kick off to the year than expected and signalling more strong readings to come

Careers

Howard Levitt: The legalities of forcing receptionists’ attire, a Day One contract signing, and mat leave firings

Yes, in fact it is legal to require receptionists to wear heels and lipstick. With a caveat

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Canadians have amassed $150 billion in TFSAs but Ottawa won’t let them invest it in small businesses

The Montreal Economic Institute says Ottawa needs to loosen guidelines to allow the TFSA funds to be invested in small businesses

Oprah reportedly made US$150 million selling a Gustav Klimt painting to a Chinese buyer

This is the second major Klimt that changed hands since the art market started contracting, as Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev sold Water Serpents II for US$170 million

Bombardier played hard to get, but the federal Liberals were determined to hand it money it didn't need

Kevin Libin: The Liberals clearly put in much effort to get Bombardier to even agree to take the money, and had to buckle on virtually every condition

Nordstrom ‘trumped’ again when president tweets store treated Ivanka unfairly

Daddy Donald was upset that the luxury store is winding down his daughter Ivanka Trump's brand clothing and shoes ‘because of poor sales’

Donald Trump is on a trade-deal tear — and Canada is in danger of getting left behind

Brian Innes: The Trump administration is working at breakneck speed on a number of files, and trade agreements will be no different

‘Another nail in the coffin’: TransCanada scrambles to secure deal after rival pipeline approved

It's also crucial for Western Canadian gas producers to maintain market share in Ontario, especially as not a single LNG project has been built on the West Coast

The bittersweet experience of running a hard-scrabble social enterprise

There's joy in helping, but compounded pain in failing

Entrepreneur Next Level

CarbonCure solidifies rapid growth with IAAS model despite clients’ tight capital budgets

Concrete plants don't need huge capital layout for clean-tech innovation, paying CarbonCure monthly return instead

Hummingbird chocolate makers took fast flight after winning coveted Golden Bean award

How one very small company handled a sudden surge in demand

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