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industry, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Tuesday]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2207614</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2207042</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:43:06 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadians to stay cautious this RRSP season: poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sixty-eight per cent of Canadians planning to contribute to their RRSPs this year will allocate the same or more than last year, but invest in more conservative assets, a poll showed Tuesday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2207042</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2207091.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2206393</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:59:57 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Brokers pound the 'beat rate' drum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brokers are like big kids who always think that Christmas is just around the corner, and their latest source of excitement is the 'beat rate,' writes Ian McGugan]]></description><link>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2009/11/10/taking-the-pulse-of-the-beat-rate.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2206385.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2206813</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:05 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian executive sues U.K. boss for harassment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A top executive Canadian woman working in London is suing her boss over allegations he brought prostitutes to meetings and repeatedly called her a “stupid blonde” before she was fired, according to a British news report.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2206813</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2206088</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:06:23 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Venture capital investment lowest in 14 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investments in Canada's venture capital industry have slipped to their lowest levels in 14 years, a new report said Tuesday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2206088</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2206201.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2205824</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:02:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[EU objects to US$7-billion Sun-Oracle deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has objected to Oracle Corp's acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc, throwing the US$7-billion deal into question.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2205824</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/1951460.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2205829</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:35:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Global stocks rise as risk favored]]></title><description><![CDATA[World stocks ticked higher on Tuesday as positive reports from U.K. banks kept the 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Over the past year, despite the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, central banks around the world have managed to create an environment in which just about every type of financial asset — stocks, bonds, gold — has headed straight upward.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203238</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2203752.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2205872</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:02:21 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[EU probes Thomson Reuters over data feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomson Reuters Corp., the news and data provider created in a merger last year, faces a European Union antitrust probe into possible restrictions on competitors’ use of identification codes for real-time market data feeds.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2205872</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2203466</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:02:17 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Recession heightens risk of IT sabotage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The current economic environment puts companies at a higher risk for technology threats from newly laid-off workers, and the situation is exacerbated by a lack of resources available to put in place safeguards, a report said Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203466</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2203488.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2201764</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:41:53 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Mega Brands' legal battle ends, but fight for survival continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[As acquisitions go, there are few in Canadian corporate history that have proved bigger nightmares than the purchase by Montreal toy company Mega Brands Inc. of New Jersey crafts maker Rose Art Group.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2201764</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2201768.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2201944</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:19:11 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Crescent Point has long list of takeover targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crescent Point Energy Corp. has a list of potential takeover targets that is a “a few pages” long, its chief financial officer said Monday after the company picked off another junior outfit all without dipping into its recently refreshed war chest.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2201944</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2203384</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:02:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian home builders scramble to meet demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Canadian housing market’s surprising turnaround is spreading to new home construction as developers scramble to respond to a supply shortage that has sent pricing soaring for existing homes.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203384</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2203389.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2202821</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canada struggles to tackle insider trading problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took 14 years and a U.S. tip-off to bring the perpetrators of Canada's biggest insider trading scheme to justice, raising questions about Canada's ability to crack down on white collar crime.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2202821</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/2202841.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2203274</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:02:17 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Who killed Nortel? End of the incubator]]></title><description><![CDATA[Historically, Nortel’s been a better breeding ground for startups than Microsoft. 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a memorandum of understanding signed Monday in Shanghai by Forests Minister Pat Bell.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203339</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2203360</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:02:28 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Talisman makes 'encouraging' find in Amazon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Talisman Energy Inc. said it made an “encouraging” crude-oil discovery in Peru’s northern Amazon jungle.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203360</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">2203445</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Analysts back CGI after solid results]]></title><description><![CDATA[CGI Group Inc., Canada’s largest technology company, won the backing of two analysts Monday after it reported solid fourth-quarter earnings.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2203445</link></item><item><guid 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