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Chief Executive Officer Douglas Steenland will join the nine- member board of directors.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1762303</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757044</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:01:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[The high road to success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why do tall people succeed professionally far more than others? Author Arianne Cohen tries to find out]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757044</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757054.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757387</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:01:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Cash-deal reno built on risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Family Man Garry Marr doesn't get why people pay cash for renovations]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757387</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757411.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757276</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[The new Bond trader]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unlikeliest of species on the Street is suddenly the sexiest. Not since the heady 1980s, when a surge in bond markets inspired such tales as The Bonfire of the Vanities and Liar’s Poker, have buttoned-down bond traders been so hot]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757276</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757942.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757090</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:01:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Post-Madoff era of scrutiny will last about 15 minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the financial world's biggest fraud, is the Street bound for a new era of oversight, regulation and introspection? Dream on, says William Hanley]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757090</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757131.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757341</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:01:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Tax shelters leaving investors out in the storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tax-shelter season may be months away, but a series of ongoing battles are surfacing based on prior years’ tax shelters gone awry]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757341</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757361.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756177</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[China tie too valuable for Teck to pass up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don Lindsay did not need to take a $1.74-billion cash injection from China Investment Corp. After his efforts in recent months, Teck Resources Ltd.’s balance sheet was already in much better shape]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1756177</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1154959.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756772</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:32:26 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Flaherty warns of higher unemployment levels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Improvements in the Canadian and U.S. economies are likely to come in "fits and starts" over the second half of this year, analysts say -- with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledging as much Friday warning unemployment levels will continue to deteriorate well into next year]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1756772</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757076.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756358</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:13:15 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[TSX inches higher Friday, but down on week]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the week, the country’s top exchange was down 1.03% as concerns about the economic recovery were heightened by a string of negative economic data, including worse-than-expected U.S. job loss figures on Thursday]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1756358</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757381.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757334</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:01:46 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Get ready for the Terminator IOU market]]></title><description><![CDATA[California began mailing out its first batch of IOUs this week after state legislators failed to reach a deal over how to close the US$26-billion hole in its budget before the new fiscal year began on Wednesday. Thousands of businesses and individuals will receive a note]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757334</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757360.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757704</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:01:36 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Air Canada union focuses on job security as talks continue]]></title><description><![CDATA[In new, marathon negotiations with Air Canada, the airline’s main union said Friday it will focus over the next few days on the job security demands of its Montreal chapter that caused a sharp split this week.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757704</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757116</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:48 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Livent sentencing hearing to begin Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors are expected to ask that a significant prison term be imposed, at least by Canadian standards, against Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb when a sentencing hearing begins in a Toronto courtroom on Monday]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757116</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1757115.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757085</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:42 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Toronto law firm files a petition for a class-action lawsuit against Expedia]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Toronto law firm has filed a petition for a class-action lawsuit against online travel company Expedia.ca, alleging the website overcharged its customers.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1757085</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756391</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:01:39 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian Superior asset sale could face challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil and gas company Canadian Superior Energy Inc. said Friday its former partner BG International Ltd. is looking to block a contentious $142-million sale of an offshore natural gas drilling platform.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1756391</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1356456.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756112</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:01:31 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Globe and Mail reaches tentative deal with union]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Globe & Mail newspaper reached an eleventh-hour agreement on a new labour contract with its union Thursday night, averting a work stoppage at the 165-year-old daily.]]></description><link>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/07/03/globe-and-mail-talks-with-union-continue.aspx</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756122</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Magna board set to approve Opel plans: sources]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magna's board of directors is scheduled to approve on Tuesday a business plan for the acquisition of German carmaker Opel, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1756122</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752178</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17:21 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[U.S. loses equivalent of every job created this decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[All job growth since the final year of the dot-com bubble, its recovery from the bust, and the ensuing six years of consumer-driven boom is now gone, leading some economists to fear an outright decline in wages will be next. Others believe the U.S. is on track for a painful "jobless recovery"]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1752178</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1752181.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752363</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:47:49 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ford again takes advantage of GM's woes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford sales beat GM sales in June, as happened in February. 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stake to National Bank Financial Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian exchange-traded-funds management company BetaPro Management Inc. has sold a 20% stake of its subsidiary AlphaPro Management Inc. to National Bank Financial Group.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1753400</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753252</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:55 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[SEC lawyer warned of Madoff irregularities]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff’s financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1753252</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753164</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:35 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Warren Buffett donates 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GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Viva Las Vegas! 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Alzheimer's research and invest US$1-billion in new Elan equity in exchange for an 18.4% stake in the Irish drugmaker, the companies said on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1752156</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752096</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:37 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Strong demand for Rio Tinto rights offering]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Ltd sold virtually all of the UK part of its US$15.2-billion rights offer, the world's fifth-biggest, easing its huge debt burden and putting the world's top iron ore miner back in growth mode.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1752096</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1056618.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752082</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:45:14 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[World stocks slip]]></title><description><![CDATA[World stocks slipped from the previous day's two-week high while the dollar rose broadly on Thursday as investors looked to a closely-watched U.S. employment report to gauge the state of economic recovery.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1752082</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749235</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:52:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Air Canada's biggest union rejects deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Canada's biggest union has narrowly rejected a labour deal that the airline says it needs to get crucial funding.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749235</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749243.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749690</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:01:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Oshawa to get GM's new Cadillac]]></title><description><![CDATA[General Motors Corp. will build a new luxury stretch sedan called the Cadillac XTS at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., according to suppliers briefed on the automaker’s latest product plans.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749690</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749790.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:55:16 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian banks fail to make top 30 of global ranking]]></title><description><![CDATA[No Canadian banks made it into the top 30 of the 1,000 banks ranked by the Financial Times' “The Banker” magazine, though CIBC scored 15th worst for losses.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749560</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749564.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749779</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:04:48 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Lear to file for bankruptcy protection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Auto seating supplier Lear Corp said on Wednesday it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a reorganization supported by key secured lenders and bondholders and that it had obtained US$500-million in bankruptcy financing.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749779</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749679</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:08 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Uh oh Canada! Americans are out-saving us]]></title><description><![CDATA[Americans look set to become better savers than Canadians for the first year in almost four decades as harsh economic times drive them to save their pennies.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749679</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749682.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749745</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:19:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Little hope in the pipeline for this tundra town]]></title><description><![CDATA[Repeated delays of Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline have Inuvik seeing red]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749745</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749763.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749184</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:47:01 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Recovery hopes buoy Wall Street]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, the start of the third quarter, as reassuring manufacturing data from China, Europe and the United States reinforced hopes that the world’s economy is on the road to recovery.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749184</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749499</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:02:03 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Stanford CFO to plead guilty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stanford Group chief financial officer James Davis will plead guilty as part of a federal probe of a US$7-billion ponzi scheme at the Texas company, his lawyer David Finn said in an e-mailed statement.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749499</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749812</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:01:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Gannett to cut 1,400 newspaper jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper owner, will eliminate about 1,400 publishing jobs by July 9 as it copes with declining advertising and circulation.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749812</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749588</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Woods tops Sports Illustrated's highest earners list]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods remains the top-earning U.S. athlete, making almost US$100-million in prize money and endorsements during the past year even though knee surgery kept him off the golf course for eight months, according to Sports Illustrated.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749588</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749597.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749607</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:52 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[California governor declares fiscal emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger  Wednesday declared a fiscal emergency for the government of the most populous U.S. state to force lawmakers into a special session to tackle a US$24.3 billion state budget gap.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749607</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749647</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:55 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian miners unfazed by Honduras coup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian miners say it is business as usual in Honduras despite a military coup that caught the international community off guard and was widely condemned.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749647</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749343</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[U.S. won't fund GM past July 10 without sale, court hears]]></title><description><![CDATA[If General Motors wins court approval for its asset sale this week, a "New GM" could be ready to make an initial public offering in 2010, a U.S. Treasury official testified in U.S. bankruptcy court on Wednesday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749343</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749196</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:45:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Oil falls on stockpile of U.S. gasoline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell on Wednesday after government data showed an increase in U.S. gasoline inventories ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday, traditionally the peak of the summer driving season.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749196</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749284</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:37 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Decline in U.S. manufacturing slows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. manufacturing sector shrank in June but at a slower pace than during the prior month, according to an industry report released on Wednesday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749284</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1749326.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749351</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:01:36 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Crabtree & Evelyn's U.S. arm files for Chapter 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd, a specialty retailer known for its soaps and other personal care products, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the tough economy led to falling sales and rising losses.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1749351</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1749375</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:01:42 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[SEC proposes stricter corporate governance rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. securities regulators proposed requiring companies to tell shareholders more about pay policies and board 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suggested Tuesday a $852-million deficit was not so bad, considering that as recently as a few months ago the province expected to be a lot deeper in the red]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1747481</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.financialpost.com/working/1747745.bin" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1747871</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:35:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canwest wins extension on re-capitalization plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canwest Global Communications Corp. has won an extension from its senior lenders on a deadline to come up with a definitive re-capitalization plan, the media company said Tuesday.]]></description><link>http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1747871</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1746719</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:03:58 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[GM needs sale to survive, CEO tells court]]></title><description><![CDATA[General 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fast-food market in the world, Tim Hortons Inc. is set to open up a
new U. S. front in August when it takes its double-doubles into the
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