Earnings
Kanye West And Taylor Swift: Who Has The Higher Net Worth? $3.2 billion
While Taylor Swift may be one of the most recognizable names globally, it is Kanye West who is a multi-billionaire, as Celebrity Net...
There’s good economic news on the horizon, and that’s rattling markets. Wait, what?
The first signs that the world is winning the battle with COVID-19 has sparked great news for the global economy as the number...
Pandemic’s tough job market could hurt new graduates for life, says report
With Friday’s jobs data expected to indicate a pandemic employment shortage extending into a second year, new research shows that a protracted dearth of...
Fears of a market bubble are growing as stocks trade like bitcoin
As if following the latest COVID-19 news while trying to work from a household full of children wasn’t enough, now the financial press...
B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who...
Who Has A Higher Net Worth: Tom Brady Or Patrick Mahomes?
Yes, Tom Brady is a football icon, and he’s sitting on massive net worth (not to mention his wife, Gisele Bündchen’s, estimated net worth...
London Health Sciences Centre CEO has travelled to U.S. five times since pandemic began
The head of the largest hospital in southwestern Ontario has travelled outside of Canada five times since the COVID-19 pandemic began, including most...
Airline vacation ads face scrutiny as politicians named and shamed for their pandemic trips
A number of Canadian politicians have been caught flouting public health advice by going on vacations over the holidays, and Air Canada is now...
Why millions of dollars in pandemic aid is going to corporations making healthy profits
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first...
Bank earnings this week should show if wave of expired mortgage deferrals are being paid back
Monday’s fiscal update gave us a pretty good look at how much red ink has been spilled on the federal government’s finances —...
A surge in bitcoin in the COVID-19 era outshines gold, but can it last?
A return of bitcoin to its stratospheric highs has top financial experts scratching their heads and cryptocurrency boosters saying I told you so....
Small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big-box stores
Small businesses in Toronto and Peel Region say it’s not fair that they should be closed for in-person shopping while big-box stores can sell all...
Technical glitches briefly mar first day of applications for Canada Recovery Benefit
Canadians seeking to access new financial support after missing work because of COVID-19 appeared to briefly run into technical glitches as applications opened for...
Why some CERB recipients are getting smaller payments this month
Some Canadians are getting unwelcome surprises this month: smaller Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) payments than they expected. CBC News has heard from many people confused...
Starbucks to close up to 200 stores in Canada even after COVID-19
Coffee chain Starbucks says it plans to close up to 200 stores in Canada in the next two years, even after the economy gets back...
