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  New rules introduced aimed at protecting credit card holders in Canada

  May 21st, 2009 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has proposed new regulations aimed at protecting credit card users. Under the new measures, credit card holders will get a minimum 21-day interest-free grace period on all new purchases when they pay...

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  Province's labour-sponsored funds see support

  May 15th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  REGINA (SNN) - Saskatchewan investors are bucking the national trend by pumping more money in labour-sponsored venture capital corporations (LSVCCs), while nationally labour funds appear to be on the decline. Last year, investors put nearly $60...

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  Freddie Mac's acting CFO found dead at his Virginia home

  April 22nd, 2009 - 5 h 00

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. Mary Ann Jennings, director of public information for...

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  Insurance hike seems like a tax increase

  April 7th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  The province is quite fond of issuing news releases - four or five will appear in any given business day. But a pair of releases that crossed our news desk Monday drew our interest. The first was a declaration that the province intends to...

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  Credit union branches off

  April 3rd, 2009 - 5 h 00

  As he looks around the newly opened Advantage Credit Union on 15th Street East, branch manager JoËl Bilodeau can't help but feel good about the new start for his branch. "We were the best kept secret in Prince Albert," he said. "This is our...

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  Compliance order issued against Priority Mortgage Plus Financial Services Inc.

  March 26th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission (SFSC) has issued a Compliance Order dated March 23, 2009. The Order directs Priority Mortgage Plus Financial Services Inc. to immediately cease and desist carrying on...

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  Tax reassessments on the ready

  March 13th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  It's tax reassessment time in Prince Albert. And in that spirit, the city held a press conference on Thursday to remind residents how the reassessment process works. "It's not an attempt by the city to try and generate more taxes," said director...

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  Canadians becoming more optimistic about buying a home: poll

  March 4th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - A new Royal Bank survey suggests more Canadians are becoming optimistic about the housing market and contemplating home ownership. The RBC survey - conducted in early January by Ipsos Reid - found 65 per cent of the people polled thought...

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  Obama to unveil $75 billion plan to tackle foreclosure crisis

  Febuary 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  PHOENIX - President Barack Obama's plan to tackle the foreclosure crisis will spend $75 billion in an effort to prevent up to nine million Americans from losing their homes. The plan, which Obama is releasing later Wednesday, is more ambitious...

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  Lower rates predicted for SaskEnergy

  Febuary 13th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Saskatchewan residents are looking at lower costs for home heating as soon as the beginning of April, but the exact saving is not yet known. "We don't have a final number on it yet, but it will be a substantial decrease - well into the double...

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