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The firm's shares have risen 5.8 per cent this year, trailing the 6.7 per cent gain of the eight - company Standard & Poor's / TSX Commercial Banks Index.

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There was also a non-cash gain of $ 133 million from a deal to buy a 37 per cent interest in Canbriam Energy Inc. in exchange for northeastern B.C. mineral land holdings and $ 52 million.

The gains were enough to lower the unemployment rate to a 4 1/2 - year low of 7.4 per cent, a good sign in an otherwise lacklustre report.

Since implementing that 15 per cent charge last summer, the raw number of home sales have fallen about 40 per cent, primarily in the upper end of the market, and the steep price gains have levelled off.

Shares in Perth - based oil and gas company Range Resources gained nearly 20 per cent on the ASX after it announced it had attracted the backing of Hong Kong - based institutional investment group Abraham.

Twitter soars about 73 per cent from IPO price, keeping most of gain from opening.

GAAP EPS of $ 1.62 included 15 cents of net restructuring charges and other significant items and was down 6 percent versus the prior year, reflecting the absence of a one - time gain booked in Q1 2017.

When Atlantic Canada's biggest lumber company, J.D. Irving Ltd., was assessed a duty of only 3 per cent, the Chronicle Herald described the sanction as an «opportunity» for the company to gain market share at the expense of its more heavily taxed Canadian rivals.

Further, over 60 per cent of the «core» Consumer Price Index that excludes more volatile items is posting gains of 1.5 per cent or more and one - third of the basket exceeds the Bank of Canada's 2 per cent inflation target.

The Australian bourse has clocked up its best two - day gain in over 33 years after the market closed four per cent higher, following the biggest point gain ever on Wall Street and news of the federal government's $ 10.4 billion economic stimulus package.

Revenue of $ 2.9 billion was up 24 % from the prior year, bolstered by gains in subscription software sales, and adjusted earnings per share of 35 cents a share were up 25 %.

News of the announcement boosted the company's stock on the TSX Venture Exchange, where it gained 17 cents by midday to trade at $ 4.13.

The value of shares and other equities gained 3.7 per cent in the quarter, while the value of household real estate gained 1.5 per cent.

Standard condominiums posted lower gains of 2.5 per cent to $ 252,174.

Despite the increase in debt, households continued to get richer in the third quarter as their net worth gained 2.2 per cent on the back of a strong stock market.

D.R. Horton (DHI), the top U.S. homebuilder, will report its fiscal year end results today and is expected to post earnings - per - share of 62 cents, a nearly 38 % gain year - over-year.

The Pantry's stock (Nasdaq: PTRY) gained $ 1 or 2.8 per cent to $ 36.52 after rising 23 per cent on Wednesday amid reports of a transaction in the works.

EXECUTIVES and managers re-employed after retrenchment gained an average salary increase of 6 per cent, a survey by outplacement and career management company DBM Australia has found.

Meanwhile, Metcash has gained shareholder approval for the buy - out of its South African parent, 52 per cent shareholder, Metoz.

He also concludes that «raising its (the government's) deficit target back up to 1 per cent (from zero) makes more sense when there are other short - term - pain - for - long - term - gain initiatives that are needed to address more pressing objectives than lowering a debt ratio that is already the envy of the world.»

In London overnight, the FTSE 100 closed 1.3 per cent higher with miners taking four of the top five places among gains.

On the London Metal Exchange, it was nickel's turn in the spotlight as it soared 12 per cent at one point to a more than three - year high of $ US15, 875 a tonne, before closing up 7.5 per cent at $ US15, 275, its largest daily gain in 6-1/2 years, Reuters reported.

«Given the still solid pace of job gains, we expect the unemployment rate to move lower to 4.0 per cent assuming a stable to lower participation rate,» TD also said.

«Overall, a report showing strong job growth, a falling unemployment rate, and steady wage gains should be mildly hawkish for markets and supportive of continued but gradual Fed rate hikes, keeping a June hike well priced above 90 per cent,» TD said.

ICE Brent futures notched gains of 35 cents, or 0.5 %, to $ 70.80 a barrel.

Adjusted for investment gains, earnings came to 97 cents per share and fell short of Wall Street expectations.

Our best estimate is that potential output will rise by an average of 1 1/2 per cent per year over the next few years — that is not very impressive relative to history.2 We are counting on gains in productivity to deliver fully two - thirds of that growth.

If wage negotiations, for example, were to build in current low expected price increases — of the order of 2 to 3 per cent — that kind of behaviour would clearly produce better national outcomes than if larger increases (not backed by genuine productivity gains) were pursued and granted, only to be followed by a tightening of policy.

The TSX Composite Index followed a similar course, gaining 2.4 per cent in Q1 2017 yet down from 4.5 per cent in Q1 2016, primarily due to weakness in the energy sector at the beginning of the year.

The foreign exchange market saw the U.S. dollar depreciate against the Canadian dollar in Q1 2017, losing -0.6 per cent compared to a Q4 2016 gain of 2.0 per cent.

I do not object to paying 25 per cent of any short - term (one - year) capital gain, but when it comes to gains that include a tax on inflation that occurred over long periods of time, it means severe injury to whatever real gain has been earned.

Some — but not all — of the gains at the top of the income distribution were offset by a tax and transfer system that took an extra three per cent of total income and redistributed it further down.

2017.05.15 Canadian pension returns post four consecutive quarters of gains: RBC Investor & Treasury Services Building on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per cent...

Since 2000, Alberta's population has grown by more than 40 per cent, a gain of 1.3 million people.

The trade data provided a temporary boost to the dollar, but by late afternoon the currency had lost all of its gains and was trading at US72.32 cents.

For residential apartments, there was an average increase of 14.35 per cent in prices compared to the the fourth quarter of 2013 and a significant 36.56 per cent gain compared to the first quarter of 2013.

Household sector financial assets increased by 1.7 per cent in the March quarter, a somewhat slower rate than in previous quarters, as a reduction in the value of direct equity holdings partially offset strong gains in the value of funds held in superannuation.

Air Canada's stock jumped 4.3 per cent shortly after the markets opened on Monday, before giving back most of those gains and closing at $ 25.42 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, an increase of 23 cents.

Villa rents also increased by 13.41 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2013 and saw a 6.46 per cent gain over the fourth quarter of 2013.

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The February contract squeezed a small gain of 44 cents in the final session of the year, closing at US$ 37.04 a barrel, while February natural gas rose 12 cents to US$ 2.34 per mmBtu.

Almost half of all respondents (47 %) in the TJN survey believe that Canada is more likely to lose jobs if the TPP is ratified, whereas only five per cent think Canada is more likely to gain jobs.

One encouraging element in the May numbers — for those who subscribe to the soft landing scenario — is that most of the gains came in the notoriously volatile condo market, which registered a 22.2 per cent jump in starts to 114,346 units annualized.

In spite of those gains, the unemployment rate in manufacturing jumped from 4.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent, as the sector was unable to absorb a significant influx of new workers.

The purchase of up to 9.9 per cent of Nemaska Lithium will gain the Japanese conglomerate a presence in the battery supply chain and the right to nominate a director to Nemaska's board.

Houses in Melbourne gained 0.9 per cent while units shed 0.9 per cent, for an overall monthly value gain in the city of 0.5 per cent.

More importantly, the vast majority of job gains (93 per cent) were in full - time positions.

Prices of the Brent June contract LCOc1, which expires Monday, gained 53 cents to settle at $ 75.17 a barrel.

The top one per cent of income earners took about a third of all income gains in the decade from 1997 to 2007.

After removing one - time items, Telus's adjusted profit gained 13.5 per cent to $ 354 million or 54 cents a share, over the $ 312 million or 48 cents a share it reported in the same prior - year period and one cent ahead of the consenus.