2 Stocks to Watch Today: First Data Corporation (FDC), U.S. Bancorp (USB)

First Data Corporation (NYSE: FDC) experienced a high price of $25.43 with a low value of $24.955 at the end of the last trading session, which followed after a loss of -1.10% and settled at $25.15 during the course of the last 24 hours for the day. Respectfully, the company now has 911.15M shares after […]

Whale protection eased

Ottawa is easing measures aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales, finessing rules that officials say helped prevent any known deaths of the endangered mammals last year in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the new rules Thursday in Shippagan, N.B. “We met with harvesters, […]

Fake news – hands tied

Canada’s chief electoral officer says there’s not much his independent agency can do to counter fake news circulated about a candidate in the midst of an election. Stephane Perrault says if the fake information appears in an advertisement, there are some “minimal rules” that cover impersonation of parties, candidates or Elections Canada officials and some […]

You think it’s cold here?

Saskatchewan’s record-smashing cold has caught the attention of a senior climatologist at Environment Canada. David Phillips said it’s tough to break records when temperature statistics date back to the 1880s, but that’s exactly what happened in Saskatoon on Wednesday. The city shattered a 112-year-old cold mark when the temperature plummeted to -42.5 C. The previous […]

BCE Q4 profit falls

BCE Inc. says its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year earlier, as an asset writedown and other expenses offset higher revenue for the telecommunications and media company. The owner of Bell Canada says its net income attributable to common shareholders fell to $606 million or 68 cents per share for the three months ended […]

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