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Google to buy marketing services unit of ICG

Google is buying internet firm Channel Intelligence, marketing services unit of ICG Group Inc., for $125 million. The internet giant’s latest acquisition, which completes in the first quarter of 2013, is aimed at expanding its retail footprint, reports The Economic Times. Read more: Google’s Q4 earnings up despite digital ad price drop You can’t avoid […]

By Staff |February 6, 2013

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Fidelity launches U.S. All Cap Fund Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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Fidelity launches U.S. All Cap Fund

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC today launched Fidelity U.S. All Cap Fund, a new mutual fund for Canadian investors seeking U.S. investment exposure. The fund, whose introduction is reflective of an increasingly positive outlook for the U.S. economy and its equity markets, is also available in a corporate class version. “The U.S. market can offer Canadian […]

By Staff |January 30, 2013

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WEF: liquidity bubble a risk as economy improves Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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WEF: liquidity bubble a risk as economy improves

Attention was drawn, on the fourth day of the 43rd World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, to the risk of a liquidity bubble as the global economy gains momentum. Speaking at the annual meet, Ray Dalio, founder and chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, warned against such a consequence. Quoted in a WEF news […]

By Staff |January 25, 2013

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Low rates stifle government bonds Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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Low rates stifle government bonds

Corporate issues provide an extra 1.5%, while junk bonds offer an extra 5.5%, for instance.

By Suzanne Sharma |January 24, 2013

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