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Apple, Google and other big companies around the world are continuing to add to their massive piles of cash, a sign that corporations are increasingly nervous about how the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 could damage the global economy.
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Companies are hoarding cash as the Delta variant takes over the globe

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July fell compared with June.
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CMHC says annual pace of housing starts in Canada slowed in July

On CTVNews.ca, chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid takes stock of the burgeoning federal election campaign and what to expect from politicians claiming to have your financial bottom line in mind.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Conservatives are first out of the gate with pocketbook politics

Stocks fell in morning trading Tuesday, as data showed the coronavirus pandemic is still holding back the U.S. economy.
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Wall Street lower as retail sales post steep drop in July

Tim Hortons in China is planning to go public in a deal that could significantly increase the number of the coffee and doughnut chain’s locations in the country to more than 2,750 restaurants in five years.
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Tim Hortons’ China arm to go public, plan large-scale expansion

Tim Hortons in China is planning to go public in a deal that could significantly increase the number of the coffee and doughnut chain’s locations in the country to more than 2,750 restaurants in five years.
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Tim Hortons China to go public through merger, open 2,500 new locations in five years

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales cooled for their fourth consecutive month in July as new supply fell in about three quarters of all markets across the country.
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Home sales continued to cool in July, down 3.5 per cent month-over-month

Manufacturing sales rose 2.1 per cent to $59.2 billion in June, driven by production at auto assembly plants and higher sales of petroleum and coal products, Statistics Canada said Monday.
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose in June, while wholesale sales fell

On CTVNews.ca, chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains why now is the time to build a financial safety net before Canadians head to the polls
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Before heading to the polls, implement a financial safety net

Stocks fell in early trading Monday, amid worries about rising coronavirus infections in the U.S. and around the globe, as well as geopolitical concerns out of Asia.
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Wall Street lower amid pandemic, Afghanistan worries