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Home Buying 2012

Are you looking to purchase a home? These tips, expert opinions, videos, galleries and discussions can help you make the biggest financial decision of your life

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Top Business Stories

Housing market cooling, but ‘palatial’ homes still strong

Plus, Facebook IPO will offer more shares

Greek conservative party supporters wave flags during a pre-election rally by their leader Antonis Samaras in the town of Thessaloniki May 2, 2012
Jeff Rubin

What will a Greek default mean for you?

Your neighbourhood bank may not be as safe as it seems

Canadian dollar coins.
Exports

Is Canada grappling with Dutch Disease?

Researchers in a report released Wednesday say no

The Law Page

Overtime lawsuits hit a snag

Cases that pit employees against big banks hang in balance before Ontario Court of Appeal

A passerby is interviewed by a TV crew in front of an electronic stock board in Tokyo as Asian stocks dived on May 16, 2012.

World stocks slump on Greece turmoil

Failure by the country’s political leaders to form a coalition government keeps Europe’s debt crisis centre stage

Facebook boosts IPO size by 25%

Could now top $18-billion as it will add about 85 million shares, floating about 422 million shares

Bank of England cuts U.K. growth forecast

Central bank also cautions that inflation will remain above target for another year

Vancouver’s real estate swoon deepens

Despite hot demand across Canada, purchasers in B.C. city are backing off and creating a buyers’ market

Trusts begin to make a comeback

New models rely on foreign assets to generate dividends for unitholders and avoid taxes

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Market Blog
Buffett buys GM shares, Einhorn cuts RIM holdings

And J.C. Penny reports a very ugly first quarter

Darcy Keith
Calendar
CREA reports on home sales, Tuesday

Get up to speed on the business news that matters

May 14 - 18
Data releases
The ROB economic calendar

Stay on top of key economic indicators, Bank of Canada announcements, personal finance deadlines and more with the year-long ROB calendar

Global Exchange
Euro zone lacks engine for growth

Exports are failing to deliver, and despite all the talk, Europe can’t reform its way out of traditional growth-retarding patterns

Workers at a plant in Cologne assemble Ford Fusions for export to 50 countries.
Rob Carrick
Wills: Click your way to a no-fuss legacy

More than half of Canadians don't have a will. New software aims to change that sorry situation

Cash Flow
How to make sure you’re paid what you’re owed

Online invoicing often results in earlier payments for small businesses

Proponents of online invoicing say that because it's easy, people tend to send out invoices sooner, and clients pay them more quickly.
Small Business Briefing
Turning an everyday need into a franchise

All the latest news related to entrepreneurs

Girl playing with play dough
Morning Manager
The liability factor of being responsible

Researchers find that having a strong record of social responsibility is sometimes a liability for companies

The liability factor of corporate social responsbility
Earlier Discussion
Does Canada need a new oil strategy?

Energy economist Peter Tertzakian takes your questions about the future of the oil industry

Heavy machinery operates in the pit at the Shell Albian Sands located in Alberta's oil sands north of Fort McMurray, Alta, Aug. 31, 2010.