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By Janet Davison, CBC News
When a water pipe bursts in the basement or bathroom of a house, there's not much hesitation about what to do: stop the flow, get the leak fixed.
But what if a municipal...
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This was published on 11/23/2011
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The Associated Press
Egyptians are being urged to converge on Cairo's central Tahrir Square in response to a call for renewed protests against the country's military rulers.
Thousands of Egyptian ...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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By Laura Payton, CBC News
Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. are limiting Iran's access to much of the world's financial system in an attempt to isolate the country's regime.
The sanctions Canada annou...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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The Associated Press-
U.S. President Barack Obama promised Monday to veto any efforts to get rid of automatic spending cuts that are to follow the failure of a congressional "supercommittee" to agr...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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CBC News-
Alberta will end the year in the red with a $3.1 billion deficit, predicts the province's second-quarter budget update.
Natural disasters, market volatility and economic uncertainty in t...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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The Associated Press-
Existing home sales rose 1.4 per cent in the U.S. in October, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.
That amounted to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 mil...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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CBC News-
Shares in Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion fell more than six per cent Monday after an analyst scaled back his estimate for company earnings.
RBC Capital Markets’ Mike Abramsky cu...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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CBC News-
The world’s most famous value investor is bargain hunting, and he likes what he sees in undervalued assets in two of the world’s largest economies.
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buf...
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This was published on 11/22/2011
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CBC News-
More Canadians plan cross-border shopping over the holiday season, according to a survey released Friday by the Bank of Montreal.
The Bank’s survey found 18 per cent of those polled plan...
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This was published on 11/21/2011
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CBC News-
The Conference Board of Canada’s help wanted index suggests job prospects will weaken in 13 Canadian cities in the coming months, while labour conditions will remain tight in western Cana...
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This was published on 11/21/2011
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