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Sentiment has recently improved among analysts covering Nortel Networks. Over 30% now recommend buying the company's shares, compared to 20% three months ago. Also, bond-rating agency DBRS today changed its B (low) rating on Nortel debt from a stable to a positive trend. Nevertheless, the June rally in Nortel shares ...

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So your son or daughter just got accepted to university and you may now have the challenges of paying for at least four years of their education. If you'd opened an RESP with $1,000 at the end of 1990 and purchased a single stock, there are a few companies that ...

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Thomson Reuters shares started trading today in Toronto, New York and London. The new company has a dual-listed structure, which means Thomson Reuters will have two parent companies: Thomson Reuters PLC, which trades on the London Stock Exchange (though its ADS is listed on the Nasdaq), and Thomson Reuters Corp., ...

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We reported in the March 31 Briefcase how Melnyk recently sent a letter to the board expressing his disappointment with the way the pharma firm was being run. In light of this, he said he was considering selling his stake, taking the company private or shaking up the board.

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