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Canaccord Financial Inc. (TSX:CF) had a fiscally tough first quarter largely because of expenses related to purcashing rival Genuity Capital Markets in April. The Vancouver brokerage firm announced August 5 that its profit fell 46.5% to $4.

B.C.’s film and TV industry has waded into the HST debate on the side of the tax claiming it will drive job creation in their industry and across the economy.

B.C. added 16,000 new jobs in July as a large decline in the number of full-time jobs across Canada offset increases in the number of part-time jobs gained nationally, according to Statistics Canada. Employment in B.C.

Lightyear Digital Theatre (Canada) Ltd. president Robert Dominick announced August 4 that his company had purchased a movie theatre in Beverly Hills, California as part of a plan to roll out a technological update of an old entertainment medium.

Canadian cities are seeing a return to pre-downturn office vacancy levels quicker than their American counterparts, according to Avison Young.

A survey released Thursday morning found that Ontarians and British Columbians are confused about how the HST affects real estate transactions.

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX: TKM) has filed with U.S. regulators for approval to enter into clinical trials with a new treatment for solid cancer tumours. If Tekmira’s investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S.

Metro Vancouver property buyers and sellers both appear to be on vacation this summer. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reported August 4 that the number of residential property sales in Metro Vancouver slid 45.

Homelessness is bad for business so the federal government should reallocate funding to develop a national plan to end homelessness, according to the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT).

Investors reacted positively in May when heavy equipment distributor Finning International Inc. sold its money-losing U.K.-based equipment rental business to an affiliate of Sun European Partners LLP. Now the company (TSX:FTT) is rebuilding its U.K.