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Canadians say retirement savings, homeownership and eliminating debt are their top three financial priorities, but nearly half are not able to put money towards them, according to a survey by RBC Financial Group.

Vancouver's Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G, NYSE:GG) plans to acquire Vancouver's Canplats Resources Corp. (TSX-V:CPQ) in an all-share deal worth approximately $238 million.

Canadians are among the world's most engaged employees, according to a global Right Management survey of workers in 15 industrialized countries.

Canada's global merchandise trade deficit fell by 53% in September due to increased exports to the European Union, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Pent-up demand and low mortgage rates will likely bring double-digit sales growth for B.C.'s real estate market, but more modest increases in 2010, according to a B.C. Real Estate Association forecast report released Friday.

More than half of Canadian baby boomers, whose retirement nest eggs were hit by the financial crisis, gave less to charities this year, but plan to make up for it in the next five years, according to a BMO Bank of Montreal philanthropy report release

Canadians are among the best prepared to handle a financial emergency, according to a global study of residents in 15 countries by research firm TNS.

Despite a tight industrial property market in Metro Vancouver, industrial land values fell as much as 30% in the past year, according to Avison Young's fall industrial properties report released Tuesday.

Despite a year of economic uncertainty and volatile stock markets, Canadians intend to maintain contributions to RRSPs this year, according to an Investor's Group survey released Tuesday.

A new wood-frame building code in Shanghai will be a major step to expanding Canada's wood exports to one of the fastest growing markets in the world, according to the provincial government.