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Consumer confidence in Canada remained steady for a third straight month, according to the July TNS Canadian Facts' index released Thursday.

The recession won't prevent Canadians from taking vacations this summer, but most are planning to stay close to home, according to a Desjardins Financial survey.

Consumer confidence in the B.C. real estate market may be increasing, according to a BC Real Estate Association survey released Wednesday. The survey conducted in May by the Mustel Group found that 41% of B.C.

Despite experiencing one of the worst financial crises in decades, baby boomers don't expect inheritances from older generations to be affected, according to a BMO Retirement Institute study released Wednesday.

A growing proportion of Canadians remain uneasy about investing, even though stock markets have improved of late.

Companies cutting staff or freezing salaries during the recession are eroding staff loyalty, according to results of an Ipsos Reid survey released Tuesday.

Two-thirds of the 125 global financial services companies in a new Ernst & Young survey don't expect a return to growth until the first half of 2010.

B.C. housing sales continued to climb since plummeting to decade lows in the last year, according to B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA) data released Monday.

Burnaby's WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW) has won an appeal of an earlier Brazilian court judgment against it in a case of business interference filed by Crown Telecom, WebTech's former Brazilian distributor.

Statistics Canada reported Friday that new home prices in Metro Vancouver rose in May, showing further indication that the region's housing market is starting to recover. Prices of new homes rose 0.4% in May compared with a 1.2% decline April.