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Online retailers need to be more up front about their shipping costs to encourage customers to consummate a sale, according to a PayPal survey.

Poor investment performance in a volatile market has considerably reduced overall satisfaction among Canadian investors in 2009, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study.

B.C. and Alberta recorded the largest proportional increases in its population in the first quarter, according to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday. B.C.'s population rose 0.35% to 4.43 million in April from 4.41 million in January.

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Canadian small businesses seem to be taking the recession in stride, according to a recent Scotiabank study.

Household net worth declined by 1.3% in 2009's first quarter. That, according to Statistics Canada data released on Monday, extends the decrease to a third quarter in a row.

Despite months of bleak and uneven economic news in the winter and spring, most Canadian financial executives believe an economic recovery is on the horizon, according to a study sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP.

Retail sales in Western Canada helped temper significant losses in Eastern Canada, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. B.C. sales rose 1.3% in April to $4.35 billion from $4.29 billion in March, while sales in Alberta rose 0.

Vancouver's First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) has raised US$500 million in a convertible bond offering to U.K. shareholders.

Foreign travel into Canada rose in April, but is still down from a year ago, according to Statistics Canada data released Thursday. Total travel to Canada increased 1.1% to 2.27 million visits, up from 2.24 million visits in March.