Category: Money

When it comes to the idea of becoming a parent, more men want children than women, according to a new U.S. study. Pew Research Center surveyed 1,495 young adults aged 18 to 34 in the United States late last year to find out how they felt about whether they wanted to be parents and regardless […]

Nvidia, the chipmaker underpinning a much-hyped artificial intelligence revolution, saw its market capitalization pass US$2 trillion for the first time after markets opened Friday morning. Shares of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company continued a surge that began Wednesday after it reported earnings that surpassed expectations and that set out lofty expectations for demand in the […]

Galen Weston may not be the president of grocery giant Loblaw anymore, but you wouldn’t know that based on how often his name and face appear in connection with the company: in memes, on social media, and now emblazoned across the top of a new Reddit forum dedicated to high food prices in Canada. Emily […]

With Canada’s housing market “starting to turn a corner,” there is growing demand for homeownership with a “colossally high” number of people planning to buy a home within the next year, according to a new poll. Almost half (49 per cent) of the people surveyed by NerdWallet last month said that they plan to purchase a […]

Nvidia on Wednesday forecast a roughly threefold surge in quarterly revenue that handily beat estimates as the company banked on towering demand for its industry-leading artificial-intelligence chips, sending its shares higher. Nvidia’s stock was up nearly 11 per cent in early trading Thursday. The already-hefty demand for the company’s data center chips and graphics processing […]

Higher interest rates and resilient home prices mean most Canadians are getting less for their homes at the $1-million benchmark, according to a new Royal LePage report. The national real estate brokerage released a study Thursday morning that reviewed the average square footage, bathrooms and bedrooms available for homes listed around the $1-million price tag […]

Dollarama has reached a proposed national $2.5 million settlement in Quebec Superior Court in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company advertised incorrect prices for certain products. The plaintiff in the suit — Montreal firm LPC Avocats Inc. — claimed the company displayed incorrect prices for products that were subject to an “Environmental Handling Fee […]

Canadians might have to pay more for chocolate and candies this Easter as manufacturers feel the crunch of high cocoa prices, which peaked earlier this month. Cocoa futures have more than doubled over the past year. Global prices hit a record high right before Valentine’s Day, with cocoa futures trading at US$6 (C$8.10) per kilogram, […]

The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the size of the rebate it is providing to rural families. That’s despite the fact the government still owes businesses more than $2.5 billion in promised carbon pricing revenues from the first five […]

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Multiple grocery store staples saw price hikes not only ease but reverse course in January, according to Statistics Canada. The agency on Tuesday reported an overall decline in the annual rate of inflation to 2.9 per cent last month. As part of that, food inflation at the […]