Required downpayment amounts vary across Canada | The London Free Press

Housing affordability is becoming a top priority for voters in the upcoming federal election, says Penelope Graham, managing editor at Zoocasa.
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Australia cuts key interest rate to record low 0.75% – MarketWatch

The cut on Tuesday follows reductions by the Reserve Bank of Australia in June and July. Previously the bank had not shifted the rate in almost three years.
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20 Financial Terms Most Canadians Don’t Know (But Should)

One of the first steps in becoming financially literate and taking control of your finances is to be able to speak the language. Knowing what certain financial terms mean will help you understand what your financial advisor or bank manager is talking about. You might even find articles about finance less boring. Here are some of the financial terms most Canadians don’t know but should.
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An Industrial Crisis Is Brewing in Germany

(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the darkest days of the 2009 recession, Germany’s industrial output was collapsing at an annual rate of more than 20%. An unfathomable implosion but one that thankfully ended almost as quickly as it started.Some 10 years on, a crisis is brewing once again in the country’s industrial
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IPO market has begun pushing back on growth-at-all-costs private companies – MarketWatch

Endeavor Group Holdings became the latest company to scale back plans for an initial public offering on Thursday, when it reduced the size of the deal and…
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TikTok owner ByteDance’s first-half books $7 billion in revenue

China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, booked revenue of $7 billion to $8.4 billion in a better-than-expected result for the first half, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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