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BlackBerry shares are rising as earnings beat expectations on software strength
McDonalds extends its cafe chain rollout as it battles Tim Hortons and Starbucks
Millennials are waking up to the grim financial future left to them by baby boomers — and they're angry
'Our industry has not kept pace': Manulife announces 700 job cuts amid tech push
TD overtakes RBC for first time in 6 years, becoming Canada's premium bank

Big banks vs CRA: The $2.8-billion tax battle that's been decades in the making

Bay Street's financial giants and the Canada Revenue Agency are headed to court over dividend rental — a practice some call 'gaming the tax system'

Five things you should know before starting your work day on June 22

A handful of top business stories we're tracking at the Financial Post

Why the uproar over executive pay isn't entirely warranted

It’s not as greed-driven as we might think

OSC drops push for ‘best interest’ standard as regulators propose narrower reforms

Policy changes appear to fall short of a full ban on embedded fees

Three reasons Canadian stocks are doomed to underperform — that aren’t common knowledge

Reasons for our long history of lagging U.S. markets go deeper than too many commodities and too few growth drivers

The 'mother of all credit bubbles' is brewing — and this time it isn’t household debt
The foundation of Canada's financial system has a few cracks
How a handful of hedge funds cornered cannabis financing — and made a killing in the process

Personal Finance

A divorce behind him and no company pension, 50-something father has to finance own retirement

Frank will have to make his $100,000 a year goal from investments, CPP and OAS — and the clock is ticking
北京快3走式图The CRA's call centre performed better this tax season, but there's still work to be done

The CRA is focusing on modernizing technology, improving agent training and updating service standards
WatchWant to learn more about the housing market? Take our quiz

Which city in Canada is the most expensive to buy a house? Do I need a home inspection. Take the FP real estate quiz to find out

Mixed-use developments make housing affordability worse — and residents more miserable

Haider-Moranis Bulletin: High population density and mixed-land use are considered quintessential tenets of good urban planning, but they have negative consequences

Investing

For investors, the cannabis roller-coaster may just be getting started

The jockeying for industry position will continue and investors should focus on producers with inventory and supply agreementsContinue Reading →

WatchCannabis shares surge at open on Senate marijuana bill passage, but gains short-lived for some

To some extent, gains had already been baked into the market, with cannabis stocks flying all week in anticipation of the news
WatchDonald Trump's stupid trade war is here and now the world will have to learn to deal with it

Joe Chidley: Never mind that Trump’s obsession with the evil of trade deficits is wrongheaded. For investors, this throws a whole lot of uncertainty into the late-bull-market mix
WatchHow to profit from a trade war: Buy Canadian tech, healthcare as stocks tumble

For investors in Canadian markets, technology, health care and real estate stocks, along with government bonds, are the places to park money
Lustre may be set to return to gold mining stocks after long decline

After a five-year decline, beaten-down Canadian gold miners may be setting themselves up for a turnaround in 2019, analysts say

Tech Desk

BlackBerry CEO says it will take 10 years before self-driving cars become common

CEO says the complex task of developing self-driving technology and developing necessary public policies will hold autonomous vehicles back

Canadians at risk of becoming 'data cows' without a national data strategy, documents show
HomePod review: If you’re deep into the Apple ecosystem, this is the smart speaker for you
NEXT Canada CEO Sheldon Levy wants to kickstart innovation in health care
Sony wins E3. Again. Barely
Bitcoin’s price was artificially inflated last year, researchers say
Twitter unveils massive update in aim to predict what you want to know, when it happens
Apple tries to stop developers from sharing data on iPhone owners' friends
Tech investors complain of ‘blockchain fatigue’ as the fad fades

FP Comment

Terence Corcoran: From tobacco to talcum, class-action lawsuits put science on trial

'Scientific evidence and legal standards of proof are not the same'Continue Reading →

Terence Corcoran: Regulators get drunk on junk science to stop you from drinking

Junk Science Week: Finding that people who consume certain drinks also develop cancer is not an indicator that the drinks cause the disease
Will the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion wipe out B.C.s killer whales? Definitely not

There are only about 78 Southern Resident Killer Whales left in the world, but as Andrew Roman explains for Junk Science Week there are many factors that affect their survival
William Watson: Turns out the rise of 'precarious' workers isn't a real thing

Junk Science Week: Peter Fleming’s book The Death of Homo Economicus suggests there is a “widening corporate hellscape everywhere”

Entrepreneur

Small businesses are vulnerable to cyberattacks, yet don’t act

Only about half of small businesses have a clear cybersecurity strategy, and two-thirds said they didn't bolster their security after an attack: surveyContinue Reading →

Poppy-seed startup seeks exemption after Ottawa blocks the very product it funded
Move over luxury cars, Germany wants to trial flying taxis
Working through the haze: Governments need to help small businesses prepare for legalization
How to build your own unfair advantage against your competitors
Watch'Shaken to their cores': Small firms in Canada pivot away from U.S. amid imploding NAFTA talks, tariffs

Economy

WatchIEA issues stark warning to oil producers: A huge supply gap looms

And Donald Trump is tweeting about oil prices again
WatchTrump trade tirades show Canada has never needed new pipelines more, energy leaders warn

Canadians need to take control of our economic destiny — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley
WatchFinally, a thumbs-up for Canadian oil — but will anybody notice?

Peter Tertzakian: Canada ranked the second most responsible oil producer in the world — yet misguided sense of morality lobbies for its demise

WatchOPEC will squeeze oil buffer to historic lows if it hikes output next week

The squeeze on spare production would make price spikes more likely in the event of supply disruptions

energy

BREAKING OPEC reaches deal to hike output by 1 million barrels a day, source says — oil spikes

Oil prices spike because increase smaller than expectedContinue Reading →

Oil is taking a beating today because OPEC looks close to a deal to hike production

Crunch-time meeting tomorrow
Rare foreign investment in the oilsands as Nexen proceeds with $400M expansion

While not a wholly new project, the decision suggests some companies are starting to proceed with their mothballed projects
Suncor, Enbridge seek clarity as Doug Ford upends Ontario's carbon trading program

'Everyone's scared. These guys want to have market certainty,' says a cap-and-trade adviser
Better prices, new pipelines expected to drive higher Canadian crude output

The Canadian Energy Research Institute says a pipeline capacity gap that is impeding the movement of Western Canada's crude to market will close by 2021

Real Estate

WatchCanadians split over Trudeau's purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline, poll shows

An Angus Reid poll shows that while a majority of Canadians support the pipeline itself, they are evenly divided over whether buying it was the right decision

OPEC’s meeting this week will be the most significant — and acrimonious — in years
Investors not 'enamoured' by Baytex and Raging Rivers' $2.8B merger — biggest deal in the oilpatch this year
Baytex drops most in two years as $2.8 billion Raging River deal dilutes stock
Watch'The people are rising up': Indigenous protesters in Washington state vow to fight Trans Mountain pipeline
WatchDoug Ford to scrap Ontario's cap-and-trade program, fight Ottawa's carbon tax
Brookfield CEO says he'd consider Trans Mountain pipeline investment
Minnesota regulatory process will likely add US$1.2 billion in costs to Enbridge's Line 3 project
WatchDeal to boost OPEC oil output 'inevitable,' Saudis say, as Trump piles on pressure to act

Transportation

Condos over stores would be ‘cash cow’ for Hudson’s Bay Co, say shareholders. What are you waiting for?

The retailer also faced a fight over its decision to award executives with multi-million-dollar pay packages despite two years of weak sales and sizeable losses
北京快3走式图HBC shareholders challenge executive pay packages, company's real estate plans

'What are you people waiting for? Are you waiting for us to go into a recession before you sell some of your real estate?' one shareholder asked
Robert De Niro's Nobu aims for $1 billion in sales combining sushi, hotels and now condos

A key step in the company's growth was its first foray into the condo market with 660 units and 36 luxury-hotel suites atop a Nobu restaurant in Toronto
DavidsTea losses more than triple in first quarter ahead of proxy battle

Same-store sales — a key retail measure of sales for stores open at least a year — decreased seven per cent

Retail & Marketing

Activist investor Land & Buildings resumes criticism of Hudson's Bay

The hedge fund agreed in December to cease public statements about the company until its annual shareholder meeting on June 12Continue Reading →

Tim Hortons to upgrade distribution system, open new warehouses after franchisee complaints
Canada Goose stock is killing it today — up 20% on earnings beat and three new stores
DavidsTea founder wrests control of retailer, pledges path to profitability