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Toronto home sales make a comeback as buyers return to tighter market

Prices edge up 2% as new listings decline

Five things you should know before starting your work day on July 5

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

Don't be like Johnny. Don't go broke with $650 million

Whether you're a celebrity, a startup with a great exit, or an heir, maintain oversight of your finances with these seven tips

WatchUnclutch those pearls, folks: Scrapping cap-and-trade will bring stability, not chaos

Opinion: Australian Liberals kept their 'blood oath' to axe carbon taxes — and they are still on target for emissions reductions

HSBC Bank Canada looking to boost retail presence after mortgage blitz

The country's seventh-largest lender has been undercutting of other major banks with a five-year, 2.39-per-cent variable mortgage rate and wants to expand

How to fly the world’s best business class for less than coach

You don’t have to fly first class to get enclosed suites, made-to-order meals, and name-brand pyjamas

Investing

Chinese investors may be panicking, but it's not time to join them

Fears of a big slowdown in China are mounting, the stock market is melting down — or maybe it’s the other way roundContinue Reading →

The TSX won't just crack 17,000 this year — it will crack 18,000, says analyst

A rebound in energy shares expected to drive Canadian stocks 4.9% higher by year end
WatchThere's no end in sight for this volatile investment landscape

Commentary: The first six months of this year were difficult; all the things we keep an eye on got a bit worse
This heat wave's so bad it's even slowing down U.S. stock trades

High humidity is impeding radio transmissions Tuesday among three New Jersey data centres where U.S. stocks trade
Trump may have started the trade war, but it’s up to Canada to end it

Joe Chidley: Prioritizing a swift resolution to the NAFTA renegotiation should be a priority and Canada should also broaden its economic alliances

Tech Desk

AI might be biased against you, but Accenture wants to give business a tool to fix that

The AI Fairness Tool looks for patterns in data to root out bias, and then it tests the algorithm to figure out if there are any other subtle forms of ...

FP Comment

WatchOntario government's pot shops will fuel a black market — and put toxic drugs in kids' reach

Opinion: Ontario's plans for 150 marijuana stores over three years is a public health disasterContinue Reading →

Terence Corcoran: How smug politicians — including Harper — sabotaged Canada's dreams of energy superpowerdom

Meanwhile, the U.S., instead of preening over its superiority, got to work
WatchLawrence Solomon: Make Ontario hydro great again by reviving the Common Sense Revolution

Doug Ford’s hydro reforms can make winners of everyone, except the looters who have gamed the system
WatchWilliam Watson: If Trump's tariffs stay, then we must let Canadian businesses die

Who really knows how long the duties will last? The best course of action and repercussions vary

Entrepreneur

Halifax becoming a big fish in the ocean startup ecosystem, and it doesn't stop there

'It’s not enough to create companies, but to create spaces to share ideas.' Add access to the ocean and the requisite tools, and you get the city's unique ecosystemContinue Reading →

Economy

The biggest thing in oil last week wasn’t in Vienna, it was in Canada

Outage in the oilsands threatens shortage in North America during July that will boost WTI prices
OPEC reaches deal to hike output by 1 million barrels a day — so why is oil up $3?

Increase small enough to be absorbed by the market
Russia-Saudi plans for Super-OPEC could reshape global oil order

It would mark a seismic shift in oil's world order and while it probably won't supplant OPEC in the short term it would create a rival for the organization

WatchBiting the hand that feeds them: U.S. oil refiners are now angry at Canada

Enbridge tried to squeeze out 'air barrels' from its constrained pipeline system — only to earn the ire of Canadian producers and U.S. refiners

energy

Enbridge eases debt load with $4.3 billion sale to Brookfield

The deal includes 19 natural gas processing plants and 3,550 kilometres of pipelinesContinue Reading →

WatchCanadian oil prices on track to rise steadily higher as transport problems ease and demand grows

One analyst predicts prices will reach $69.15 in 2023, a 30 per cent advance from this year's average
WatchDoug Ford to officially wind down green programs funded through cap-and-trade

Ontario will still honour contracts and orders already signed for projects funded by cap-and-trade, such as energy efficient insulation and window retrofits
WatchMorgan Stanley warns of limited 'margin of safety' as oil prices threaten to blow up

Analysts’ warnings of excess oil sloshing around the world are being quickly replaced with fears of impending capacity constraints
Outage in Canada’s oilsands is pushing U.S. crude to four-year high

Syncrude likely to remain offline all this month

Real Estate

'We eliminated a potentially disastrous event' — oil stocks surge after Line 3 approval

'… marks the significant beginning of momentum coming back into Canadian (exploration and production)'

Transportation

Call to boycott Walmart for selling ‘IMPEACH 45’ t-shirt

Twitter-sphere goes into a frenzy
Bread price-fixing scandal may have originated with PowerPoint presentation: court documents

'Person X was going to retailers to get buy-in for a price increase with the goal of orchestrating alignment through retail community,' a portion shows
Minimum wage hikes mean San Francisco restaurants can’t afford waiters, so they’ve put diners to work

In this city of staggering wealth, you can eat like a gourmand, with real stemware and ceramic plates. But first you'll have to go get your own silverware
Now you can get movie theatre popcorn delivered straight to your home with Cineplex's new service

In a partnership with Uber Eats, Cineplex now offers delivery of concession stand snacks including hot dogs, candy, nachos and soft drinks to customers in 4 provinces

Retail & Marketing

Hudson's Bay agrees to sell half its European business to Signa Holding: report

A joint venture will be created consisting of Kaufhof, HBC's German department store chain, and Signa's Karstadt, German magazine saysContinue Reading →