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Does making an RRSP contribution make sense for you?
Investing

To RRSP or not to RRSP

It’s a question that plagues Canadians as the clock ticks down toward the end-of-month deadline

Small Business

Ten best small business stories of the week

A roundup of the highlights from The Globe's home for entrepreneurs

Rob McEwen by Anthony Jenkins
the lunch

Rob McEwen: Mining magnate with a vision

Canadian nationalist, philanthropist, libertarian minces few words about the direction this country should be heading

Margaret Galvin, head of recruiting for Accenture in Toronto and mother of two, has been promoted twice since she went to a compressed work week.
Women at work

Why the term ‘mommy track’ should be banned

Employers are increasingly realizing the benefits of flexible working arrangements for both genders, so let’s stop corralling women into the career ghetto

eric reguly

Sarkozy could be next domino to fall

President faces tough re-election fight as euro zone woes knock pins out from beneath France’s economy

Mood Media and the revenge of Muzak

Outlook optimistic for Toronto-based company six months after cynics mocked takeover bid

Imperial Oil okays $2-billion Cold Lake expansion

To be known as the ‘Nabiye’ project, oil sand project expansion will boost production by 25% when it starts by end of 2014

Caterpillar pulls plug on London plant

Multinational giant closes Electro-Motive in latest blow to labour; 450 workers locked out since Jan. 1 lose their jobs

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Investors push indexes to multi-year highs

Nasdaq composit closes at best point since dying days of dot-com bubble in Decmeber, 2000

David Berman
Calendar
Nissan, Toyota report earnings, Tuesday

Get up to speed on the business news that matters

Feb. 6 - 10
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The ROB economic calendar

Stay on top of key economic indicators, Bank of Canada announcements, personal finance deadlines and more with the year-long ROB calendar

GIVING BACK
Targeting nontraditional donors gets library built

Rather than tapping into the usual sources, young fundraisers focused on gathering smaller donations

From left, Cesia Green, Tim Johnston, and Andrea Ryan
Streetwise
Trilogy bought deal costs banks $6.5-million

With banks facing a big loss, underwriting syndicate splinters

Gadget
Review: Orb Mini-T amps up your office sound

But if you need bass, adding a sub-woofer will eat into the ‘compact’ selling point

The Mini-T goes for $118 in specialty audio stores, but you can purchase it directly from Orb Audio’s website for the much more reasonable price of $69. Throw in a pair of Mod1 speakers and you’re looking at $299.
Investor Clinic
A primer on payout ratios (and why they could soon be rising)

Dividends depend on the industry, stage of growth and what investors demand

CASE STUDY
Entrepreneur overcomes challenges to get app off the ground

The creator of Gingle, a live video streaming app, is now readying to take it to the next level

Erik Gingles
Real Estate
Second home could become a primary headache

Purchase of a vacation getaway outside Canada can trigger unforeseen costs

Slideshow
Facebook's meteoric rise

As Facebook prepares to raise $5-billion in an IPO, here's a look at how far the company has come

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg