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Economy
Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. housing market really is back
Housing starts came in at a post-2008 high
The best, worst and weirdest at the Detroit auto show
A wholly biased recap of 12 hours in Motor City
Flaherty and BoC working on a list of candidates to fill bank’s top job
Just in from Finance Canada :
eBay goes offline to lure new customers
Meanwhile, Amazon expands pickup locations
Will Avis remove the zip from Zipcar?
Fans say a takeover will destroy the hip urban start-up. Others say it’s already dead.
The new underclass
Why a generation of well-educated, ambitious, smart young Canadians has no future
The graduate’s million-dollar promise
A university degree was once a guarantee of higher incomes. Those days are gone, argue two profs
Detroit auto show: Return of the trucks
After three years of smaller cars, Americans just like to drive trucks
Down goes the housing market
Prices hold but home sales plummet