The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.3% in October following a 0.5% increase in September. The monthly index has been increasing since July.
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Canada's net foreign debt position expanded to $84.3 billion at the end of the third quarter, reflecting the continued appreciation of the Canadian dollar as well as a larger current account deficit.
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In 2008, the purchasing power of Canadian income per capita was 92% of the US level. This was the highest relative income Canadians experienced since the oil shocks of the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Canada's merchandise exports rose 3.4% in October, led by a strong gain in exports to the United States, which accounted for three-quarters of the increase.
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According to Spanish media, Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos revealed that the concerned ministers advanced on the project to build up the Somali armed forces in order to help the Transitional Federal Government to stabilize the country and to fight piracy from land instead of only from the sea.
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Pinoy sailors send home record $2.5 billion in 9 months. The cash sent home by overseas Filipino sailors rose by $108 million or 4.51 percent to a new record of $2.501 billion in the nine months to September this year, from $2.393 billion over the same period in 2008, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines reported Tuesday.
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Amanda Lindhout is back home in Alberta. That was the word Wednesday afternoon from a woman, speaking on behalf of the family of the Canadian journalist, recently freed after being held hostage for 15 months in Somalia.
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MOSCOW - Russia's MiG aircraft maker said on Tuesday it has delivered the first four MiG-29 Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets to India.
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The operating revenue of cable and satellite television companies totalled $10.3 billion (current dollars) in 2008, up 14.4% from 2007. It was the industry's third consecutive year of revenue growth in excess of 10%.
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Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has called on the international community for help as his embattled government fights radical Islamist groups that are threatening to take over the country.
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