Wholesale sales in current dollars rose 3.0% in January to $44.4 billion, the strongest increase in three years. Canadian wholesale sales have maintained an upward trend since mid-2009.
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Virgin Islands owned, Kiribati-flagged, 22, 294 tonnes chemical tanker MV Theresa VIII, which had originally a crew of 29 seamen, has been released from the Central Somali coast near Harardheere - after a substantial ransom payment.
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The market value of employer-sponsored pension funds amounted to $898.1 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 6.3% or $53.4 billion from the previous quarter.
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Manufacturing sales rose 2.4% in January to $44.6 billion. With this gain, sales have advanced for five consecutive months.
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According to Basque radio station Radio Euskadi, the crew on the Basque FV Txori-Argi managed to avoid the attempted abduction at around 10h00 on Sunday, March 14, 2010. There was a shooting but no one was injured.
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Canada's net foreign debt increased by $23.4 billion to $109.5 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting an ongoing current account deficit as well as the revaluation effect of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar.
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Employment rose by 21,000 in February, with large gains in full-time work partly offset by losses in part time.
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Canada's merchandise exports grew 0.5% in January, a slower pace than in the previous four months, while imports declined 1.7%. As a result, Canada posted a trade surplus with the world of $799 million in January compared with a surplus of $75 million in December.
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The federal government's science and technology expenditures on biotechnology in 2008/2009 reached $937 million, up 1.8% from 2007/2008 measured in current dollars
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All growth scenarios considered, the diversity of Canada's population will continue to increase significantly during the next two decades, especially within certain census metropolitan areas, according to new projections of the country's ethnocultural makeup.
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