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Statistics Canada’s consumer price index shows Canada’s inflation rate rose to 1.3 per cent in July, led by increases in food prices.

Officials of the U.S. Federal Reserve are watching inflation and the U.S. job market closely as they decide when and how quickly to raise interest rates.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) recently brought positive earnings surprise of 3.5294% as, on 8/20/15, it reported EPS of $0.88 versus the consensus estimate of $0.85. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

The BoE chose to keep interest rates at 0.5%, with minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting revealing a vote of 8-1 in favour of this decision.

The firm now has a “buy” rating on the stock. The 12-month mean target is $45.24, which means upside potential of 83.23% over the current price. (NASDAQ:CSIQ). The most bullish brokerage firm sees the stock heading to $53, while the most conservative estimate has an...

Sunedison Inc NYSE:SUNE (SunEdison) is a developer and seller of photovoltaic energy solutions, an owner and operator of clean power generation assets, and a developer and manufacturer of silicon wafers. The project is now under construction and fully financed with an expected...

Google announced the creation of a new company called Alphabet, with Google founders Larry Page serving as CEO and Sergey Brin as president.

SpaceX plans to use a rover on the moon to deliver the can of Pocari Sweat.

The ride-hailing company is investing more than 7 billion yuan (S$1.5 billion) to expand in the country, with plans to start operations in 50 mid- sized Chinese cities over the next year.

The oil rig count climbed again this week, according to driller Baker Hughes. Canada had 208 rigs running after three oil-directed rigs packed it in since the previous count. They also climbed by 2 last week.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery dropped 17 cents to Dollars 42.06 in late-morning trade after falling below USD 42 a barrel earlier in the session, the lowest price since March 2009.

GoldMoney (Other OTC: BTGDF – news) dealing manager Kelly-Ann Kearsey said: “The US Federal Reserve’s caution with regard to when it might put up interest rates has hit the dollar this week, and that combined with the continued economic woes in China has pushed...

Treasury Wine Estates, which owns brands including Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Rosemount Estate, has offloaded a number of assets in a continued bid to simplify its supply chain across the US and Australia.

The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) from Caixin Media and Markit Economics was at 47.1 for August.

The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in July following increases of 0.3 percent in June and 0.4 percent in May.