The recession-hit euro zone will fall further behind a generally improving United States and a rebounding Japan this year, the OECD said on Wednesday, cutting its global growth forecasts.
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Calgary and Edmonton buck national housing market trend of declining sales
CALGARY — A soft landing is underway in the Canadian housing market and should continue but Calgary and Edmonton are bucking the trend with sales rising compared with a year ago, says a new report released Tuesday by BMO Capital Markets.
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10 big, booming cities
New residents are flocking to these 10 cities, which added the largest number of residents between July 2011 and July 2012, according to Census Bureau.
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$20-million power substation, transmission line proposed
An estimated $20 million power substation and transmission line will be built in order to stay ahead of anticipated growth in northeast Red Deer.
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Jobs, young population and entrepreneurial spirit drive Grande Prairie economy
GRANDE PRAIRIE — This northwestern Alberta city is in an enviable economic position.
“Things are good, but there are lots of things on the horizon that will kick the economy into overdrive,” says Shawna Miller, chair of the Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce.
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Leapfrogging development not likely, say Calgary’s neighbours
As Calgary aims to place a tighter grip on its suburban expansion, developers and wary aldermen have consistently issued a warning: the city’s loss will be its neighbours’ gain, to our detriment.
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Police station ‘building for the future’
Medicine Hat’s new police station expansion will have meeting, interview and booking rooms, 23 cells in three pod areas, workspaces for Internet crime, priority street crime, major crime, bylaw and patrol sections.
But wait, there’s more.
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Home building major contributor to economy
Lost in all the noise created by a strategically leaked video of home builders embracing democracy is how important the industry is to the economies of Calgary and Alberta.
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Get noticed: advice to local economic development hopefuls
As business groups, non-profit and governmental actors begin to meet in Medicine Hat to form a unified front in lobbying and boosting the local economy, the head of a similar group in Lethbridge has some advice find common ground, stay positive, and most of all…
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Where Home Prices Have Risen Since 2009 [MAP]
San Diego real estate god Jim Klinge points us to this map showing the three year price changes for all U.S. metros from Mortgage News Daily.
On balance, more areas are growing than not. Texas, southern California and south Florida are all particularly strong. Declines are largely concentrated in the northwest and southeast.
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