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Nasdaq 5,000: 10 years later
Ten years ago this week, the Nasdaq composite index topped 5,000, a level it hasn't reached since as the dot-com bubble burst and investors lost billions.

Bill Gates no longer world's richest man
Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on Earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of world billionaires.

Companies spend $167M in Alberta land sale
Energy companies paid $167.5 million Wednesday for oil and gas exploration rights in Alberta, the fourth highest total in the province's history, in part in anticipation that the province plans to reduce its royalty take.

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Regulator HQ battle: Toronto or nowhere, Ontario says
Province ready to battle suggestion that proposed national securities watchdog would have no physical head office

Bombardier financing derailed by debt market
Train and plane maker cites ‘current market conditions'; potential bond buyers balk at interest rate offered, citing thin profit margins

Carlos Slim Helu tops Forbes list of world's richest
Mexican telecom tycoon, worth $53-billion (U.S.), has moved ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, signalling a new world order of wealth