Shares in Canadian forestry companies were down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than expected building permits for the crucial U.S. housing sector.

CIBC analyst Hamir Patel said in a note that the bank has reduced its outlook on the industry, including downgrades on Interfor Corp., Resolute Forest Products Inc., and West Fraser Timber Co., as concerns mount about U.S. housing.

LONDON — ASTON Martin Lagonda, the maker of James Bond’s favorite sports car, plans to raise as much as 1.27 billion pounds ($1.67 billion) when it sells shares to investors for the first time.

The Canadian dollar was pushed to its highest level in September on Wednesday after crude oil prices hit a two-month peak.

The November crude contract was up $1.18 to US$70.77 per barrel, just short of a high set July 13.

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales increased 0.9 per cent in July to $58.6 billion, boosted by the transportation equipment and chemical industries.

The federal Competition Tribunal has set a date for hearings of the Vancouver Airport Authority, which has been accused by the Competition Bureau of dampening competition among in-flight catering companies.

The CEOs of three of Canada’s major grocery chains doubled down on their expectation that food prices will soon rise at their stores.

Recent cost pressures on the industry, including rising minimum wages in some provinces, increased fuel and transportation costs and an ongoing trade war with the U.S., will soon result in some price inflation, said the chief executives of Metro Inc., Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Empire Co. Tuesday at Scotiabank’s back-to-school conference in Toronto.

Canada’s main stock market posted its largest daily gain in more than two months on Tuesday as trade optimism produced a relief rally.

There is anecdotal evidence from the United States and Canada that they are closer to some sort of deal even though there is no concrete evidence, said Sid Mokhtari with CIBC Capital Markets.

Canada’s main stock index started the trading week higher as gains in gold and health-care sectors helped the TSX diverge from U.S. markets that were down over the renewed prospect of a trade war between the United States and China.

But can Danske Bank take control when it faces the press on Wednesday to disclose the findings of its investigation into the activities of its Estonian branch

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has taken control of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (CSE) following claims of money laundering. It has removed the executive board, which will no longer be able to exercise power on behalf of the CSE’s shareholders. Instead, decisions will be made by the FSA, which has commented that the issues at hand “have no private solution”. The takeover follows a review that revealed there was insufficient customer knowledge, and that the equity funds’ own system for monitoring complex and unusual transactions was inadequate.

While skimming through my emails today, one in particular caught my eye because the subject was a password I used on many sites a long time ago.

Curious, I opened it to find a demand: I was to pay a $7000 using bitcoins in one day or the sender would email my friends a compromising video he/she allegedly had created of me.