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• BMO breached their privacy, customers say
  
  

  Two customers say the Bank of Montreal violated their privacy and trust by allowing sensitive financial information to get into the wrong hands, then failing to address their complaints.

  
  
  
• CAW threatens Electro-Motive plant occupation
  
  

  The Canadian Auto Workers union is threatening to occupy the Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., if parent company Caterpillar doesn't offer the out-of-work employees a severance package it deems reasonable.

  
  
  
• Ackman takes CEO plan to CP shareholders
  
  

  A Wall Street hedge fund pitched Bay Street investors Monday in an effort to get fellow CP Railway shareholders on board with a plan to turn the company around.

  
  
  
• Google India removes 'offensive' web pages
  
  

  Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

  
  
  
• Greece caves in on civil service layoffs
  
  

  Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut 15,000 civil service jobs this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures.

  
  
  
• Obama orders new Iran sanctions amid nuclear fears
  
  

  U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering new sanctions on the government of Iran, including the Central Bank, amid renewed Middle East tensions arising from concerns about Iran's nuclear program.

  
  
  
• Canadian airlines have record January
  
  

  Canadian airlines say they saw record passenger load factors last month, which is usually a slow period for business travellers.

  
  
  
• Judge to decide on Sask. essential services law
  
  

  A judge in Regina is deciding if changes to Saskatchewan's labour law brought in by the provincial government are unconstitutional.

  
  
  
• Where the jobs are: job gains, losses by province and sector
  
  

  New job numbers released by Statistics Canada show that the biggest job gains between January 2011 and 2012 were in natural resources while the biggest drop in employment was in the finance, insurance, real estate and leasing sector. We take a look at how various industries fared in the 10 provinces.

  
  
  
• Stores pull CAT boots to support Electro-Motive workers
  
  

  Mark's Work Wearhouse has pulled Caterpillar-brand boots off the shelves of its London, Ont.,-area stores in support of hundreds of local Electro-Motive workers who are losing their jobs.

  
  
  
• Waterloo, Ont., stands by RIM despite market turmoil
  
  

  The markets may be hitting RIM hard after its most recent restructuring, but the Ontario community considered synonymous with the BlackBerry isn't letting bad news get it down.

  
  
  
• Harper confirms changes to Old Age Security possible
  
  

  The Conservative government is considering increasing the age of eligibility for Canada's Old Age Security system, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Friday.

  
  
  
• B.C. premier plans liquefied natural gas exports
  
  

  British Columbia is putting its energy future into exports of liquefied natural gas to Asia, Premier Christy Clark announced on Friday morning.

  
  
  
• Nortel trial focuses on manipulation question
  
  

  External auditors at Nortel Networks approved the release of outdated cash reserves onto earnings statements in early 2003, even though they knew there was no "trigger," a former employee told a Toronto court hearing the fraud trial of three ex-executives Friday.

  
  
  
• Canada's jobless rate hits 9-month high
  
  

  Canada's unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per cent in January according to Statistics Canada, a 0.1 per cent increase, as 23,700 more people searched for work.