CTS Eventim profit dips as live entertainment revenue falls

Desjardins Group’s residential mortgage portfolio grew by more than $15 billion over the past year as stronger net interest income and lower credit-loss provisions helped drive a 34.8% increase in second-quarter earnings. The financial co-operative reported surplus earnings before member dividends of $1.21 billion, up from $900 million in the same quarter last year. Total…

I came of age during the Vietnam War. As tumultuous as that time was, I can’t think of a single decade of my adult life when we weren’t dealing with a major crisis or technological disruption that threatened our sense of well-being. However, I always take the utopian rather than the dystopian point of view…

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NatWest’s gross new mortgage lending totalled £20bn in the first half of 2026. Of this, £18.8bn was owner-occupied lending and £1.2bn was buy-to-let (BTL) lending. Total customer lending rose to £447.7bn from £429.9bn at the end of 2025, with the bank stating that growth was primarily driven by increased mortgage lending. Lending on mortgages…

“The property is very old and requires significant ongoing maintenance.”