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What does your relationship say about your finances? Some financial experts suggest a possible connection.

Reported by business editor Leah Walker

For the past few Christmas shopping seasons, gift cards have been increasing in popularity.

Reported by senior business business Mike Eppel

Photo courtesy of: Flickr/krisandapril

Canadian Tire is changing the way it markets to people.

Reported by business editor James Munroe

It's an international milestone for the Schulich School of Business at York University. It has launched an MBA program in India, the first MBA to be delivered in India by a leading international business school from outside the country.

Reported by senior business editor Mike Eppel

Canadian full-service music company MapleCore has now acquired TicketBreak, which is putting them at the front of the line with music fans. MapleCore's president and CEO Grant Dexter spoke about the acquisition.

Reported by business editor James Munroe

Andrew Ross Sorkin is the author of the book, Too Big to Fail, which is about how Wall Street and Washington struggled to save the global financial system and the credit crisis.

Reported by senior business editor Mike Eppel.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Ross Sorkin's Facebook page

Insurance: Swine flu surprise

If you get the H1N1 flu this winter, forget about getting life insurance for a while. Even if you recover.

Rob Gerlsbeck, MoneySense magazine Toronto

Toronto - Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could come down with the H1N1 flu this season. If you’re among them, and your brush with the deadly bug motivates you to take out life insurance, get ready for a shock. Insurance companies may treat you like you have the plague.

How would your workplace fair in the midst of an outbreak such as H1N1, or any other disease?

Reported by 680News business editor Leah Walker

Rogers has made an investment in Vuguru, a media entertainment studio owned former Disney chairman Michael Eisner. Claude Galipeau, the senior vice-president of digital media for Rogers, talks about Vuguru.

Reported by 680News business editor James Munroe

Peter H. Thomas, the author of a new book called, "Be Great," is no stranger to success. Thomas is the founder and chairman of Century 21 Real Estate Canada Ltd. He talked about his motivation to write the book.

Photo courtesy of LifePilot.org

Reported by 680News business editor James Munroe

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