Saskatchewan and Manitoba Lead Canada in Renovation Intentions, RBC Survey (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Homeowners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are among the most likely in Canada to be planning on renovating their homes over the next two years, a new survey from RBC/Ipsos Reid shows.

North American Vehicle Output To Drop To Decade Low Says Scotiabank Economist (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Vehicle sales remained weak in the United States and Mexico during the summer, but volumes strengthened in Canada, buoyed by robust gains in Western Canada, according to the latest Global Auto Report released today by Scotia Economics. U.S. vehicle sales have consistently weakened in 2007, falling to an average of 16.1 million units through September, down from 16.5 million in all of 2006 and a ...

2007 Coldwell Banker(R) Home Price Comparison Index Reveals That $2.1 Million Separates Beverly Hills from Killeen, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PARSIPPANY, N.J.----"Location. Location. Location." The age-old adage that defines home prices equates to a $2.1 million difference between the nation's most expensive and affordable housing markets according to the 2007 Coldwell Banker?Home Price Comparison Index .

Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Sentry Select Diversified Income Trust (TSX: SDT.UN) Announces Exchange Offer (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sentry Select Capital Corp. is pleased to announce that Sentry Select Diversified Income Trust has filed, and received a receipt for, a preliminary short-form prospectus across Canada, qualifying units of the Trust to be issued in connection with its exchange offer for securities of issuers listed below.