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CIBC’s good performance bests Canadian Bank peers

Bloomberg Victor Dodig’s overhaul of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is paying off. Total returns and profitability at the former underdog of Canadian banking are top among its peers and its dividend yield is the fattest of the nation’s five largest lenders. With the bank’s domestic operations sharpened, the chief executive officer is on the hunt for a US acquisition ...

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Donald Trump attacks Cruz amid home crowd cheers in New York

Bethpage / AFP Donald Trump attacked his insurgent Republican rival Ted Cruz and ignored his crushing defeat in Wisconsin, electrifying thousands of passionate supporters at a home state rally in New York. “It’s great to be home,” the 67-year-old Manhattan tycoon told a fist-pumping, cheering crowd at Grumman Studios in the Long Island town of Bethpage, where Apollo Lunar Module ...

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NATO chief deflects Trump criticism

Washington / AFP NATO’s secretary general, responding to Donald Trump’s criticism of the alliance, recalled how it stood behind America after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The first and only time NATO invoked “collective defense goals” was after the suicide plane bombings against New York and Washington, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech in Washington. “Europeans stepped ...

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