News Releases

BMO offers financial advice to "Boomerpreneurs" launching new businesses

- More than half of boomers start their own businesses because they want to work for themselves, not because of need

- The number of self-employed Canadians aged 55 years and older doubled between 1990 and 2008

- The most commonly cited sources for funding a new business are withdrawals from personal savings or loans

- Canadians can cast their votes from August 1 to 15 at BMOsoccer.com

- Grand prize includes $125,000 towards community soccer field refurbishment in team's community

- BMO recently issued report with Queen's University entitled More Than a Game: The Power of Soccer in Youth Development

- Only 8 per cent believe that local businesses in their community will shrink

- Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. show highest levels of optimism

- Optimism mirrors different levels of growth across the country, says BMO Economics

- Food Day Canada celebrates locavore movement-those who make an effort to eat locally

- BMO survey finds a patriotic 94 per cent of Canadians feel it's important to purchase Canadian products

- Nearly eight in 10 try to purchase Canadian poultry and vegetables always or frequently, followed by beef (75 per cent)

- Survey shows Alberta big on beef, Ontario sweet on fruit, Quebec stuck on syrup and Manitoba and Saskatchewan pick pork