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Amanda Lang

Amanda Lang (CBC)Amanda Lang is the senior business correspondent for CBC News, contributing regularly to its flagship news program The National and co-hosting CBC's business show The Lang And O'Leary Exchange.

Before joining CBC, Lang hosted Business News Network's SqueezePlay. She is a veteran business journalist who got her start at The Globe and Mail before moving to the Financial Post, first as a technology reporter and later as the paper's New York correspondent.

Kevin O'Leary

Kevin O'Leary (CBC)In addition to being one of CBC-TV's "Dragons," Kevin O'Leary appears on CBC Newsworld as a business commentator and co-hosts CBC's business show The Lang And O'Leary Exchange. A business veteran, O'Leary launched SoftKey Software Products from his basement and built it into an operation that was sold to the Mattel Toy Co. in 1999 for $3.7 billion. He then founded his own mutual fund company, O'Leary Funds. He is a founding investor and director of Stream Global, sits on the investment committee of Boston's 200-year-old Hamilton Trust, and on the executive board of The Richard Ivey School of Business.

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Home Trust Company 0.85% $2,500  
Equitable Trust 0.80% $5,000  
Ally 0.75% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
SunLife Financial Trust 0.70% $1,000  
ResMor Trust 0.65% $5,000  
ICICI Bank Canada 0.50% $1,000  
ING Direct 0.50% $1  
Peoples Trust 0.50% $5,000  
Pacific & Western Bank 0.45% $5,000  
Bank West 0.35% $5,000  
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Home Trust Company 1.25% $2,500  
ResMor Trust 1.10% $5,000  
Ally 1.00% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
Equitable Trust 0.85% $5,000  
SunLife Financial Trust 0.80% $1,000  
Pacific & Western Bank 0.70% $5,000  
ING Direct 0.50% $1  
Manulife Bank 0.50% $25,000  
Peoples Trust 0.50% $5,000  
General Bank of Canada 0.50% $25,000  
Banks & Trusts Interest Rate Minimum Deposit Features
Home Trust Company 1.25% $2,500  
ResMor Trust 1.10% $5,000  
Ally 1.10% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
Equitable Trust 0.85% $5,000  
SunLife Financial Trust 0.80% $1,000  
Pacific & Western Bank 0.75% $5,000  
Manulife Bank 0.50% $25,000  
Peoples Trust 0.50% $5,000  
General Bank of Canada 0.50% $25,000  
ING Direct 0.50% $1  
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Ally 1.75% $1 No-Penalty option, no fees, daily compounded interest.
Home Trust Company 1.55% $1,000  
Pacific & Western Bank 1.55% $1,000  
ResMor Trust 1.46% $1,000  
SunLife Financial Trust 1.45% $1,000  
Community Trust 1.35% $1,000  
Korea Exchange Bank 1.30% $3,500  
State Bank of India (C) 1.30% $2,000  
ING Direct 1.25% $1  
Alterna Bank 1.20% $500  
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Ally 2.30% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
ING Direct 2.25% $1  
Pacific & Western Bank 2.15% $1,000  
Home Trust Company 2.15% $1,000  
ResMor Trust 2.11% $1,000  
SunLife Financial Trust 2.05% $1,000  
State Bank of India (C) 2.00% $2,000  
Korea Exchange Bank 2.00% $3,500  
Community Trust 1.95% $1,000  
HomEquity Bank 1.90% $5,000  
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Ally 2.75% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
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Home Trust Company 2.65% $1,000  
SunLife Financial Trust 2.65% $1,000  
ResMor Trust 2.60% $1,000  
HomEquity Bank 2.55% $5,000  
Manulife Bank 2.50% $2,500  
ING Direct 2.50% $1  
President's Choice Fin'l 2.50% $500  
State Bank of India (C) 2.50% $2,000  
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Ally 3.60% $1 Guaranteed earnings. No minimums, fees or service charges.
SunLife Financial Trust 3.45% $1,000  
Home Trust Company 3.35% $1,000  
Pacific & Western Bank 3.30% $1,000  
B2B Trust 3.30% $500  
President's Choice Fin'l 3.25% $500  
ING Direct 3.25% $1  
HomEquity Bank 3.25% $5,000  
Manulife Bank 3.25% $2,500  
Canadian Western Bank 3.20% $500  
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Peoples Trust 2.10% $0  
Ally 2.00% $0 No minimums, no fees, daily compounded interest.
State Bank of India (C) 1.25% $1,000  
Canadian Tire Bank 1.20% $0  
ICICI Bank Canada 1.20% $0  
ING Direct 1.05% $0  
Amex Bank of Canada 1.00% $0  
Manulife Bank 1.00% $0  
Alterna Bank 0.85% $0  
Royal Bank of Canada 0.75% $0  
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State Bank of India (C) 1.75% $0  
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.50% $0  
Canadian Tire Bank 1.50% $0  
ICICI Bank Canada 1.40% $0  
ING Direct 1.05% $0  
President's Choice Fin'l 1.00% $0  
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BMO Bank of Montreal 1.00% $0  
HSBC Bank Canada 0.80% $0  

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