AP source: Tesla Motors selects Nevada as site for $5 billion electric car...
RENO, Nev. - Tesla Motors has chosen Nevada as the site for a massive, $5 billion factory that will pump out batteries for a new generation of electric cars, a person familiar with the company's plans...
View ArticleUS stocks end mostly lower as Apple, other technology shares weigh down indexes
The U.S. stock market is closing mostly lower, pulled down by a fall in Apple and other technology companies.The Standard & Poor's 500 lost one point, or 0.1 per cent, to close at 2,000 Wednesday....
View ArticleFew jobless in Toronto are collecting employment insurance benefits
OTTAWA - It was a barely noticed peculiarity in the government's latest employment insurance numbers — just 17 per cent of unemployed workers in Toronto are collecting EI, among the lowest rates in the...
View ArticleWSP Global to expand with US$1.35-billion deal to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff
MONTREAL - WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) has agreed to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff in a US$1.35-billion cash deal that will nearly double the size of the Montreal-based engineering consulting company.WSP...
View ArticleNHL Expansion Plan Report Is 'Complete Fabrication': Bettman
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - Gary Bettman has vehemently denied the NHL is considering expansion.But the commissioner said if it ever does, prospective owners may have to pay up big time.Sports Business News...
View ArticleManulife Buys Standard Life's Canadian Assets For $4 Billion
TORONTO - Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC) is reaching deeper into the Quebec market, buying the Canadian operations of Standard Life for $4 billion in cash.The insurance company says the move will...
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Mount Polley Mine Spill Left Blue Film On Water: Biologist
B.C. government tests continue to show that water near a massive mine tailings pond spill is safe for drinking and aquatic life, but a scientist who visited the area isn't so sure. Alexandra Morton, an...
View ArticleWeinstein Co. to release Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' film; production to...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Quentin Tarantino is moving forward with "The Hateful Eight."The Weinstein Co. says it will distribute the filmmaker's latest project — a post-Civil War Western — next year in the...
View ArticleFormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg returning to helm of data and news...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981 but left to serve three terms in City Hall.The company, Bloomberg LP, said...
View ArticleGlobal poll indicates support for stronger Arctic conservation: Greenpeace
A poll commissioned by Greenpeace suggests that a clear majority of people in 30 countries want to see stronger efforts made to preserve the Arctic environment from industrial development.The...
View ArticleSchool technology: How families can manage cost of students' tech needs
TORONTO - As the kids head back to school, even the most prepared families will face a daunting array of technology spending choices that can be reduced or avoided with a little teamwork involving...
View ArticleU.S. Median Income Dropped For All But The Wealthiest: Fed
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve report says the richest 10 per cent of Americans were the only group whose median incomes rose in the past three years. The Fed's report says incomes declined for...
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Vancouver's Beautiful Empty Homes Highlighted On Tumblr (PHOTOS)
See this home? Pretty, isn't it? Why doesn't anyone live inside? That's the question a new Vancouver Tumblr blog called Beautiful Empty Homes aims to highlight by shining the social spotlight on the...
View ArticleMick Jagger Boarded Quebec Magnate's Luxury Yacht, Corruption Probe Hears
MONTREAL - An unlikely name has surfaced at Quebec's corruption probe: that of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.While denying Thursday that any members of the Quebec legislature had ever boarded his...
View ArticleHBO Canada nabs rights to back catalogues of HBO shows like 'Game of Thrones'
TORONTO - Canadians will soon have instant access to every episode of popular HBO shows like "Game of Thrones," "Girls" and "True Detective" through a new multi-platform agreement with the U.S. cable...
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___Ruling against BP could mean $18 billion in finesNEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP could be looking at close to $18 billion in additional fines over the nation's worst offshore oil spill after a federal judge...
View ArticleFormer NFL player Donte Stallworth to cover national security for Huff Post
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Huffington Post has made an unusual choice for a new correspondent covering national security — former NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth.The website announced Thursday that the...
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Twitpic To Shut Down By The End Of September
Twitpic has announced plans to shut down by Sept. 25. The reason? Twitter itself, the company claims. Founder Noah Everett posted a blog Thursday explaining that a few weeks back the social media giant...
View ArticleChina says online streaming sites must get licenses to offer foreign TV shows...
BEIJING, China - Every foreign TV show and movie shown on Chinese online streaming sites will have to be approved by authorities or else go offline early next year, the country's broadcast regulator...
View ArticleCanadian Press NewsAlert: StatsCan says 11,000 jobs lost in August
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 11,000 net jobs last month, with unemployment remaining unchanged at 7.0 per cent.More coming.
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