Canadian auto sales revved to record 1.74M in 2013; Ford leads the pack
Canadian auto sales surged to a record 1.74 million vehicles in 2013 as the industry continued its astounding rebound from the Great Recession, according to figures supplied by DesRosiers Automotive...
View ArticleRyan Seacrest's Typo Products Target Of BlackBerry Lawsuit
TORONTO - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is suing Typo Products, a company co-founded by TV personality Ryan Seacrest, saying that its new iPhone case rips off the famous BlackBerry keyboard.In documents filed in...
View ArticleRegulators Warn That Bakken Crude Oil 'May Be More Flammable' For Shippers
WASHINGTON -- The agency that oversees pipeline and hazardous material safety in the United States issued a warning late Thursday that oil extracted from shale rock formations in parts of North America...
View ArticleUS intelligence court: Government can continue collecting Americans' phone...
WASHINGTON - A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two...
View ArticleAttractive CEOs Are Better For Business: Study
Add the boardroom to the list of places where looks matter. Attractive CEOs get a “beauty premium” in their earnings, boost their company’s stock performance when they take on the job, and get better...
View ArticleBernanke: 2014 could be better year for US economy as finances improve, gov't...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday predicted a stronger year for the U.S. economy in 2014, saying several factors that have held back growth appear to be abating.Americans'...
View ArticleOntario Ring Of Fire: Social Service Costs Could Balloon, Health Canada Says
OTTAWA - The federal government may struggle to keep up with a growing need for mental-health and other social services in First Nations communities located within a massive mineral find in northern...
View ArticleB.C. Real Estate: Northern Gateway Pumps Up Kitimat Property Values
Homeowners in B.C. received their annual BC Assessment property values this week, with Kitimat — the site of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline — experiencing the biggest jump across the province....
View ArticleBlackBerry alleges company started by Ryan Seacrest ripped off designs for...
SAN FRANCISCO - Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. is accusing a company backed by "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest of being a rip-off artist.The allegations emerged in a patent infringement...
View ArticleTemporary Foreign Workers: Tories' Ban On Criminal Employers Quietly Abandoned
The Harper government has quietly backed away from changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program that would have banned employers convicted of certain crimes from participating. New rules for...
View ArticleAfter topping $100 last week, oil continues 4-day plunge, closes below US$94
The price of oil extended a week-long plunge Friday, falling 1.6 per cent to below US$94 a barrel as a rebounding U.S. economy drove the dollar higher and signs continue to emerge that there is an...
View ArticleThis Inspiring Tribute Will Make You Proud To Be A Woman (Or Wish You Were One)
Microsoft honored the women who led, inspired and endured in 2013 with a stirring montage that will make you proud. The ad (watch above) to promote the search engine Bing begins with education activist...
View ArticleDish unveils new Hopper set-up that can record 8 TV shows at once, wireless...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dish Network Corp. has unveiled a new digital recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once.The catch is that four of those shows have to be from the broadcast networks ABC,...
View ArticleSmartphone Test Of Wits: iPhone Users Fastest, BlackBerry Users Slowest
As if BlackBerry needed more bad publicity, along comes a new test suggesting users of the Canadian company’s smartphones are, well, a little slower than others. An online test that measures how...
View ArticleWell, That's One Way To Get Rid Of Doritos Dust (Ick!)
Thumbs up for "Finger Cleaner." The already viral entry for Doritos' Crash the Super Bowl ad contest serves up eww and ha ha in equal measure. In the clip, an auto shop worker is admonished to clean...
View ArticleArmy Corps report offers 8 alternatives to keep Asian carp out of Great...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a report years in the making about options for keeping Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.The report given to Congress on...
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Meet The New Gigantic TVs That Make Your Gigantic TV Obsolete
The largest, most spectacular TVs in the known universe are currently all in one place: the Las Vegas strip, which is glowing more than usual as light from a thousand gadgets illuminates the 2014...
View ArticleNew battle comes to smart TVs as Firefox, LG, others promote competing software
NEW YORK, N.Y. - More choice — and confusion — is coming to the next generation of TVs.At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected television sets, which let...
View ArticleChief justice refuses request for emergency stay blocking health care law...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has refused a group of doctors' request to block implementation of the nation's new health care law.Chief Justice John Roberts turned away without comment Monday an...
View ArticleGov't report: US economy outpaced rise in health care costs for 2012 as...
WASHINGTON - Even as his health care law divided the nation, President Barack Obama's first term produced historically low growth in health costs, government experts said in a new report Monday.While...
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