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Malls Now Offer 'Quiet' Santa Visits For Kids With Autism (PHOTOS)
Meeting Santa Claus at a shopping mall can be horribly hectic. There are large crowds, long lines, and holiday music blaring from speakers. It's a recipe for madness -- and for children with autism,...
View ArticleWoman Tasered In Black Friday Melee (VIDEO)
Just when you thought behavior on Black Friday couldn't get any more shocking. Two women were captured on video early Friday morning throwing punches at a Philadelphia, Penn. mall before one of the...
View ArticleNew Technology Helps Stores Track Your Every Move This Season
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a big question for marketers: What kind of a buyer are you? And, as important, what are you willing to pay? In the search for answers this shopping season, consumer behavior...
View Article10 Classic American Brands That Are Foreign-Owned: 24/7 Wall St.
24/7 Wall St.: In September, major U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods was purchased by Chinese holding company Shanghui International Holdings, Ltd for $4.7 billion. The deal represents the largest...
View ArticleWhat $390,000 Will Buy You Across The Country
That old golden rule of real estate -- location, location, location -- is probably more true in Canada than just about anywhere else. From frighteningly expensive Vancouver to the almost suspiciously...
View ArticleMercer House Free To A Good Home In Chilliwack Or Beyond
It doesn't get much cheaper than free. And that's what a B.C. company is offering to sell a historic home for: zip, nada, $0! Of course there's a catch: the buyer must arrange to pick the 100-year-old...
View ArticleB.C. Fish Farms To Continue To Breed Atlantic Salmon, Despite Controversy
VANCOUVER - One of the world's largest aquaculture companies is betting future economic growth in Chile on a "robust" species of salmon native to the Pacific but will continue to raise the...
View ArticlePeople Beat Each Other Up Over Towels At Walmart On Black Friday
Black Friday was ridiculous this year, including at Walmart. Walmart advertised low prices on TVs, laptops and kitchenware, but the store's best-selling item was ... towels. According to a statement...
View ArticleDecember trading gets off to busy start with rate announcement, bank earnings
TORONTO - Investors will have plenty to take in as the last month of 2013 begins, including the Bank of Canada's next interest rate announcement on Wednesday.In addition, a slew of top-drawer economic...
View ArticleBanks expected to boost dividends in otherwise steady fourth quarter
TORONTO - Some of Canada's biggest banks are expected to raise their dividends this week as they look towards what's appears to be another year of steady growth in 2014.The five largest banks are...
View ArticleRobert Shiller, Nobel Winning Economist, Warns Of U.S. Stock Market Bubble
BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - An American who won this year's Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he...
View ArticleNFL Team In Canada? Canadians Don't Want One If It Means CFL Demise
TORONTO - An overwhelming majority of Canadians don't want an NFL team in Canada, especially if it means the demise of the CFL, a survey suggests.Forty per cent of 1,007 on-line participants said they...
View ArticleBidding war for Australian dairy processor worries Saputo's investors
MONTREAL - For almost 60 years, Montreal-based Saputo has quietly built its business from a family of cheesemakers that once made deliveries by bicycle into the top ten of the world's largest dairy...
View Article10 Countries Where Salaries Are Soaring
Next year, U.S. wages will increase by about 1.5% after adjusting for inflation, according to ECA International estimates. In some parts of the world, wages will grow at double this rate, and in...
View ArticleOntario Hydro Rates To Keep Climbing: Chiarelli
TORONTO - There will be a new focus on helping Ontario consumers better control their electricity costs when the Liberal government releases its long-term energy plan Monday, but the bottom line is...
View ArticleBarrick to provide board update following meeting this week amid reports
TORONTO, Cananda - Barrick Gold will provide an update following a board meeting Wednesday, amid reports founder Peter Munk plans to step aside from his role as co-chairman.Citing unnamed sources,...
View ArticleFrench court orders trial for EADS execs, Daimler, Lagardere in insider...
PARIS - A French court on Monday ordered a trial for carmaker Daimler AG and industrial conglomerate Lagardere SCA as well as executives for Airbus parent EADS in an insider trading investigation...
View ArticleThe One Thing All Introverts Need To Do At Work
Quartz: One of the best networking tips for shy people might be simply, “Move your desk at work.” From the book Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping the Hidden Resources in Your Personal...
View ArticleInside The Oil-shipping Free-For-All That Brought Disaster To Lac-Mégantic
Long before disaster struck, the 5,900 residents of Lac-Mégantic had grown accustomed to the sight of large oil tankers rolling through their small, tightly knit community in the Eastern Townships of...
View ArticleHow Canada's Taxman Has A Little-Fish Fetish
Tax dodgers' names have been added to a meticulously documented list of successful prosecutions -- sort of a kill list for Canada Revenue Agency bureaucrats -- and their stories are out there for all...
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