Oil drops below US$96 a barrel on improving weather; natural gas price plunges
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil fell below US$96 a barrel Monday amid forecasts for moderating temperatures in the U.S. Northeast and anticipation about the outcome of the next meeting of the U.S....
View ArticleUS reaches deal with Internet companies on requests to reveal demands for...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government and leading Internet companies on Monday announced a compromise that will allow those companies to reveal more information about how often they are ordered to turn over...
View Article400 Evraz workers relieved as layoffs avoided; rail cars have arrived
REGINA - Four hundred workers at Regina's Evraz steel plant are breathing a sigh of relief.The United Steelworkers Union, which represents Evraz employees, confirms that the temporary layoffs expected...
View ArticleYukon Opens Huge Swath Of Pristine Peel Watershed To Mining (PHOTOS)
The Yukon government has opened a vast area of wilderness up for mining, a move which has prompted a legal challenge from First Nations and conservation groups. The land use plan for the Peel Watershed...
View ArticleB.C.-Alberta Panel Urges Harmonizing Rail, Roads, Pipelines For Economic Growth
EDMONTON - A joint study group says it will work to identify the best way to harmonize roads, rail, pipelines and permits in Alberta and British Columbia to get the most value for energy exports.The...
View ArticleApple Q1 2014 Earnings, Record Sales Don't Impress Wall Street
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's holiday season proved to be a letdown, even though the company sold a record number of iPhones and iPads during its latest quarter.The results released Monday further...
View ArticleFarm bill deal would cut food stamps by roughly 1 per cent, continue...
WASHINGTON - A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino sues Gawker Media over its posting of a link to leaked film...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Quentin Tarantino sued the news and gossip website Gawker on Monday over a post that directed readers to a leaked copy of the Oscar-winning screenwriter's latest movie.Tarantino's...
View ArticleCogeco CEO Louis Audet: Quebec Charter A Threat To Economy
MONTREAL - The head of cable and media company Cogeco Inc. has stepped into Quebec's political debate about a charter to promote secular values, saying it's scaring off immigrants.Cogeco chief...
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Fewer Americans Than Ever Think They're Middle-Class
As President Obama takes the stage Tuesday night to deliver his State of the Union address, he may want to be wary of appealing to the middle class, traditionally politicians’ favorite demographic....
View ArticleFeds: Russian man who created bank hacking software pleads guilty to...
ATLANTA - A Russian man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Tuesday after federal authorities say he created a computer program that has been used to drain bank accounts.Aleksandr Andreevich Panin,...
View ArticleTarget Canada's Empty Shelves Are Temporary Growing Pains, Company Says
Target promises its fledgling Canadian stores will be better stocked as it becomes more experienced in the market. The discount-chic chain said Tuesday low post-holiday inventory levels on some of its...
View ArticleCat Cafe Montreal: Café Chat L'Heureux To Welcome Cats And People
If you're the kind of person who would really like to have a pet cat, but fear you're not quite up to the responsibility (or the clean-up), Montreal's soon-to-open Café Chat L'Heureux is for you....
View ArticleSeeking advertising dollars, Fox and MTV owner Viacom want to run...
RICHMOND, Va. - More TV networks want to gain from tobacco companies' mandate to run anti-smoking ads that will cost tens of millions of dollars.Fox Broadcasting and the company behind MTV, Comedy...
View ArticleCrude oil rises above US$97 as traders wait on oil supply report, Fed meeting
The price of oil rose nearly two per cent Tuesday, reversing losses from the previous two sessions.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery gained $1.69, or 1.8 per cent, to close at...
View ArticleBiologic drugmaker Amgen's 4Q profit jumps 30 per cent on higher sales, tax...
Amgen Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit jumped 30 per cent mainly due to a tax benefit from prior-year audits, an acquisition and higher sales for nearly all its drugs — much of it from price hikes.The...
View ArticleYahoo's 4th-quarter results show Internet company still struggling to boost...
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's latest quarterly report shows CEO Marissa Mayer is still having trouble bringing in more revenue as online advertisers spend more money at Google and other rivals.The...
View ArticleUnder Fire (And Arrest), Charlie Shrem Resigns From Bitcoin Foundation
The Bitcoin Foundation, an organization dedicated to evangelizing the crypto-currency, is distancing itself from a bitcoin exchange founder accused of laundering money to online drug dealers. The...
View ArticleVancouver Real Estate Shows Thriving Luxury Market
The luxury home market powered ahead in Vancouver last year, fuelled in part by redevelopment of teardowns by builders in prime, or upcoming neighbourhoods, according to a new study by RE/MAX looking...
View ArticleKitimat Cruise Ship To House Workers
Construction workers in northern B.C. will make themselves at home on a cruise ship as they complete $3.3 billion in upgrades to an aluminum smelter. The Silja Festival, which was built by Estonian...
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