Bell Canada's 'Gay' Olympics Ad A Subtle But Clear Message
Bell Canada has quietly joined the ranks of companies like AT&T and Google in taking a swipe at Russia’s controversial anti-gay laws, which have dominated discussion surrounding this year’s Winter...
View ArticleUranium miner Cameco says 2018 production target no longer makes sense
Cameco chief executive Tim Gitzel says it no longer makes sense for the company to keep to its goal of producing 36 million pounds of uranium a year by 2018.The company continues to like the long-term...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014: Harper Must Drop Austerity Obsession,Grits Say
OTTAWA - Deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale is urging the federal Conservatives to abandon what he calls their obsession with austerity in Tuesday's budget.The former finance minister says it's the...
View ArticleWeatherNation TV flies onto radar as Weather Channel hunkers down in dispute...
A sudden change in the weather means real money for Paul Falavolito. When a snowstorm rolls in, the chief of a small, non-profit ambulance service in White Oak, Pa., has to keep paramedics in ambulance...
View ArticleAugusta stock soars following takeover bid from largest shareholder, HudBay
TORONTO - HudBay Minerals Inc. says shareholders of Augusta Resources Corp. would be wise to accept its all-stock takeover offer because the junior mining company doesn't have the financial strength or...
View ArticleGold miners look to a difficult 2013 behind them with earnings expected
OTTAWA - Canada's big gold miners are set this week to report their quarterly and full-year earnings for a year that many will likely be happy to put behind them.The price of gold and the shares of the...
View ArticleAs energy firms post results, investors eye strategic shifts, natural gas prices
CALGARY - This week will see a parade of quarterly earnings from some big energy names, including two Calgary-based companies that are in the thick of strategic overhauls.Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) and...
View ArticleOil in first close above US$100 this year; markets await Yellen comments
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oil prices rose slightly Monday, enough to close above US$100 a barrel for the first time this year.Investors are awaiting the first public comments from the new chairman of the U.S....
View ArticleOffering business a compromise, White House delays health law coverage...
WASHINGTON - Angling to avoid political peril, the Obama administration Monday granted employers another delay in a heavily criticized requirement that medium-to-larger firms cover their workers or...
View ArticleBlast at NH ball bearings plant shakes walls, breaks windows, injures 15...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - An explosion rocked a small-town ball bearings plant on Monday, shaking walls, shattering windows and sending at least 15 people to the hospital, but a company spokeswoman said...
View ArticleWynne marks first anniversary as premier with call for opposition budget ideas
TORONTO - Kathleen Wynne is marking her one-year anniversary as premier of Ontario by suggesting she's in no rush for a general election, even though the Opposition says she needs a mandate from...
View ArticleFederal appeals panel in NY restores Apple monitor but spells out limits to...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A court-appointed monitor evaluating Apple's antitrust policies can resume his work but must adhere to the strict limits on his duties spelled out by the judge who appointed him, a...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014: Flaherty's Focus Is On Delivering Surplus In Time For...
The federal budget to be presented Tuesday is expected to be rather plain, as Conservatives strive to set themselves up for a surplus just in time for the 2015 election. But their strategy will require...
View ArticleCBC Sochi 2014 Olympics Coverage Attracts Frustrated NBC Viewers
TORONTO - Bashing Olympics coverage in the United States seems to have become a sport in itself for fans seeking live coverage south of the border, with a groundswell of NBC-targeted rage emerging in...
View ArticleDow soars nearly 200 points as investors welcome steady tone from new Federal...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. stocks are ending sharply higher after the new Federal Reserve chief, Janet Yellen, said she will continue the central bank's policy of low interest rates.Investors also welcomed...
View ArticleCanada's Budget For 2014: The Full Text Of Flaherty's Speech
Here is the full text of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's speech outlining Canada's 2014 federal budget.Mr. Speaker, nearly 150 years ago, Canada was founded with fiscal responsibility as its...
View Article2014 Federal Budget Delivers Cash For Rural Broadband
Canada’s 2014 federal budget promises funding to provide or improve high speed internet access to Canadians in rural and remote areas. The $305 million in funding over five years will extend high-speed...
View ArticleImmigrant Investor Program Scrapped In 2014 Federal Budget
A controversial program that gave immigrant investors a fast track to citizenship was abolished in the 2014 federal budget. The government stopped accepting applications from foreign investors in 2012...
View Article2014 Canadian Budget Highlights: What You Need To Know
Many observers are already labeling Canada's budget for 2014 a bit of a "do nothing" document, but there are actually plenty of items of interest that will affect the pocketbooks of Canadians. Here all...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014: Tories Build Up Fiscal Arsenal Ahead Of 2015 Election
OTTAWA - The governing Conservatives are singing the final aria of their five-year deficit-fighting opera, finally ready to draw the red-ink curtain on a new show: a 2015 election campaign built on...
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