US productivity slowed to a 1.8 per cent growth rate in 4Q while labour costs...
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at an even slower annual rate than previously thought in the final three months of last year.Economists are hoping productivity growth will revive in 2014,...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin's Q4 profit, revenue fall as some segments face tough conditions
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. reports its fourth-quarter profit and revenue were down as several major divisions faced tough conditions, bringing a close to a difficult year for the engineering and...
View ArticleTim Hortons Customers In Toronto Get $200 Of Free Coffee From Stranger
It seems Tim Hortons is becoming Canada’s unofficial centre for generosity. Last year we saw stories of Timmies customers buying hundreds of coffees for strangers, in a meme that quickly spread across...
View ArticleUS factory orders drop 0.7 per cent in January but key category for...
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories fell in January for a second straight month but a key category that signals business investment plans rebounded. That could be an indication that businesses are...
View ArticleLack of skilled labour slows billion dollar smelter upgrade in Kitimat, B.C.
KITIMAT, B.C. - Mega-projects across northern British Columbia and Alberta mean skilled labourers are almost as precious as the resources sought by mining giants such as Rio Tinto Alcan.Company CEO...
View ArticleCanada-South Korea Free Trade Deal Imminent: Sources
OTTAWA - Speculation is rife that Canada and South Korea have finally concluded talks on a free trade agreement that will be signed within days.The two countries have been trying to negotiate a deal...
View ArticleIs Climate Change Pushing Moose Into Extinction? (VIDEO)
The Chippewa tribe of northern Minnesota called off their annual moose hunt this year. The reason? There simply aren't enough left to hunt. Dwindling moose numbers are just one of the alarming and...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Transport further tightens testing rules for oil trains
BILLINGS, Mont. - The U.S. government is further tightening testing requirements for companies that transport oil by rail after a spate of explosions caused by crude train derailments in the U.S. and...
View ArticleHigher stock prices and home price gains lift US household wealth to record...
WASHINGTON - A surging stock market and rebounding home prices boosted Americans' wealth to a record in the final three months of last year, though both trends have slowed so far in 2014.Household net...
View ArticleNot a trivial pursuit: Iceland startup Plain Vanilla finds success with quiz app
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A small startup has taken the gaming world by storm, finding success with its QuizUp trivia app and spurning offers to abandon its remote Iceland headquarters in favour of...
View ArticleCanada's Super-Rich To Swell In Number, Knight Frank Says
The number of ultra-rich Canadians is set to boom over the next decade, according to a new report from real estate consultancy Knight Frank. The company’s annual report forecasts the number of...
View ArticleOscar Mayer says it has developed app to wake you up to the sound - and smell...
MADISON, Wis. - Want to wake up to the sound of bacon sizzling on the stove with its aroma drawing you out of bed?There's an app for that.Oscar Mayer says it has created a bacon-scented app for the...
View ArticleCanada Sheds 7,000 Jobs In February; Economists Were Expecting Growth
The rebound in the job market that economists had been expecting failed to materialize in February, as Canada lost 7,000 jobs that month, according to Statistics Canada. Economists had been forecasting...
View ArticleTSX finds slight lift from U.S. jobs data, Chinese growth concerns punish miners
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market held onto a slight gain Friday as job creation data in the U.S. came in well above expectations.The S&P/TSX composite index was ahead 4.59 points at 14,276.51,...
View ArticleLoonie Down Sharply After Ugly Jobs Report
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was sharply lower Friday amid a big miss in expectations for Canadian job creation last month.The loonie fell 0.73 of a cent to 90.25 cents US as Statistics Canada...
View ArticleUS employers shake off wintry weather, add 175K jobs; unemployment rises to...
WASHINGTON - U.S. hiring improved in February from the previous two months despite a blast of wintry weather, likely renewing hopes that growth will accelerate this year.The Labor Department says...
View ArticleStocks drift mostly lower as tensions build in Ukraine, offsetting pickup in...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are drifting mostly lower in afternoon trading Friday as tensions build in Ukraine, where the region of Crimea is preparing for a referendum on whether to split away and become...
View ArticleWestJet Airlines cuts revenue expectations for first quarter, load factor down
MONTREAL - WestJet Airlines Ltd. cut its revenue expectations Friday due to softer domestic demand and a larger than expected impact from the Easter and Passover holidays shifting into the second...
View ArticleInsanely Clever Ways To Use Your Smart Phone (VIDEO)
Admit it. Your smart phone is slowly taking over the role previously played by your brain. If used correctly, your smart phone will actually do most of the things that, let's face it, you used to...
View ArticleGirls Of The 2014 Geneva Motor Show
As we wind down our live 2014 Geneva Motor Show coverage after a blistering two days of Swiss goodness, we thought we'd throw in some more heat for the fire. So we present to you a gallery of 40-plus...
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