LL Bean says it's ready to make $100M in capital investments after 4 years of...
PORTLAND, Maine - Coming off record profits and four years of revenue growth, L.L. Bean is ready to make the biggest single-year capital investment in the retailer's 102-year history, the company's CEO...
View ArticleOttawa To Order Railroads To Move Grain Amid Backlog
WINNIPEG — The federal government says it will introduce an order-in-council forcing railways to move a minimum amount of grain each week. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says that minimum will be set at...
View ArticleUS stocks mostly lower as tensions build in Ukraine, offsetting a pickup in...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. stocks are drifting mostly lower in midday trading as tensions build in Ukraine, where the region of Crimea is preparing for a referendum on whether to split away and become part...
View ArticleSamsung unveils Milk Music, a free streaming radio service for its Galaxy phones
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Samsung on Friday unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market.The South Korean gadget maker's Milk...
View ArticleOshawa Boston Pizza Charged For Overserving Alcohol In Traffic Death
Employees of a Boston Pizza location in Oshawa, Ont., have been charged with over-serving alcohol to a customer after a pedestrian was killed by a driver police say had recently left the restaurant. A...
View ArticleCanada Bans Gestation Crates In Which Pigs Can't Turn Around
Canada's pigs are about to get a little more breathing space. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has introduced a new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs that effectively bans...
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Gesamtkunstwerk Is A Fancy Word For Vancouver Design Show
If you’ve been near Vancouver’s Granville Street Bridge, you’ve probably seen the word Gesamtkunstwerk glowing from two sides of a building. Like us, you then wondered, “What the heck does that mean?”...
View ArticlePrivacy, surveillance gain top billing at Austin's South By Southwest...
AUSTIN, Texas - To get a feel for the pulse of the tech industry, it's a good idea to head to Austin, Texas, rather than Silicon Valley this time of the year.More than 30,000 people descend on the...
View ArticleUS consumer borrowing rose $13.7 billion in January, aided by auto and...
WASHINGTON - Consumers increased their borrowing in January on autos and student loans but cut back on their credit card use.Consumer borrowing rose $13.7 billion in January following an even larger...
View ArticleMexico hits main network with restrictions, sets first bidding for TV...
MEXICO CITY - Mexican regulators hit the country's main television network with a double punch on Friday, declaring Televisa a "preponderant" market player and slapping restrictions on the company,...
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International Women's Day 2014: 10 Professionals Talk Money, Family, Sexism...
    March 8 marks International Women's Day (IWD), a day when women and men celebrate the triumphs and progress women have made as global citizens. From taking on leadership roles in...
View ArticleBombardier puts salary freeze on its 38,000 non-unionized employees
MONTREAL - Bombardier is freezing the salaries of its roughly 38,000 non-unionized employees as it deals with costly delays in the launch of its CSeries commercial jet.The freeze covers workers in all...
View ArticleNew morning sizzle between NBC's 'Today' and ABC's 'Good Morning America'
NEW YORK, N.Y. - NBC's "Today" show didn't leave its mojo in Sochi and is feeling newly energized in the program's perpetual battle with ABC's dominant "Good Morning America."After winning in the...
View ArticleFBI takes over Idaho investigation into private prison company; inmates have...
BOISE, Idaho - The FBI has launched an investigation of the Corrections Corporation of America over the company's running of an Idaho prison with a reputation so violent that inmates dubbed it...
View ArticleStocks drift indecisively as tensions build in Ukraine; Dow and S&P 500 notch...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. stocks are finishing mixed after an indecisive day of trading as traders worried about escalating tensions in Ukraine.The Standard & Poor's 500 managed a small gain, enough to...
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Price 'Higher In Canada' .. That's It? That's All You'll Tell Us?
We’re all used to seeing those tags on book covers that announce one (lower) price for a book in the U.S., next to a higher price for Canada. Annoying as that is, at least there’s a certain consistency...
View ArticleOil rises to near $102 a barrel on better than expected US hiring figures
The price of oil crept up to near US$102 a barrel Friday after a solid increase in U.S. employment and a decline in the American dollar.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery rose...
View ArticleTransgender woman in California sues CrossFit over exclusion from female...
SAN FRANCISCO - A transgender woman in Northern California has sued the company behind the popular CrossFit workouts for refusing to let her compete in the female division of its annual fitness...
View ArticleB.C. Real Estate: Houseboats For Sale, March 2014 (PHOTOS)
Forgive us if we go a little "Sleepless In Seattle" on you, but there's just something so romantic about the idea of a houseboat. Water views from every angle. The possibility of just upping and...
View Article$50-Million Lotto Max Jackpot Remains Unclaimed For Another Week
TORONTO - The $50-million jackpot in the Lotto Max draw remains unclaimed for yet another week.There are no winning tickets for the big prize in last night`s draw.Thirty MaxMillions prizes of...
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