New Zealand raises benchmark interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 2.75 per cent
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - In another sign the world economy is finally picking up steam after five years of recession and anemic growth, New Zealand on Thursday became the first developed nation to...
View ArticleStocks shake off an early slump, close mixed; S&P 500 narrowly avoids its...
U.S. stocks are finishing mixed after a listless day as traders continue to worry about slowing growth in China and tensions in Ukraine.The Standard & Poor's 500 index managed a small gain...
View ArticleWSP to buy Alberta engineering firm for $366 million; earns $17.9 million in Q4
MONTREAL - WSP Group is expanding its reach in Western Canada's oil and gas sector by announcing plans to acquire Focus Group Holding Inc. for $366 million.The purchase of the 1,700-employee Alberta...
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Woolly Mammoth Tusks Listed For Sale In Bitcoin, Dollars
Mainstream retailers are starting to accept bitcoin, but a pair of tusks from an adult woolly mammoth has to be one of the strangest — and coolest? — items you can buy so far with the digital currency....
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This Indigo Fail Is Beyond Brutal
This sign was spotted Tuesday night at an Indigo Bookstore in Toronto. Not exactly their best work. (H/T Marni Soupcoff)
View ArticleOil falls below US$98 on China economic slowdown jitters; higher US supplies
The price of oil dropped below US$98 a barrel Wednesday as the possibility of a deeper economic slowdown in China fed expectations of weaker demand and a report showed a rise in U.S. oil...
View ArticleKeystone XL Poll Finds Support Fading In The U.S.
A majority of Americans still support the Keystone XL pipeline, but the number is in decline, according to a new poll from Nanos Research. The pipeline had the support of 62.3 per cent of respondents...
View ArticleMcDonald's Wage Theft Lawsuits Launch In 3 States
NEW YORK, N.Y. - McDonald's workers in three states filed lawsuits against the fast-food chain this week, saying the company engages in a variety of illegal practices to avoid paying them what they're...
View ArticleEnbridge Gas Price Hike Could See Customers Paying 40% More
OTTAWA - The harsh reality of this winter's exceptionally cold weather is catching up to millions of natural-gas users in central Canada.The natural-gas company Enbridge has applied to Ontario...
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Mandy's Salad Bar Ordered To Remove English-Language Decorations
In the latest skirmish over Quebec’s language laws, a Montreal area salad bar is fighting an order from the province’s language office to remove decorative signs inside the establishment because they...
View ArticleOttawa must step in to resolve truckers strike at Vancouver port: B.C. premier
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is calling on federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt to get on a plane right away to resolve a truckers strike that is slowing exports out of...
View ArticleEmails show co-ordination between Duke Energy and NC regulators on coal ash...
RALEIGH, N.C. - Internal emails between staff at North Carolina's environmental agency suggest state regulators were co-ordinating with Duke Energy before intervening in efforts by citizens groups...
View ArticleVancouver Truckers' Strike At Port Leads To Wine Shortage
A strike by shipping container truckers at the Port of Metro Vancouver is creating a wine shortage, especially for bottles from South America and Europe. The largest chain of private wine stores in...
View ArticleJohn Baird: Canada Will Give $220M To Stabilize Ukraine's Finances
OTTAWA - Canada will contribute $220 million to an international effort to bail out the government of Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Thursday.But beyond some rhetorical condemnation,...
View ArticleSenate passes bill to impose background checks, better training for child...
WASHINGTON - The Senate has passed legislation to require child care providers who care for children from low-income families through a government voucher program to undergo criminal background checks,...
View ArticleAmericans line up for blocks to attend Denver's marijuana industry job fair
DENVER - When Tim Cullen was opening his first marijuana business four years ago, the high school biology teacher turned pot entrepreneur struggled to get resumes and references from job...
View ArticleOttawa Lifts Requirement That Railways Report Small Spills
The federal transport safety agency is scrapping a requirement for railways to report on smaller spills involving hazardous materials, raising questions about the quality of the accident data Ottawa...
View ArticleCrude oil back above US$98 a barrel; natural gas falls near two-month low
The price of oil got a slight boost from positive U.S. economic data Thursday, while natural gas hit a nearly two-month low.Benchmark U.S. crude for April delivery rose 21 cents to US$98.20 a barrel on...
View ArticleUS official: Malaysia plane sent signals to satellite for 4 hours after it...
WASHINGTON - A Malaysia Airlines plane was sending signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing, an indication that it was still flying, said a U.S. official briefed on the...
View ArticleBP, federal government agree to once again do business after Gulf oil spill
WASHINGTON - The oil company behind the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history can once again perform work for the federal government.Under an agreement reached Thursday with the U.S. Environmental...
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