Condoleezza Rice backs out of delivering Rutgers commencement address after...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her...
View ArticleWarren Buffett pokes fun at his mistakes in duet with Paul Anka shown at...
OMAHA, Neb. - Billionaire Warren Buffett poked fun at himself by singing a duet with songwriter Paul Anka to start the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting Saturday.More than 30,000 people filled an...
View ArticleCompassion Clubs, Canada's 'Grey Market' Pot Retailers, Face A Make-Or-Break...
It's not just the four joints he’s smoked by mid-afternoon. Neev Tapiero is genuinely unconcerned that a slew of new commercial medical marijuana companies could put his underground cannabis club out...
View ArticleChina To Have World's Largest Economy This Year: World Bank
The United States has had the world’s largest economy for more than 140 years, but according to new numbers from a World Bank project, that run will likely come to an end this year. The World Bank’s...
View ArticleCharge: Alaska man fatally shot troopers from behind as they attempted to...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote...
View ArticleMarijuana Was Criminalized In 1923, But Why?
Pot activists in Canada and elsewhere will be taking part today in what's being billed as a "Global Marijuana March." In this country, they will be calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. They...
View ArticleTelecoms in earnings spotlight; loonie could find lift from jobs data
TORONTO - Earnings from corporate Canada and the latest reading on job creation will be the prime focus for investors this coming week.The Toronto stock market finished with a gain of 1.59 per cent...
View ArticleOntario's technology sector looks to model Silicon Valley for growth
Ask city officials in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ont., where the future of Canada's technology sector lies, and they'll show you a map of Silicon Valley.The bustling stretch between sunny San Francisco...
View ArticlePhone companies expected to win over more cable customers with fibre-optic TV
TORONTO - Armed with fast fibre-optic networks that can now reach millions of homes across the country, Canada's telephone companies have turned the tables on the cable companies.They're reversing a...
View ArticlePowerade Drops Brominated Vegetable Oil, Controversial Ingredient
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo's Gatorade last year.The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been...
View ArticleOfficial says 9 acrobats seriously injured after falling from platform at...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A safety official says nine acrobats have been seriously injured after falling from an aerial platform during a Rhode Island circus.Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare...
View ArticleLuxury labels Versace and Jimmy Choo to launch first stand-alone shops in Canada
TORONTO - Two renowned luxury brands are entering the increasingly crowded retail market with the launch of their first stand-alone boutiques in Canada.Italian fashion house Versace and famed footwear...
View ArticleGoogle Play Music Launches New 'All Access' Streaming Service In Canada
Canada's already crowded online music marketplace just welcomed a major new player as Google Play Music heads north as of, uh, right now. Already a hit in the U.S., where Google's streaming service All...
View ArticleFeds Ditch Kijiji Data, And Look What Happens To Jobs Vacancies
The Harper government came in for some ridicule last month when it emerged it had relied on data from job postings site Kijiji to argue that Canada’s job vacancy rate is rising. It turned out Kijiji...
View ArticleClarke reports sale of trucking business boosts Q1 profit up from year ago
HALIFAX - Clarke Inc. (TSX:CKI) said Monday it earned $73 million in its latest quarter, boosted by the sale of its trucking and freight logistics businesses.The investment firm said the profit...
View ArticleTarget's Canadian Expansion One 'Giant Reason' For CEO's Departure: Analyst
The official story of Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel's abrupt resignation Monday morning is straightforward: He was pushed out because of the massive data breach the company revealed last January, in...
View ArticleBilly Frank Jr., leader of Northwest 'fish wars' that restored tribal rights,...
SEATTLE - Billy Frank Jr., the tribal fisherman who led the Northwest "fish wars" that helped restore fishing rights for American Indians four decades ago, died Monday at age 83.The Northwest Indian...
View ArticleNew Sony Cassette Tape Can Hold Nearly 65 Million Songs
It used to be said that making a 60-minute or 90-minute mix tape for that special someone was a labor of love. However a new Sony cassette tape would make it pure labour, at least thirty or forty...
View ArticleHollywood, others respond to Sultan of Brunei's views with Beverly Hills...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Hollywood is responding to harsh new laws in Brunei by boycotting the Beverly Hills Hotel.The Motion Picture & Television Fund joined a growing list of organizations and...
View ArticleB.C. Real Estate: Best Cities To Invest In
Surrey tops a list of B.C.'s best cities for real estate investment for the fourth year in a row, but two new cities cracked the top 10 because of better commutes. Surrey's No. 1 spot on the Real...
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