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400 Nortel staff face layoff in Avaya deal: report
As many as 400 Nortel employees in Canada face layoff in the sale of the company's ...

PM lobbies top U.S. politicians over 'Buy American'
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with some of Washington's top lawmakers, taking ...

Moore directs CRTC to tackle fee-for-carriage
Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore has waded into television's fiery fee-for-carriage ...

Charest to push through law allowing government deficits
The Charest government is convening the national assembly for a special sitting Friday ...

Yukon sees pickup in gold exploration
Higher gold prices have prompted the Yukon government to double its estimate of what ...

Co-operators, B.C. credit union to buy Cumis for $232M
Co-operators Life Insurance Co. has teamed with a B.C. credit union to buy insurer ...

Rio Tinto Alcan to expand operations at Jonquière
Improving markets will lead Rio Tinto Alcan to increase operations at its Vaudreuil ...

New Jobless Claims Drop Unexpectedly
Claims By Laid-Off Workers Drop to Lowest Level Since July

Housing Construction Rises 1.5% in August
9-Month High Pegged to Surge in Apartment Building Offsets Decline in Single-Family ...

Video: Toxic Assets
As Wall Street fell into a free fall last year, Congress reacted with the Troubled ...

FDIC Gains Private Partner for Toxic Loans
Texas Company is First Winning Bidder to Begin Taking Over Loans from Failed Franklin ...

Source: 5 BofA Board Members Subpoenaed
N.Y. Attorney General Investigating Bank's Acquisition of Merrill Lynch

U.S. Ends Troubled Oil Royalty Program
No More In-Kind Payments for Oil and Gas from Federal Land and Water

U.S. Economy: Production Up, Prices OK
Economic Reports Show Slight Increase In Inflation, But Acceptable

Credit Card Issuers Introduce Cards With Simpler Terms
Credit card agreements have become increasingly complicated over the years, forcing ...

D.C. Start-Up Envion Aims to Turn Trash to Fuel
Plastic soda bottles, Big Gulp cups and empty sour cream containers get fed into ...

Ferdinand Pecora Ushered In Wall Street Regulation After 1929 Crash
The last time Washington enacted sweeping financial reform, more than 75 years ago, ...

Schools Deploy Arsenals of Sanitizers Against Swine Flu Threat
Should the swine flu appear at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary School in Germantown, ...

Cap-and-Trade Memos Fire Up the Skeptics
Climate-change legislation might be on the Senate's back burner, but the heat's ...

Analysis: Baucus Health-Care Bill Appears to Be Moving Forward
On the surface, it appears that no one is happy with Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) -- ...

Global Poverty Rolls Projected to Surge
The global recession is expected to push 89 million more people into extreme poverty ...

Homebuyer Tax Credit: Deadline Spurs Rush
Home shoppers are rushing to close on purchases before tax credit expires.

The Next Shoe to Drop? Fed Focuses on Commercial Real Estate
The Fed reviews smaller banks' delinquent real estate loans for problems.

Credit Cards Help Customers Manage Debt?
New Chase program allows customers to avoid interest on certain purchases.

Consumer Prices Rise on Higher Gas Prices
Consumer prices rise slightly as weak economy keeps inflation in check.

Cell Phones on Planes: Why Not?
Foreign governments allow cell phone use on planes; why won't the U.S.?

Bernanke: Recession 'Likely Over'
The Federal Reserve chairman is optimistic but says unemployment will persist.

Poll: Deep Damage From Economic Crash
Americans report financial woes, personal stress and skepticism toward reform.

Venezuela, China sign 16 bln dlr oil deal
AFP - NAIGUATA, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a 16-billion-dollar ...

TAG Oil and Trans-Orient Petroleum to merge
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Tag Oil Ltd. (TSXV:TAO) said it plans to merge ...

China tire row need not spark trade war: US official
AFP - SAO PAULO (AFP) - A spat over US tariffs on Chinese tires need not trigger ...

Cuba regrets no change in US trade embargo
AFP - HAVANA (AFP) - President Barack Obama may have campaigned on a platform of ...

Canada's big banks bask in afterglow of strong third quarter; outlook positive
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Canada's big banks were basking Wednesday in the afterglow ...

Rogers names Edward Rogers deputy chairman, reorganizes business units
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) has promoted ...

Harper announces money for B.C. transmission line that will fuel mining industry ...
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced millions ...

How Southwest stays on top
Southwest Chief Executive Gary Kelly says business seems to be picking up some ...

'The Informant' a quirky antitrust film
Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a corporate whistle-blower, in a quirky film about Archer ...

Tyree: I won't deal on Sun-Times
Jim Tyree says he won't negotiate on concessions, even as workers at 2 more newspapers ...

American to expand Chicago hub with new financing
American to add 57 flights at O'Hare next year, the largest increase in flying at ...

WGN's Payne moves to noon

Obama tells IOC president he's not going to Copenhagen
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge on Thursday further dampened ...

Chrysler to offer leases again
DETROIT -- Chrysler Group LLC says it will return to leasing vehicles after a yearlong ...

Coca-Cola still viewed as most valuable brand
Consumers lost trust in brands this year as the recession deepened, according to ...

House backs bill to overhaul student loan program
The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs ...

Credit raters face rules from SEC, subpoenas from Calif.
Credit agencies will have to disclose more of their ratings history, and banks will ...

Madoff's Long Island beach home sells for more than $8.75M
An unidentified buyer or buyers snapped up Bernard Madoff's Long Island beach house ...

Household net worth grows by $2 trillion
American households saw their wealth increase this spring for the first time in nearly ...

Bank stocks: Are dividends a good idea?
Q: A bank holding company, TIB Financial (TIBB), plans to pay a 1% stock dividend ...

Lowest since May, mortgage rates again flirt with 5%
The 30-year home loan rate has dipped to a 3-1/2-month low to flirt again with breaking ...