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Quebec, Bombardier founding family announce $1-billion cement project in Gaspe

Feb 3, 2014 / 8:12 am

GASPE, Que. - Bombardier's founding family is tapping into public funds by partnering with the Quebec government and two provincial agencies to invest more...

Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

Feb 3, 2014 / 6:28 am

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (13,694.94 down...

Stock markets lower, traders take profits amid eurozone inflation concerns

Feb 3, 2014 / 5:58 am

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed in the red on the final day of January trading on Friday as worries about European deflation and currency troubles in...

Pump prices slipped average 4 cents in January as cold weather kept drivers home; oil lower

Feb 3, 2014 / 5:48 am

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery fell 74 cents to close at US$97.49 a barrel on Friday, closing out a month in which...

Alberta hearings on oilsands odours wrap up, report due by March 31:Regulator

Feb 3, 2014 / 4:20 am

PEACE RIVER, Alta. - Hearings in northwestern Alberta about odours blamed on oilsands processing have wrapped up. People in two communities near Peace River say...

Company tied to St. Louis Rams owner Kroenke buys L.A. property, raises questions about a move

Feb 3, 2014 / 4:04 am

ST. LOUIS - A company tied to St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke has purchased a prime piece of land in the Los Angeles area amid speculation the NFL franchise...

Super Bowl ads tread lightly so as not to offend millions of viewers

Feb 2, 2014 / 9:12 pm

NEW YORK, N.Y. - What Super Bowl ads will people discuss over the water cooler a day after the big game?There were no crude jokes. Sexual innuendo was kept to a...

Canadian dollar closes higher as economy continued to grow in November

Feb 2, 2014 / 9:18 am

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed higher Friday amid data showing the economy continued to register respectable growth in November.The loonie was ahead 0.22...

Bell small business customer information breached in hacking attack

Feb 2, 2014 / 8:14 am

TORONTO - Bell Canada says 22,400 of its small business customers have had their account information compromised by hackers.Bell says in a release the breach of...

Fired Toronto Pan Am Games CEO Ian Troop gets $534,000 in severance

Feb 2, 2014 / 3:02 am

TORONTO - The decision to fire the head of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games organizing committee last month will cost Ontario taxpayers more than half a million...

GE, Suncor form dust-busting partnership for oilsands access roads

Feb 2, 2014 / 3:02 am

CALGARY - The dust clouds made it difficult to see and breathe as the big trucks rumbled along access roads at Suncor Energy Inc.'s MacKay River oilsands...

Advertisers scramble to stand out amid Super Bowl Twitter, Facebook chatter

Feb 1, 2014 / 5:18 pm

NEW YORK, N.Y. - If it's on TV, it's on Twitter, at least when it comes to blockbuster events such as the Super Bowl.Advertisers, in particular, are ready to...

RCMP lays charges against two former SNC-Lavalin executives

Feb 1, 2014 / 2:54 pm

MONTREAL - The RCMP has filed criminal charges against two former senior SNC-Lavalin executives.The Mounties say former executive vice-president Sami Abdallah...

Wal-Mart: 4Q, full-year profits may now be at or slightly below low end of prior outlooks

Feb 1, 2014 / 8:42 am

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart said Friday that key earnings figures may come in at the low end or below its prior forecasts for its fourth quarter and full...

TransCanada pleased with Keystone XL review, but acknowledges more work ahead

Jan 31, 2014 / 3:06 pm

CALGARY - TransCanada says it's pleased with the U.S. State Department's latest report into its controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal, but...

Industry Minister James Moore to announce new Canadian space policy framework Feb. 7

Jan 31, 2014 / 2:38 pm

MONTREAL - Federal Industry Minister James Moore will announce Canada's new space policy framework next week.The Canadian Press has learned from two sources...

Chevron earnings fall 32 pct to $4.9 billion in 4Q on lower production

Jan 31, 2014 / 2:32 pm

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chevron profit fell 32 per cent in the fourth quarter on lower oil and gas production and lower prices for refined fuels relative to the cost...

Royal Bank CEO's pay rises one per cent to $12.7 million last year

Jan 31, 2014 / 2:30 pm

TORONTO - Royal Bank (TSX:RY) chief executive Gord Nixon received a pay increase of about one per cent in 2013, his last full year in the top job at the...

In a development that has fueled talk of an interest rate cut, eurozone inflation falls again

Jan 31, 2014 / 2:02 pm

LONDON - The pressure on the European Central Bank to cut interest rates again ratcheted up on Friday after figures showed inflation unexpectedly falling...

Highlights of U.S. State Department review of Keystone XL pipeline

Jan 31, 2014 / 1:36 pm

WASHINGTON - A quick look at some of the highlights from the U.S. State Department's report on TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline:—...

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