Total profits for Canada's six biggest banks surged to $5.3 billion in the first quarter as loan losses fell and their domestic operations flourished.

Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday denied reports by the Wall Street Journal that the automaker plans to recall the Prius model involved in Monday's high-profile case of unintended acceleration in San Diego.

The CRTC is reviewing the structure of Mobilicity, the fledgling cellphone provider formerly known as DAVE Wireless, to see whether it meets Canadian-ownership rules.

Cisco Systems, the world's largest supplier of internet backbone equipment, is tripling the capacity of its gear, a move it is hyping as one that will change the internet forever.

Sony says it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms.

A decision to allow Amazon.com Inc. to open a distribution centre in Canada would set a precedent for changes to Canadian foreign ownership rules, the Canadian Booksellers' Association says.

Canadian business owners and managers say they're more likely to hire new employees this year as the economy recovers, two surveys suggest.

Canadian experts are throwing their expertise behind the multinational investigation into January's high-profile cyber attack against Google.

Chevron Corp. has announced it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and make more reductions in 2011.

Canada's airline industry will return to profitability this year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada.

Fresh off a recent skirmish over "Buy American," some Canadian cabinet ministers are expressing confidence that a new protectionist push from some U.S. politicians won't succeed.

One year ago this week marked the low point for North American stock markets and the beginning of one of the most surprising bull markets ever.

The Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments have agreed to more than double the capacity of the power grid that connects the two provinces.

British rock band Pink Floyd has launched a lawsuit against its record company, EMI, claiming it has miscalculated royalty payments for online sales.

Sex.com, a popular domain name on the internet, will be auctioned off in New York this month after its owners defaulted on debt payments.

New York woman crashes into stone wall after reported sudden acceleration in vehicles

PM announces pay freeze for senior civil servants, military

Trend of falling copper stocks supports prices

Platinum climbs to 7-week high, tracking other metals

Our fuel markets are becoming marginal. Try Asia instead

Allowing employees to volunteer overseas – partly at company expense – makes for inspired workers and a globally minded workplace

Conservative government feels Internet bookseller's expansion will open market to more foreign investment

Will ask Ontario Court of Appeal to reconsider other purchase proposals, including one backed by Goldman

Nearly one in five Canadians suffers from chronic pain. The debilitating effects can have major repercussions for them at work, as they try to maintain focus, stay productive, worry about being stigmatized, even just keep a job

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Kevin Lynch stepped out of the spotlight in July 2009, roughly three years after his appointment as Canada's 20th clerk of the Privy Council-- the top job in the country's civil service -- and after a total of 33 years in public service. He stepped back into the spotlight yesterday as the new vice-chairman of Bank of Montreal.

Bank of Nova Scotia wrapped up first-quarter earnings season with a 17% jump in profit and the highest revenue in its history, amid surging demand for home loans and personal lines of credit.

If corporate Canada was ever being hollowed out, it is now being filled in.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is seeking leave to appeal a lower court's ruling that allowed Shaw Communications Inc. to proceed with its bid to purchase a controlling interest in Canwest Global Communications Corp., alleging that the restructuring process has been "corrupted."

TORONTO - Cisco Systems Inc. has unveiled a new network router it says will usher in a new era of ubiquitous video on the Internet.

TORONTO - Conventional wisdom for Canada's newest cellphone carriers has been to be first into the market. With fierce competition overhead from established incumbents such as Rogers Communications Inc., the thinking was that the earliest in would hold a key leg up against other newcomers and reap the rewards of consumers' pent up demand for choice.

What a time to be an issuer of fixed-income securities: The rates are low, the spreads have narrowed in and it seems there is insatiable demand on the part of investors. Indeed, the demand is so great that more than $14-billion of corporate debt has been issued this year -- or more than double what had been raised by the same time last year.

Some of the boldest speculative oil traders at banks and hedge funds are betting on a return of gasoline's strength ahead of peak summer demand, bringing an early shift to summer from winter to the oil market.

Demand for air travel among business customers is rising and major U.S. airlines said yesterday they would consider charging additional fees while cutting costs to increase their profits. Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's largest carrier, said business trends were improving. Unit revenue in March would be up 16%, the company said. United Airlines is "clearly seeing signs of economic recovery and premium and corporate travelers returning," UAL Corp. chief financial officer Kathryn Mikells said at a JPMorgan conference. "The return of higher-quality traffic, combined with the significant reductions in capacity that we undertook in 2009, has really begun to improve our relative revenue results," Ms. Mikells said. Traffic reports for the first two months of 2010 signal that demand is improving at airlines. Load factors, a measure of how full a plane is, were higher for the top six U.S. airlines last month.

Bank of Nova Scotia is "blessed" with multiple options for financing potential acquisitions, said Rich Waugh, the chief executive.

Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.

Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, research suggests.

Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.

Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman.

Industrial production in the UK fell unexpectedly in January, dropping by 0.4% form December, official data has shown.

Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.

China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.

Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay frozen next year.

This year's Budget will be held on Wednesday 24 March, Chancellor Alistair Darling confirms.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures.

Can taxpayers profit from Northern Rock?

10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst

Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers

Can you fit a wind turbine in a housing estate?

Brendan Barber on pension scheme closures

Boeing wins lucrative mid-air refuelling battle

Insurance firm Standard Life reports better-than-expected profits and unveils plans for a further cost-cutting.

The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.

Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana.

Cathay Pacific reports a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel pay off.

The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans.

The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.

President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.

Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.

PAUL Dollman, finance director at aviation and distribution group John Menzies, yesterday claimed the "worst was behind us" as he revealed pre-tax profits had more tha

WEIR Group has built up a £500 million war chest as it continues to search the world for acquisitions after booking record annual profits.

AIRBUS parent company EADS has ruled out a solo bid for a lucrative US military contract after its partner pulled out.

CHEVRON is inviting bids for an oil refinery in Wales that employs 1,400 people.

IRISH airline Aer Lingus last night unveiled plans to lay off 670 workers as it aims to save about 97 million (£88m) in a radical restructuring plan.

THE fabrication division of Sovereign Oilfield Group, which slipped into administration last month, has been snapped up by Aberdeen-based peer Global Energy Group, in a move

PROFITS at Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel collapsed last year after it was hit by a fire and bad weather.

MORE than one in four financial directors intends to sell off company-owned cars in a bid to raise cash, according to a survey published yesterday.

UNTIL this weekend, the 16 members of the eurozone had a common monetary policy – courtesy of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt – but no joint fiscal policy. That could

MAJOR motor dealerships such as Lookers and Pendragon have returned to profitability in 2009 after a lossmaking 2008 that had been weighed down by the onset of recession and a

CAR dealer Lookers has sharply revved up its performance so far in March and yesterday played down industry fears about a dramatic recall of vehicles by Toyota.

FIRMS providing payment protection insurance (PPI) could be forced to pay out more than £4 billion to victims of mis-selling after the City watchdog revised its redres

ROCK legends Pink Floyd yesterday launched an action against EMI in a dispute over the calculation of online royalty payments and marketing of their music.

PRIVATE medical group Bupa yesterday revealed that group profits remained healthy last year despite suffering in the UK, where unemployment drove a 5 per cent slip in customer

THOUSANDS of HSBC customers have claimed a total of £10.4 million after the bank launched a campaign to locate holders of lost and forgotten accounts.

EXECUTIVES from US food giant Kraft and its recently acquired Cadbury business are to give evidence to a committee of MPs on the takeover of the chocolate firm.

A PROPOSAL to add to existing regulations surrounding the application of sprays was yesterday described as "completely unnecessary gold plating".

MERLIN Entertainments – which owns the Edinburgh Dungeon, Alton Towers and Madame Tussauds – welcomed more than three million extra visitors last year despite the recession.

BOUTIQUE investment bank Shore Capital swung to a full-year pre-tax profit as trading bounced back following the previous year's losses.

IN THE latest response to the Pack Inquiry into the future of farm support, the Scottish Tenant Farmers' Association has suggested that area-based payments are kept to a m

SCOTLAND overtook Chile as the world's second-biggest exporter of fresh salmon last year as sales jumped 24 per cent.

MEPs meeting in Strasbourg yesterday voted by a massive majority to keep at bay any risk of importing animal disease by preventing live animals being brought into a number of

PANASONIC and Samsung will this week start selling TVs in US stores that display three-dimensional images, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3D viewing in the li

JOHNSON Service Group, owner of the high street's biggest dry cleaning chain, yesterday claimed it was on a stable footing after returning to the black last year with pro

3D DIAGNOSTIC Imaging, the Dundee-based company behind a handheld tooth decay detector, trimmed losses in the first six months of its financial year as it continues to press a

A new report shows business executives look down on Indonesia in favor of Singapore and Australia.

Proposed policy changes could increase the burden on foreign investors.

After hours: FDA panel recommends lung scar treatment drug approval; Facet agrees to takeover bid.

Touting $90 billion expansion plan, Saudi Aramco chief says no matter how fast alternatives are ramped up, world will depend on oil for decades to come.

Merck & Co., Sanofi-Aventis announce merger of animal health businesses.

The President meets with Greece's Prime Minister amid call for a clampdown on speculators.

Regulation should help provide a basis for the industry's expansion.

Prime Minister Papandreou will ask for a show of support against 'speculators,' but that is beside the point.

After hours: Casey's General, H&R Block, and TiVo shares fall; Cisco gets a lift.

Yahoo! upgraded; Royal Dutch Shell makes a bid for Arrow Energy.

Secretary of Financial Services expects to see strong demand ahead as China makes reforms.

Global stocks rise as insurance giant sells overseas division to MetLife for $15.5 billion.

Web ads to get a 10% boost in 2010. For the first time advertisers will spend more on digital than print.

After hours: HP trims profit; T-Mobile replaces Yahoo! with Google.

Retail focus; Yingli, LDK, Sunpower report.

The Glazers say Manchester United is not for sale, but everything has its price.

Secretary of Financial Services and Treasury expects stimulus to keep growth on track.

Tablet to be available for purchase April 3; Analyst raises profit expectations.

Japan's savings could benefit Asia as a whole.

After hours: Aetna recovers from day's losses; Marvell Technology Group slips despite beat.

Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient, but critics say consumers would be hurt.

Customers who try to make purchases with their debit cards without enough money in their accounts will simply be declined.

The multiple, and at times seemingly conflicted roles, of investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also drawn scrutiny.

As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand in the U.S. and other Western markets.

DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plan to provide free care for the growing elderly population faces opposition at a time of record deficits.

The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.

European antitrust regulators took a step toward approving an alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia.

Backers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said it would also bring environmental problems.

The Federal Reserve has ended nearly all of the lending programs it created in 2007 to combat the credit crisis, but in the coming months it must decide when and how to tighten monetary policy.

Two drivers reported problems with Priuses that they said were not related to a sticking mat.

With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”

Only about 100 of 790 buildings that are eligible for hourly prices have opted for the Con Ed service.

The combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock.

Mattel is planning versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters in a promotion for the television series as well as for Barbie.

In such a move, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would be taken over by its creditors in exchange for debt forgiveness, people briefed on the matter said.

Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian nuclear plants for energy.

BEIJING (AP) -- China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise.

The region’s indexes were flat even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.

As Democrats considered potential maneuvers, business groups announced plans for a campaign to stop the legislation.

The company, which claimed it could protect against identify theft, will pay $12 million and change its marketing campaign.

Robert Christie, who joins the Times Company after seven years with Dow Jones, will fill a position left vacant since August.

The complaint accuses Variety of contractual breach, negligence and unfair business practices in connection with the film, “Iron Cross.”

The oil giant also said that it would sell some of its overseas operations, like the Pembroke refinery in Wales..

The economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday in a further sign that the labor ...

Q: Is it time to give up on ExxonMobil stock (XOM) and sell it?

IRS Internal Revenue Service agents will be more flexible with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.

Consumers fell further behind on bills in 2009, causing a surge in debt charge-offs, says Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub.com.

Steep discounts are available to fliers in the next two days in what one industry analyst calls "the first big summer fare sale" ...

MySpace thinks it can survive even thrive as a repository for all things music, Avatar and Twilight for the under-35 crowd.

Bank of America plans to stop letting consumers overdraw checking accounts with one-time debit card transactions that also trigger ...

Stocks advance in a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows.

In contemporary China, the business of the country is business, and no Western writer captures the atmosphere quite like Peter ...

The economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday.

Chevron said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it revamps its struggling refinery, ...

Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 ...

European officials urged the U.S. to join in a crackdown on speculators who bet against Europe's currency union, warning they ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that a European monetary fund to bail out eurozone nations in need would send a ...

Publix Super Markets, which has more than 1,000 stores in five Southern states, has voluntarily recalled four kinds of seasoning ...

Frames Could Rust and Lead to Spare Tires Falling from Vehicle; Recall Applies in "Cold Weather" States

Toyota Prius driver Jim Sikes frantically called 911 when his car speed out of control on a stretch of San Diego highway. Ben Tracy reports the U.S. government wants to know what happened.

China and the U.S. are fighting to lead the world in green energy technology, but China is way ahead. Celia Hatton reports on what the U.S. needs to do to keep up.

Exactly a year ago, stocks hit a 12-year low, dealing a 401-K-O to a lot of retirement accounts. As Anthony Mason reports, after a remarkable comeback, millions of investors missed out.

Stocks Are Up 61 Percent since Hitting 12-Year Low Last March; But Crisis Has Left Average Investors Reluctant to Get Back In

MoneyWatch.com: When Scouring the Housing Market, Watch out for these All-Too-Common Lies, Tricks and Exaggerations

Customers Up in Arms After Being Dropped by Amazon Affiliate Program; Company Blames States Like Colo. Seeking Revenue

Samsung, Panasonic Start Selling 3-D TVs, Glasses in U.S. Stores This Week; Prices Start at $3,000 for 46-inch Screen

CBS' Jill Schlesinger on the 12-Month Recovery, and What Investors Should Do Looking Ahead

CBS Moneywatch.com's Jill Schlesinger takes the pulse on Wall Street after last year's major market correction and offers tips for how to take perspective on investments.

Class-Action Suits by Owners Claim that Safety Recalls Causing Value of Vehicles to Plummet

Stock Market's Comeback Creates Higher Expectations for Investors

Advertisers Spending More On Web Ads -- And Promoting Their Own Web Sites

A Calif. Prius Driver explains his predicament when his car's accelerator pedal was stuck moving the car to 94 mph. The disgruntled driver refuses to drive his car again.

Engineers from Toyota have spoken out against critics of the automaker with an intricate demonstration designed to disprove claims of faulty electronics systems. Dean Reynolds reports.

While childhood consumption of high-calorie beverages has declined in schools, lawmakers nationwide are considering a tax on soft drinks to help curb adult intake as well. Michelle Miller reports.

A driver of a Toyota Prius called 911 to say the car's accelerator was stuck, ending in a dramatic police rescue. Ben Tracy speaks with Katie Couric about this incident.

Officials from Toyota are trying to rebut claims from prominent researchers who suggest that the automaker's solution to faulty brake pedals may not actually work.

Owner, Mechanic Face Manslaughter Charges From May 2008 Accident in N.Y.C. in Which Two Workers Died

Automaker Brings in Experts to Discredit Professor's Claim That Electronics Glitch is Behind Safety Problems

FT: Banking Official Indicates China May Drop Renminbi's Peg to U.S. Dollar, But Others Say Any Decision Is Years Away

AIG Announces Subsidiary Sale; Royal Dutch Shell, PetroChina Make Offer for Australian Energy Co.

The Great Recession has changed the rules for American workers: more part time jobs, less money and even less benefits. As Jim Axelrod reports, many Americans continue their struggle.

Ray Martin Spotlights Recent Rules That Could Leave More Money in Your Pocket

A tough winter has hit Florida tomato growers hard, slicing the domestic tomato crop by 80-percent compared to last year. Kelly Cobiella reports on how that's putting a squeeze on shoppers.

Feds warn against site claiming to have $1.3 billion from 'Madoff Hideout'.

Settlement bars company from misrepresenting its supposed identity-theft protection service.

It might not help your credit score, but paid charge-offs look better to lenders and employers.

Don't let your retirement be spoiled by taxes. Know the rules on what benefits are taxable.

Owning a home offers lots of benefits, including ways to reduce your tax bill.

If you can't manage two car loans, sell one and take a financial loss. Don't ruin your credit.

The Fed seeks comment on a proposed rule that would limit card penalty fees and require re-evaluation of rate increases.

Lenders accountable for higher broker fees charged to minority borrowers.

Shopping for a mortgage? Ask questions about the type of loan, fees and interest rate.

Four tips for wise credit use post-CARD Act.

A revolutionary new system for achieving results in both personal and professional settings is now available from author JD Meier. Meier's new book "Getting Results the Agile Way" details his Agile Results™ system -- the smarter, faster, easier way to great results. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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Nationally renowned property tax attorney serves as featured speaker to Texas Oil and Gas Association Conference in San Antonio (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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Comprehensive Study Shows Overwhelming Consumer Interest; Yet Few Providers Articulate and Capitalize on Their E-Delivery Capabilities and Offers (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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All Network Marketing Superfruit Juice Companies Are Being Challenged (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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Bomser Payan Agency (“BomserPayan) announced today that Massage Envy’s New Jersey franchise group (http://www.massageenvy.com/regions/NJ/Northern-New-Jersey.aspx), a subsection of franchisees of Massage Envy Limited, LLC (http://www.massageenvy.com), the nation’s largest massage therapy provider, has retained BomserPayan (http://www.bomser.com) to manage their Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing activities. In addition, Bomser Payan will be providing other marketing and advisory services to the group. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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CardRatings.com -- the most comprehensive free source for comparing credit card offers -- recently conducted an informal poll asking site visitors if their credit card rates have increased in the past six months. Eighty-six percent of respondents said yes, in line with site research showing that average interest rates have climbed to 14.89 percent over the past year. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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The first ever German binary options trading platform has been launched by anyoption™, the world’s largest and leading site of its kind. Not only is the binary options trading platform fully functioning in the German language but the entire launch and marketing campaign will be carried out in Germany, ensuring complete localization. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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Nearly 70% more participants emphasize pharmacy’s ability to help improve lives, reduce healthcare costs (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010)

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