Tips for Getting Back-to-Business With a Smile
Alright. You are back at work, sitting at your desk looking at your computer screen. Looking back at you is a lot of open space that needs to be filled because there is not a lot of booked business or...
View ArticleApple, FBI Investigating Alleged Nude Jennifer Lawrence, Celebrity Photo Leaks
Both Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are reportedly investigating the leak of alleged naked and private pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Kirsten Dunst, amongst nearly 100...
View ArticleFort Myers' Mad Fresh Bistro Refuses To Serve Ketchup To Its Patrons
No shirt, no shoes, no service. But what about "no ketchup"? A Fort Myers, Fl. restaurant is making a viral splash with its strict condiment policy and the "right to refuse service of ketchup." Mad...
View ArticleTony Accurso At Quebec Corruption Inquiry: Ex-Construction Boss Due To Appear...
MONTREAL - A powerful former construction magnate could finally take the stand when Quebec's corruption inquiry returns today from its summer break.Tony Accurso, once the owner of several influential...
View ArticlePassenger recalls seat dispute that diverted jet, says he could have handled...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The businessman whose dispute with a fellow airline passenger over a reclined seat sparked a national debate about air-travel etiquette says he's embarrassed by the way the...
View ArticleTeen sentenced to community service for climbing 1 World Trade Center tower,...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A thrill-seeking teenager who made a daring climb up the World Trade Center's centerpiece tower was sentenced Wednesday to community service for a stunt that raised questions about how...
View ArticleMessier, Rogers announce fewer blackout restrictions on NHL GameCentre Live
TORONTO - Mark Messier has vivid memories of his Edmonton Oilers teammate Glenn Anderson making phone calls on the road back in the mid-1980s."He had a big battery pack that he was carrying around with...
View ArticleFearing spreading violence, world leaders to build coalition against Islamic...
WASHINGTON - World leaders, nervously eyeing a growing threat from Islamic State militants, will seek to build a united front this week against the violent extremist group and keep it from creeping...
View ArticleErin Brockovich Targets Northern Pulp Mill Over Air Pollution
Erin Brockovich, the U.S. environmental crusader made famous by the movie of the same name, is stepping into a controversy over a malfunctioning pulp and paper mill in Nova Scotia. Residents of Pictou...
View ArticleAP source: Tesla Motors selects Nevada as site for $5 billion electric car...
RENO, Nev. - Tesla Motors has chosen Nevada as the site for a massive, $5 billion factory that will pump out batteries for a new generation of electric cars, a person familiar with the company's plans...
View ArticleUS stocks end mostly lower as Apple, other technology shares weigh down indexes
The U.S. stock market is closing mostly lower, pulled down by a fall in Apple and other technology companies.The Standard & Poor's 500 lost one point, or 0.1 per cent, to close at 2,000 Wednesday....
View ArticleFew jobless in Toronto are collecting employment insurance benefits
OTTAWA - It was a barely noticed peculiarity in the government's latest employment insurance numbers — just 17 per cent of unemployed workers in Toronto are collecting EI, among the lowest rates in the...
View ArticleWSP Global to expand with US$1.35-billion deal to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff
MONTREAL - WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) has agreed to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff in a US$1.35-billion cash deal that will nearly double the size of the Montreal-based engineering consulting company.WSP...
View ArticleNHL Expansion Plan Report Is 'Complete Fabrication': Bettman
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - Gary Bettman has vehemently denied the NHL is considering expansion.But the commissioner said if it ever does, prospective owners may have to pay up big time.Sports Business News...
View ArticleManulife Buys Standard Life's Canadian Assets For $4 Billion
TORONTO - Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC) is reaching deeper into the Quebec market, buying the Canadian operations of Standard Life for $4 billion in cash.The insurance company says the move will...
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Mount Polley Mine Spill Left Blue Film On Water: Biologist
B.C. government tests continue to show that water near a massive mine tailings pond spill is safe for drinking and aquatic life, but a scientist who visited the area isn't so sure. Alexandra Morton, an...
View ArticleWeinstein Co. to release Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' film; production to...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Quentin Tarantino is moving forward with "The Hateful Eight."The Weinstein Co. says it will distribute the filmmaker's latest project — a post-Civil War Western — next year in the...
View ArticleFormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg returning to helm of data and news...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981 but left to serve three terms in City Hall.The company, Bloomberg LP, said...
View ArticleGlobal poll indicates support for stronger Arctic conservation: Greenpeace
A poll commissioned by Greenpeace suggests that a clear majority of people in 30 countries want to see stronger efforts made to preserve the Arctic environment from industrial development.The...
View ArticleU.S. Median Income Dropped For All But The Wealthiest: Fed
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve report says the richest 10 per cent of Americans were the only group whose median incomes rose in the past three years. The Fed's report says incomes declined for...
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