Airbus seals deal during Singapore Airshow for 20 of its superjumbo A380s
SINGAPORE - Airbus announced its second major aircraft order of the Singapore Airshow with a deal Wednesday to deliver 20 of its superjumbo A380s to leasing company Amedeo.The 20 planes are worth about...
View ArticleToyota recalls 1.9 million Prius cars worldwide to fix software glitch
TOKYO - Toyota is recalling 1.9 million hybrid Prius cars globally for a software glitch that could cause the vehicle to stall.Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that 997,000 Prius cars in Japan, some...
View ArticleCanadian Oilsands Workers Not Rehired After Temporary Foreign Workers Fired,...
The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling out a job contractor for backing out on its promise to rehire workers from an oilsands site. In a press release, the union claims contractor Pacer-Promec...
View ArticleSinkhole swallows 8 classic cars at National Corvette Museum in Ky.; salvage...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys,...
View ArticleToronto's Huge House Price Spikes Starting To Alarm Economists
Less than two years after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty implemented yet another round of mortgage rule tightening to cool off an overheating housing market, some of those markets are back to their...
View ArticleJim Flaherty's Income-Splitting Remarks Open Rift Among Tory Cabinet
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty opened a rift within the Conservative cabinet on Wednesday by casting doubt on the wisdom of using next year's expected budget surplus to expand income-splitting...
View ArticleCanadian Oilsands Made Massive Contributions To Economy In 2012: Study...
Canadian oilsands production made an economic contribution to the country in 2012 that was far greater than the entire province of Saskatchewan, a new study has found. As well, the oilsands will...
View ArticleOreo cookie maker Mondelez reports profit, revenue shy of Wall Street...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mondelez reported a fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that fell short of Wall Street expectations as the Oreo maker struggled with cookie sales in China.The company, which also makes...
View ArticleThe Career Adventure
Increasing complexity and diminishing workplace security define our society. We live in a time in which straight careers with long lasting company affiliation have been replaced by an increasing number...
View ArticleWhy Paying a Bit More For Beer May Be the Best Idea
It has been entertaining to watch this week as The Beer Store and the Ontario Convenience Store Association have been duking it out on Twitter. Both companies have released reports within the last six...
View ArticleDoes Flaherty Care About Tax Fairness?
When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stood to deliver his budget speech and promised that the government would, "keep closing tax loopholes so every Canadian pays their fair share," tax fairness...
View ArticleSun Life Financial improves fourth-quarter results helps by premiums, deposits
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF) improved its results in the fourth quarter, helped by an increase in premiums and deposits.The Toronto-based insurer reported Wednesday that quarterly net...
View ArticleComcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion in all-stock deal that...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Comcast Corp. has agreed to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in stock, or $158.82 per share, two people familiar with the matter said late Wednesday.The deal will...
View ArticleFBI and Secret Service investigating Las Vegas Sands hacking; casino websites...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The FBI and Secret Service are investigating the hacking of the Las Vegas Sands casino company's websites, which remained down more than a day after they were hijacked.The company's...
View ArticleWorld's largest thermal solar power plant rises in Mojave Desert, but it...
PRIMM, Nev. - A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the...
View ArticleUS Senate vote avoids devastating debt default; legislation goes to Obama to...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. avoided a devastating debt default Wednesday as the Senate passed legislation to allow the government to borrow money to pay its bills. The vote was a major win for President...
View ArticlePredator drone's US maker says export curbs give Chinese, Israeli rivals...
SINGAPORE - Military brass shopping at Asia's biggest defence expo this week have drones high on their to-buy list. But for U.S. manufacturers including General Atomics, which makes the Predator...
View ArticleMost Loved Brands In B.C. Include London Drugs, White Spot, Canucks (PHOTOS)
High street retailer London Drugs has been named "B.C.'s Most Loved Brand", after BC Business magazine teamed up with pollsters Ipsos to find out which local brands hold a place in the hearts of...
View ArticleOntario Ring of Fire's Astonishing World-Class Mineral Potential
Located 500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, the Ring of Fire mining camp contains billions worth of chromite -- among the best deposits in the world -- plus nickel, copper, platinum group...
View ArticleB.C. Budget 2014 Not Putting Families First
VICTORIA - Families First was a surprisingly successful slogan for Premier Christy Clark's Liberals, but families aren't necessarily first in the government's latest budget.The admittedly "modest" new...
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