Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate reports 4 per cent decline...
OMAHA, Neb. - Warren Buffett's company says its first-quarter profit slipped nearly 4 per cent largely because of an accounting charge in its insurance units.Berkshire Hathaway Inc. earned $4.71...
View ArticleAmerica's Got its Mojo Back
BEVERLY HILLS -- The vibe at this week's Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles was certainly more upbeat than a few months ago at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The difference is that Davos is...
View ArticleFederal officials reject Jindal administration financing plans for LSU hospitals
BATON ROUGE, La. - Federal officials on Friday rejected Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's financing plans for the privatization of six state-owned hospitals that care for the poor and uninsured, dealing a...
View ArticleThe Ontario Budget Is a Train Wreck
With Ontario lagging behind other provinces on a wide range of economic indicators and recently becoming a "have-not" province, it desperately needed a bold plan to improve competitiveness and foster...
View ArticlePorter's $25 Checked Baggage Fee For Domestic Flights To Start May 14
If you plan on flying with Porter in the future, you might want to pack light. The Toronto-based airline will now charge customers $25 for their first piece of checked luggage on domestic flights. Fees...
View ArticleFour Reasons To Do Something Boring With Your Tax Refund
I love the springtime. Waking in the morning to the excited sounds of birds chirping. Watching the trees which, for months, have appeared lifeless, suddenly spring back to life. I am always amazed at...
View ArticleCalifornia jury to resume deliberations to reconsider minor matter in...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jurors deciding the legal dispute over smartphone technology between Apple and Samsung were ordered to continue deliberations on a minor matter next week.The jury awarded Apple...
View ArticleVancouver Aquarium Disputes Seals' Condition At Marineland
The Vancouver Aquarium disagrees with a former animal trainer who says that seals transferred to an Ontario facility are in poor health. Philip Demers says that he was a trainer at Marineland in...
View ArticleThomas Piketty Economics: How The Trendy Frenchman Could Influence Ontario...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book by French elite scholar Thomas Piketty, has become an unlikely bestseller. Less than a month after its English edition appeared in the United States, the...
View ArticleCondoleezza Rice backs out of delivering Rutgers commencement address after...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her...
View ArticleWarren Buffett pokes fun at his mistakes in duet with Paul Anka shown at...
OMAHA, Neb. - Billionaire Warren Buffett poked fun at himself by singing a duet with songwriter Paul Anka to start the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting Saturday.More than 30,000 people filled an...
View ArticleCompassion Clubs, Canada's 'Grey Market' Pot Retailers, Face A Make-Or-Break...
It's not just the four joints he’s smoked by mid-afternoon. Neev Tapiero is genuinely unconcerned that a slew of new commercial medical marijuana companies could put his underground cannabis club out...
View ArticleChina To Have World's Largest Economy This Year: World Bank
The United States has had the world’s largest economy for more than 140 years, but according to new numbers from a World Bank project, that run will likely come to an end this year. The World Bank’s...
View ArticleMarijuana Was Criminalized In 1923, But Why?
Pot activists in Canada and elsewhere will be taking part today in what's being billed as a "Global Marijuana March." In this country, they will be calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. They...
View ArticleWhich MPs Have Your Back When it Comes to Privacy?
On Monday afternoon, the government's reckless online spying Bill C-13 came a small step closer to becoming the law of the land. The government used its parliamentary majority to cut short debate about...
View ArticleCharge: Alaska man fatally shot troopers from behind as they attempted to...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote...
View ArticleTelecoms in earnings spotlight; loonie could find lift from jobs data
TORONTO - Earnings from corporate Canada and the latest reading on job creation will be the prime focus for investors this coming week.The Toronto stock market finished with a gain of 1.59 per cent...
View ArticleOntario's technology sector looks to model Silicon Valley for growth
Ask city officials in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ont., where the future of Canada's technology sector lies, and they'll show you a map of Silicon Valley.The bustling stretch between sunny San Francisco...
View ArticlePhone companies expected to win over more cable customers with fibre-optic TV
TORONTO - Armed with fast fibre-optic networks that can now reach millions of homes across the country, Canada's telephone companies have turned the tables on the cable companies.They're reversing a...
View ArticlePowerade Drops Brominated Vegetable Oil, Controversial Ingredient
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A controversial ingredient is being removed from some Powerade sports drinks, after the chemical was also taken out of rival Gatorade last year.The ingredient, brominated vegetable...
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