Some facts about net neutrality and new proposed rules being considered by...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting new regulations that could create fast lanes for Internet traffic from websites that can afford to pay...
View ArticleGreat Content Can Help You Beat Your Competition
Competition is the nature of business. Big or small any competitor is capable of taking away your customers or clients -- especially in today's global, connected market. It's a battleground, and your...
View ArticleCIBC posts $420M impairment charge; $123M in loan losses linked to...
TORONTO - CIBC (TSX:CM) is recording a $420-million, non-cash goodwill impairment charge in its second quarter related to "challenging economic conditions" with its investment in CIBC FirstCaribbean...
View ArticleWhy Knowing Who You Are Is So Important To Your Business
A memo written by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in 2010 but recently released during his company's legal war with Samsung starts with the question "Who are we?" We'd like to think he asked that question because...
View ArticleWhat the Anti-Tobacco Groups Get Plain Wrong
Although cigarettes are without a doubt bad for your health, especially when consumed regularly, my small libertarian perspective on life has made me naturally skeptical of the anti-tobacco movement....
View ArticleLa Pressse Print Edition Newspaper To Disappear 'Eventually'
MONTREAL - One of Power Corp.'s two co-chief executives says the print edition of Montreal La Presse will disappear "eventually."Co-chief executives Andre and Paul Desmarais Jr. noted the growing...
View ArticleCrude oil falls below US$102 a barrel after U.S. factory output slips
The price of oil fell below US$102 a barrel Thursday as weak economic data in the U.S. suggested demand for crude could fall.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery fell 87 cents to...
View ArticleChicago Blackhawks, WGN-TV agree to 3-year extension for TV deal
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks and WGN-TV have agreed to a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2018-19 NHL season.The team and the station announced the extension on Friday. Comcast...
View ArticleAssociated Press, Fox Sports to sell Stats venture to private equity firm
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Associated Press and Fox Sports are selling their sports-data joint venture Stats LLC to Vista Equity Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm.Terms of the deal were not...
View ArticleIt’s Now The Canadian Dream - NYTimes.com
It was in 1931 that the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase “the American dream.”
View ArticleHomeland chief says sees changes to 'Secure Communities' program of...
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who's conducting a politically charged review of the nation's deportation policy, said Thursday he's looking at making changes to a much-criticized...
View ArticleTemporary Foreign Workers Controversy Prompts Tories To Mull Tougher Crackdown
OTTAWA - Ottawa is considering a further crackdown on its embattled temporary foreign worker program that could result in higher fees for companies hoping to hire foreign help and an elimination of the...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis: Opposition Demands Answers On 2 Russians Not Sanctioned
OTTAWA - Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) said Friday it did not lobby the Harper government to keep a Russian executive off Canada's list of sanctioned people with ties to Russian President...
View ArticleLandslide win for India's opposition party as voters hope for stronger...
NEW DELHI - India's opposition leader, Narendra Modi, will become the next prime minister of the world's largest democracy, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in three...
View ArticleInvestors wonder why recovery isn't stronger by now, and switch to safer bets...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Wall Street has caught a case of the jitters.Employers are hiring at their fastest pace in 2 1/2 years, the economy is expected to expand by a robust 3.5 per cent this quarter and...
View ArticleTim Hortons celebrates 50 years, but faces new challenges beyond coffee
TORONTO - As the candles burn out on Tim Horton's 50th Anniversary celebration this weekend, the iconic Canadian brand is looking to avoid a mid-life crisis.Saturday marks the official half-century...
View ArticleAdvisory: Make no further use of May 15 Money-Monitor
TORONTO - EDITORS: Kill and make no further use of Money-Monitor moved Thursday, May 15. In the story, which was about selling your home on your own, Deirdre Goulding is interviewed on her experience...
View ArticleCrude oil inches past US$102 on strong U.S. housing data, Ukraine tensions
The price of oil rose past US$102 a barrel Friday on strong U.S. construction activity and increased tensions in Ukraine.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery rose 52 cents to close...
View ArticleGlobal Economic Projections
The world economy has been going through rapid changes for the last few decades. The emerging economies, led by China, have grown at a rapid pace. This rapid growth has led to restructuring of the...
View ArticleThe Reason Canada's Federal Debt Reached $671 Billion
Ever wonder how Canada's net federal debt reached $671 billion by 2013? Or how net provincial debt among the provinces ended up at $509 billion that same year? Wonder no more. It's partially due to...
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