Canada, U.S. win beef ruling

GENEVA–The World Trade Organization will rule against the European Union next week in a 12-year-old dispute with Canada and the U.S. over beef treated […]

Oil prices up on lower inventories

NEW YORK – Oil prices soared more than US$4 a barrel today as two big market drivers – lower-than-expected fuel inventories and another slide […]

Lions Gate to be Barney

VANCOUVER–Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. will become the home to Thomas the Tank Engine and Barney the purple dinosaur as part of a home-video distribution […]

Change slow for Cuban economy

HAVANA–When ailing Fidel Castro resigned last month, stock prices of U.S. companies that stand to benefit from more business with Cuba rallied.
Six days […]

Fed feeds a frenzy

Maybe three-quarters of a point was enough after all.
Stocks took a nose dive yesterday, then powered their way to strong triple-digit gains, even after […]

Oil prices plunge amid recession fears

NEW YORK–Oil prices plunged Monday, pulling back at least temporarily from record levels as investors feared that the financial crisis that forced the sale of […]

American inflation dwindles to zero

 
WASHINGTON–Consumer inflation in the United States reversed course in February to post the mildest reading in six months as energy and food costs moderated. […]

Industrial capacity hits 10-year low

OTTAWA–Canadian industries reduced their use of production capacity in the fourth quarter as the utilization rate fell to its lowest level in more than […]

Air France joins list in price-fixing probe

PARIS–Air France has joined a list of international airlines being investigated by the European Commission over suspected price-fixing of flights to Japan, a statement […]

Workers of the world are at our doorstep

In what the U.K. Financial Times describes as "the world’s most culturally diverse city," with about 115,000 new immigrants arriving in Toronto each year, too […]