NorthSide plan highlights age-old planning debate

When it comes to rebuilding American cities, there are two basic approaches: Big, sweeping visions. Or block-by-block rebirth.
And the conflict between those two […]

Term life bargains vanishing

The window might be quickly closing on consumers’ opportunity to refinance at great rates — not their home mortgages, but their term life insurance, […]

More canceled 787 orders

Boeing’s largest airline customer for the 787 said it is canceling orders for 15 Dreamliners and deferring another 15 by four years. Qantas Group, […]

Globe union sees `final offer’

A union representing workers of The Globe and Mail says the newspaper’s management planned to email staff today with a "final offer" to replace a […]

Quebecor World shakes up boardroom

Bankrupt commercial printer Quebecor World Inc. said yesterday its creditors have approved plans of reorganization in Canada and the United States.
Quebecor also said Mark […]

‘Green shoots’ trampled as investors flee

A gloomy global economic outlook from the World Bank spooked investors yesterday and pushed Canada’s resource-laden S&P/TSX composite index below the 10,000 mark for the […]

EBay enthusiast shaken by online fraud, tardy response from bank

Karen MacIntyre likes to buy and sell merchandise at eBay.
She uses a PayPal account, which is linked to a chequing account at President’s Choice […]

Dealers hope ‘cash for clunkers’ will goose new-car sales

Through a program automakers and dealers hope will stimulate new-vehicle sales, car shoppers soon could get government incentives to swap their old vehicle for […]

KKR rethinks deal, may impact listing: source

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR.UL is considering separating a plan that links buying its Amsterdam-listed fund with its own moves to list on […]

GM makes deal for Saab

DETROIT — For the new owners of Saab Automobile to make money selling small numbers of cars across the globe, they have to return […]