Public Counsel targets utility billing, payment practices

Despite its name, the Airport Currency Exchange, a bare-bones operation across Interstate 70 from Lambert International Airport, doesn’t trade in euros, pesos or British […]

iPhone’s official China rollout now set

China Unicom Ltd. said Friday that it will sell Apple Inc.’s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit […]

Wind turbines to generate some 200 jobs in Windsor

A U.S. developer of small wind turbines that are installed on residential and commercial rooftops is expected to announce next month that it will manufacture […]

Central bank ready to intervene on rising loonie

OTTAWA–The Bank of Canada is warning it is prepared to intervene to ensure the Canadian dollar doesn’t continue its recent rise and derail the […]

Domino effect cited in warming of boreal wilderness

HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon–A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees […]

Oil hits new 2009 high

NEW YORK – Oil prices jumped Friday to a new high for the year after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that the U.S. […]

UPS socked with $100M overtime lawsuit

ATLANTA – Shipping giant UPS is being accused of not paying overtime to account managers who go door-to-door making sales pitches to businesses.
Laura […]

H&M July same-store sales fall more than expected

Hennes & Mauritz, the world’s third-biggest clothing retailer, reported on Monday a bigger-than-expected 3 percent drop in year-on-year sales at established stores in July.
The […]

Second Cup reports drop in Q2 earnings

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Second Cup Royalty Income Fund said today it expects to close more coffee shops this year than it had earlier expected […]

Germany and France exit recession

Germany and France achieved a shock return to economic growth in the second quarter of the year, ending their recessions earlier than many policymakers […]