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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

AmerenUE asks for 18% electric-rate increase

Less than six months after it raised electric rates by $163 million, AmerenUE is going back to Missouri regulators in search of another, larger […]

`Excellent chance’ AIG will repay loans

NEW YORK–American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the U.S., has an “excellent chance” of repaying the government, CEO Edward Liddy said at […]

More than 800 local Chrysler workers take severance, retirement deals

More than 800 local hourly workers have accepted voluntary severance and retirement offers from Chrysler LLC, union officials confirmed today.
Joe Shields, president of […]

German leaders expect Opel decision by mid-week

The German government will likely settle on a preferred bidder for Opel, the German unit of General Motors, by the middle of the week, […]