Target pushes basics to reverse sales slide

NEW YORK — Target Corp. is going bananas to keep up with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
The discounter has long sold groceries. But it is […]

Ottawa eyes crackdown on foreign worker program

Ottawa is planning to restrict job offers to foreign workers in an attempt to discourage fraud and clamp down on those who try to bypass […]

Sears Canada profit falls to $10.3M

Sears Canada Inc. first-quarter profit was 85 per cent lower than last year as the department store operator spent more on severance and saw […]

Illinois wants to shut down YTB

If the just-settled lawsuit in California was meant to make YTB International change its ways, the suit filed Thursday by the state of Illinois […]

Quadra Mining reports profit of $26.7M

VANCOUVER–Quadra Mining Ltd. said Tuesday it is on the hunt for acquisitions as it predicts the copper market will slowly recover.
Quadra president and […]

U.S. Fed Chair sees growth this year

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday that the economy should pull out of a recession and start growing again later this […]

AIG rivals met Bernanke to complain: report

Some of American International Group Inc’s biggest rivals have urged U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to prevent the insurance giant from using the […]

WaMu holding company sues FDIC

The holding company for failed savings and loan Washington Mutual Inc, has sued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for billions of dollars in claims in […]

NY investing in Irish economy

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has announced that the state’s retirement fund will invest $30 million in northern Ireland.
The investment will be made through the fund’s […]

Casino planning to hire 800 employees

The major recruiting effort for Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino begins in late March with a one-day career fair, where managers in charge of everything from food […]