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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, […]

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MOSCOW — Russia’s industrial production plummeted 17 per cent in May, the government said today, further evidence that the country’s economy is still nowhere […]

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Every time you do your banking on the web or download music or read the Toronto Star online you can bet that a data centre […]

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Sun Life Financial Inc. one of Canada's largest insurance companies, says it is acquiring the United Kingdom operations of Lincoln National Corp. for about […]

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Lying is a risky way to bail yourself out of higher auto insurance premiums. But, as with speeding, you may get away with it.
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DETROIT — The Hummer, the iconic vehicle of America’s gas-guzzling SUV era, will soon be owned by a Chinese company.
China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy […]

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American consumers shopped less in April than expected, reversing weeks of hopeful economic forecasts and sending stock markets around the globe into retreat.
Canadian share prices […]

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Insituform Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it entered into a new $115 million credit facility in part to complete a previously announced acquisition. The […]

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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 […]

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McDonald’s Corp. said Monday that worldwide sales at its restaurants open at least 13 months rose 7.1% in January, driven by strength abroad, and […]

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