Stocks falter after S&P’s Europe downgrade threat

Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in midday trading Tuesday after Standard & Poor’s expanded its downgrade threat against Europe to include the region’s […]

Pressure builds as eurozone ponders debt solutions

The eurozone’s 17 finance ministers converged on EU headquarters Tuesday in a desperate bid to save their currency _ and to protect Europe, the United […]

Covidien to buy Barrx Medical

Dublin-based Covidien PLC, a drug and medical device maker with operations in Hazelwood, said Monday it will buy privately held Barrx Medical Inc. for about $325 […]

Democrats dismiss GOP deficit offer

Democrats and Republicans on a special deficit-cutting panel remain far apart despite new flexibility from Republicans on tax revenue increases.
Republicans offered a combination of new […]

Greek leaders to pick PM of new government

Greece’s two biggest parties resumed talks Monday to agree on who should be the country’s new prime minister, after reaching a historic power-sharing deal to […]

Top employers: retail

Wal-Mart Stores 13,000
Schnuck Markets 10,640
Dierbergs Markets 4,000
Walgreens 3,657
Supervalu 3,651

Commercial real estate notes

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Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles

Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world’s No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles with alliance partner […]

Average Toronto house price jumps to $465,369

The fall weather has yet to cool house sales with sales of newly listed homes up 2.7 per cent in September over August and 11 […]

How this man profits from gyrating markets

Wednesday was a good day for Fawad Khan.
He got up shortly before 3 a.m. and headed to a bank of computers in his Mississauga basement. […]