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 […]

Global stocks slump as China housing cools

Global financial markets slumped Friday as investors signaled they held little optimism of any breakthrough in Europe’s debt crisis and a report showed new house […]

World stocks lower on European crisis fears

World stocks continued to slide Thursday, as investors worried that Europe’s debt crisis was intensifying and spreading to larger countries in the 17-nation euro union.
The […]

Japan’s economy rises out of earthquake slump

Japan’s economy surged 6 percent in the latest quarter in a bounce back from the earthquake and tsunami disaster that is unlikely to be sustained […]

Disney 4Q beats Street on pay TV growth

Disney’s fourth-quarter net income rose 30 percent, thanks to higher spending by theme park visitors and growth at pay TV operations ESPN and Disney Channel.
Net […]

`Crisis of trust’ creates struggle over European bailouts

It’s the “morning after” for the markets.
Gone is the euphoria over a European debt bailout plan that sent stocks soaring two weeks ago. Now investors […]

Good news for boomers,as kids finally move out

The echo boomers are finally moving out of their parents’ homes and expected to be the biggest rush of renters to hit Toronto’s housing market […]

Commercial real estate notes

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Report: Google mulling role in possible Yahoo bid

Google is exploring the possibility of helping to finance a possible deal by others to acquire Yahoo. That’s according to a published report by the […]

Wall Street protesters march again in NYC

Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street encampment are on the move again in New York City.
As many as 1,000 protesters were marching Saturday morning to […]