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France to answer ratings downgrade with reforms
The suns sets on an empty restaurant terrace near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Nov. 20, 2012. Moody’s Investors Service stripped Europe’s No. 2 economy of it of its prized AAA credit rating late Monday.
Fake tree beats real in Michigan town
Gowlings adds ‘rising litigation star’
Some lawyers say the ruling could dissuade companies from agreeing to co-operate in future price-fixing probes.
Canada stands behind Israel’s right to defend itself, ambassador says
An Israeli border policeman throws a tear gas canister during clashes with protesters against Israel's operations in the Gaza Strip., in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012.
Course teaches doing good and making money
Neil Young rocks the ACC
Canadian rocker Neil Young & Crazy Horse in concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, November 19, 2012.
Ontario won’t allow fracking unless it’s safe, McGuinty says
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty speaks during the Ontario Municipal Water Association's 2012 Drinking Water Leadership Summit in Toronto, Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
Life of Pi: official trailer
Officers honour fallen B.C. Mountie
RCMP officers march in formation during the funeral procession for Constable Adrian Oliver, who was killed in a traffic accident in Surrey in November, 2012.
Rise of the Guardians: Official Trailer
Chad Owens named CFL offensive player of the week
Toronto Argonauts Chad Owens runs after a long reception past Montreal Alouettes Dwight Anderson (C) and Billy Parker (R) during the second half of the CFL's Eastern Conference Final football game in Montreal, November 18, 2012.
How can I turn off my car's tire pressure monitoring light?
Incorporation of Jumbo, B.C., moves contested ski resort closer to reality
Developers have already received environmental approval to build a massive ski resort in a pristine part of the Kootenay region.
Silver Linings: official trailer
Toronto Marlies become first team to sign You Can Play pledge
Stampeder fans want to ride horses into Toronto's posh Royal York hotel
Dallas Mullaney, of the Calgary Grey Cup Committee, rides Kola the horse into the Chateau Lacombe Crowne Plaza hotel in Edmonton on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
Fixing Glencore’s broken chair
Egypt agrees to deal for $4.8-billion IMF loan
Christine Lagarde, IMF president, visits the pyramids in Giza on Aug. 22.
Analysts tune in for Sirius XM dividend
Italy weighs constitutional reforms to cut red tape
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti aims to change a constitutional clause that delegates wide powers to Italy’s regions, provinces and towns in matters of permits for energy and infrastructure projects.
Soldier hurt in training mishap thought Taliban were attacking
Capt. Darryl Watts speaks during a interview with The Canadian Press in Calgary Wednesday, Dec 8, 2010. The lawyer for a Canadian soldier charged after a landmine explosion killed a colleague on a training range in Afghanistan says his client isn't guilty of a crime.But the prosecution contends that Maj. Darryl Watts's supervision of the range on the day in question was negligent to the point that criminal charges are justified.
Red Dawn 2012: official trailer
Norway challenges Russia with new European gas pricing
A man refuels his car at a Statoil station in Warsaw. The Norwegian company has signed a 10-year supply deal with Germany’s Wintershall AG.
Are women written off at work after having children? Definitely, says one politician
Britain's Deputy Labour Party leader Harriet Harman leaves Millbank after being interviewed in central London May 2, 2008.
As HP swims upstream, investors bet it gets washed away
University of Guelph selected as temporary home for Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats run onto the field to begin a game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, ON, on Saturday, October 27, 2012. TT
Is Saskatchewan’s Information Services Corp. IPO just the beginning?
Saskatchewan farmers block traffic in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
Heinz profit beats Street on emerging markets growth
A giant neon sign adorns the top of the H.J. Heinz Co. headquarters in Pittsburgh in this file photo.
Conference Board sees trade boom with China
A shipping container area at Yangshan Port in Shanghai, in this May 11, 2012 file picture.
Native leaders reject Alberta’s proposed changes to consultation process
Athabasca oil sands digger, Albian Sands, Alberta, Canada.
Campbell Soup profit beats Street, boosted by new soups
What lies ahead for 2013? How will it affect your finances?
The only big-ticket item that people should purchase next year is a car, but only out of necessity, because a car is a depreciating asset, says Howard Kabot, vice-president, financial planning, RBC Wealth Management.
Cheap stocks? Maybe not
At midday: Stocks pause after strong rally
Latest U.S. housing report sends homebuilder stocks higher
NHLPA expected to deliver new collective bargaining proposal Wednesday
Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, speaks to the media following talks after meeting with the NHL, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in New York.
Bernanke warns of threats to recovery
U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke
N. America’s energy renaissance more like a revival
Peter Tertzakian
Bye-bye fat margins at Intel?
Intel CEO Paul Otellini.
Nova Scotia minister seeks to clarify rights of transgender people
Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry takes the stand in the afternoon session at the Police Review Board hearing at the Holiday Inn Express in Stellarton, NS, in this Oct. 5, 2010 file photo.
Delay in raises for new teachers after Ontario labour deal
Sam Hammond, speaking, President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, and Ken Coran, right, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, attend a news conference outside Queen’s Park in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2012.
Insider trading case circles SAC Capital founder
For SAS, still a struggle to gain altitude
Recuperating Nadal back on court
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves a ball to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
Software founder McAfee blogging life on the lam
A man rides a bicycle past the beachside entrance to the home of software company founder John McAfee in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Thursday Nov. 15, 2012. Software company founder John McAfee, who has been identified as a "person of interest" in the killing of his neighbor, 52-year-old Gregory Viant Faull, said Wednesday he is in hiding, unarmed and accompanied only by a young woman, changing locations and telephones frequently to stay one step ahead of a Belize police unit he says wants to kill him.
Before saying ‘I do,’ think about drafting a marriage contract
Author, speaker, writer, researcher, consultant and president and founder of Headspring Consulting, Sandra Foster.
CNH extracts a better deal from Fiat Industrial
This Feb. 1, 2012, file photo, shows an aluminum rim in a car dealership to Dresden, Germany. Capital goods maker Fiat Industrial SpA said Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, that it has sweetened its offer for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker CNH Global N.V., raising the value of the deal by more than 25 percent.
Quebec’s PQ government tables first budget today
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, right, reacts as she receives a copy of the budget speech from Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Premier's office at the legislature in Quebec City.
Tell us: What's the best book of 2012?
Exxon Mobil’s pursuit of Celtic was a cakewalk
Exxon Mobil
The truth about Conservative claims that NDP would raise GST
NDP MP Olivia Chow holds a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, October 1, 2012.
Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo among world's top 20 startup havens: report
Inside The Tannery, on April 11, 2011, clients, mentors, students, etc. meet in the various areas of Communitech to share ideas and help develop new and established businesses. Buttons from The University of Waterloo are in the foreground,
U.S. blocks UN Security Council statement on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, centre, speaks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, right, after their meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, in Cairo Nov. 20, 2012.
Reduce drag on your portfolio by clipping fees
Want to sell to the ultra-wealthy? Zero in on their identities
Hitman: Absolutely hard, but well worth it
With five difficulty levels, Hitman: Absolution tempts you to go back and replay levels to see how close you can get to becoming the ultimate assassin. You learn to become stealthier as you go, which means you can advance from the wimpy setting all the way up to “Purist.”
Another man arrested in Nova Scotia alleged confinement case
David James Leblanc, left, is taken from a RCMP aircraft in Halifax on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Mr. Leblanc, is accused of sexually assaulting and confining a 16-year-old boy in Nova Scotia. A second man, who has not been identified, has also been charged and is due in court Nov. 20
EastLink readies for mobile launch
John Bragg, left, with his son Lee at the EastLink head office in Halifax, May 19, 2010.
On Nexen, Trudeau earns his first policy stripe
The Nexen building is seen in downtown Calgary. Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau sees the company’s merger with China’s CNOOC as providing a great deal of benefit to Canadians, with little downside risk.
Time to buy base metals is now: 7 ETNs to watch
Don Vialoux
Goma’s fall leaves Congo afraid of score settling and all-out war
Displaced people cross the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into Rwanda, as seen from Gisenyi, Nov. 20, 2012, as the Congolese Revolutionary Army fights with the DRC government army on the periphery of Goma, the capital of Congo's North Kivu province.
Vote: Should Canada have a quota system to get more women on corporate boards?
Petronas sweetens Progress takeover pot to win Ottawa’s blessing
Motorists queue to fill natural gas at a Petronas station with its landmark Petronas Twin Towers headquarters in the background, in Kuala Lumpur Feb. 4, 2012.
At the open: Markets lower after Monday’s run-up
HP CEO Meg Whitman
Is it time to ban Christmas gifts?
BCE’s new deal increases risk for Astral
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) president and chief executive officer George Cope (L) and Ian Greenberg (R), president and chief executive officer of Astral Media Inc., speak at a news conference in Montreal in this March 16, 2012 file photo. Canada's broadcast regulator blocked BCE Inc's C$3 billion ($3.05 billion) takeover of Astral Media on October 18, declaring it would have given the Canadian media giant too much power.
Golf This Week: Flagging McIlroy eyes big finish
Rory McIlroy
In Gaza conflict, all the victories are political
Doug Saunders
Credit Suisse trims management, keeps one-bank mantra
File photo of the logo of a Credit Suisse building in Zurich, May 4, 2012. Credit Suisse said November 20, 2012, it will dismantle its asset management unit into its private bank and promote fixed-income executive Gael de Boissard to co-run its investment bank. The moves come three weeks after the bank said it will cut an extra 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) of costs as part of efforts to bolster its profits and capital position.
How Halifax bouncer became celebrity protector
Ron Lovett is the president and CEO of Halifax-based Source Security.
Montreal’s new mayor defies stereotyping of Quebec politics
Michael Applebaum (L) smiles with his wife Merle (R) following his swearing-in ceremony to become Montreal's interim mayor in Montreal, Quebec, November 19, 2012.
Blair: Return of the most underrated manager in Blue Jays history
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos, right, introduces new Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, left, before speaking to he media during a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.
Canadian dollar slips as Bernanke issues warning
Canadian dollars
Branding lessons learned from 007
Tony Wilson
In Singapore, Muddy Waters takes on bigger fish
Carson Block, founder of short-selling research firm Muddy Waters, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington April 2, 2012. Block, 35, is perhaps the best known member of a group of short-selling investors and financial bloggers who exposed fraudulent accounting practices among China-based companies with U.S. or Canadian stock listings. Toronto-listed Chinese forestry company Sino-Forest Corp filed for bankruptcy protection months after Muddy Waters accused the company of exaggerating its assets, and is now seeking $4 billion in damages from Block, his firm and other unnamed parties.
Best Buy profit misses estimates
The entrance to the Best Buy store is seen in New York, March 26, 2012
U.S. housing starts hit four-year high
Builders work on the roof of a new housing construction site in Alexandria, Virginia October 17, 2012.
Michael Schumacher wants to savour his second F1 farewell
Michael Schumacher
George Weston hikes payout amid lower profit
Weston Bakery truck trailers sit in Toronto.
Search crews find remains in B.C. wilderness thought to be Warren Sill’s
Warren Sill from Ohio went missing while hiking in B.C. in July, 2012.
Morning briefing: Clinton enters diplomatic push on Gaza
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, centre, speaks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, right, after their meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, in Cairo Nov. 20, 2012.
In France downgrade, Moody’s flags the culprit: the euro
David Parkinson
Activist investors emerge, but value still hidden
Rona Inc., the hardware retailer, and fertilizer purveyor Agrium Inc. are faced by frustrated shareholders aiming to revamp their boards. What do the experiences at the battles that are already won teach investors wondering who to support at Rona and Agrium?
HP blames $8.8-billion writedown on fraud
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman
Hamas official: Deal 'most likely tonight'; Israel more circumspect
Smoke and fire are seen from an explosion by a high rise housing media organizations in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. It's the Israel's military second strike on the building in two days. The Hamas TV station, Al Aqsa, is located on the top floor.
Will BB10 save RIM? Can Twinkie survive? (And other vexing issues)
Michael Babad
Rubenstein: Adam Scott, the BPWM of the moment
Ian Poulter and Adam Scott
Why U.S. CEOs want to pay more personal tax
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. is one of the big U.S. corporate leaders that has joined the Fix the Debt campaign.
Give consumers choice, control on personal data, advertisers urged
Dowbiggin: Something old is new again for the Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons
WTO rules against Ontario in green energy dispute
Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley at a reception Oct 25, 2012 at the Toronto Board of Trade.
Blue Jays hand the keys back to John Gibbons
Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos, right, introduces new Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, left, before speaking to he media during a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.
Nov. 20: Mideast strategies, and other letters to the editor
Israeli armoured personnel carriers and tanks are seen at a staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip on Nov. 19, 2012.
Dwight Duncan: Why Canada needs a national securities regulator
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan
It’s all about visuals, and Harper takes advantage
Lawrence Martin
America the (in)dispensable
Margaret Wente
Will Calgary Centre by-election help unite the left?
John Ibbitson
UBS rogue trader Adoboli gets 7 years for $2.3-billion fraud
Former UBS trader Kweko Adoboli arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, Nov. 20, 2012.
Credit Suisse shakes up bank divisions, shuffles top executives
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Zurich, Switzerland in this file photo.
Dismal labour market holds back U.S. housing recovery
Scott Barlow
Newest Honda Accord sharper, more svelte
2013 Honda Accord
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