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India's top court says all allocations of coal reserves from 1993 through 2009 were illegal
TSX posts record close, traders focus on potential Tim Hortons/Burger King combo
Tims-Burger King deal should help U.S. expansion, but not bring menu changes
A Tim Hortons restaurant is seen located next to a Burger King restaurant in Lower Sackville, N.S. on Monday, August 25, 2014. Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons in hopes of creating a new, publicly traded company with its headquarters in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Germany to back Spain's Luis de Guindos to head group of eurozone finance ministers
California assesses the damage after powerful earthquake hits Napa
Pedestrians stop to examine a crumbling facade at the Vintner's Collective tasting room in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014.
Seven lessons for non-profit organizations from the startup world
It is important for entrepreneurs and startups to learn from philanthropists and continue with philanthropic efforts but it’s also important for these social good organizations to understand how to operate like a startup for their own benefit and progress. So what can these worlds learn from one another?
Workers confident the end is near, even though there's no deal yet in Market Basket feud
Before the bell: TSX set to rise, Tim Hortons already surging
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
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Startup drags hardware design out of dark ages with collaborative, browser-based app
Toronto-based Upverter is a collaborative, fully browser-based circuit-board design app that’s racked up more than 20,000 users. The 15-employee business recently raised $2.3-million
Top links: Long-term investors will love agriculture
Garden gnome alert: 400 figurines missing as Austrian political campaigning ramps up
Political campaigning is getting dirty in Austria after 400 party gnomes went missing
Burger King in talks to buy Tim Hortons, creating new publicly listed company based in Canada
The next round: American soccer player Tim Howard of World Cup fame has a book deal
FILE - In this Saturday, June 26, 2010, file photo, United States goalkeeper Tim Howard clenches his fist during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the United States and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Monday's small-cap stocks to watch
A dollar sign under a magnifying glass.
Sony network hacked, executive's American Airlines flight diverted after hacker group's tweets
Two killed in crash near Caledonia involving pickup and tractor-trailer
Sony’s PlayStation network resumes service after hacking attack
Boxes sit on display for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 4 (PS4) video game console at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Wynne, Couillard to push national energy strategy at premiers conference
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne walks to meet Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the premier's office in Quebec City.
Premiers to press Ottawa on inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women
Polaris-nominated Cold Specks back with second album featuring fuller sound
Al Spx is seen in this undated handout photo. Al Spx wrote her first album as Cold Specks in a closet and her second while holed up in a cottage in the dead of winter in Somerset, England. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO, Arts & Crafts, Steve Gullick
Want a fourth wireless carrier? Ottawa should offer clarity, trust
Yet another month is passing with no sign of any investor willing to step up and try to create the fourth national wireless carrier the Harper government so desperately wants.
Is taking a gap year after high school a smart financial decision?
Graduating students.
Fans of dividends, bond funds: Watch those taxes
Taxes can cut into your investment returns. Various strategies can help minimize the tax bite, however.
Quick Spin: Nissan Sentra solid, but not special
Toronto firm set to shake up K-Cup coffee wars with first compostable pods
A biodegradable single serve coffee pod at Coffee Club Coffee, a 108-yr-old coffee maker for major brands, in Toronto, Ontario on Aug. 21, 2014.
'Smart' seat could reduce whiplash injuries
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests show that taller head restraints that fit closer to the head can reduce whiplash injuries.
Toyota's most rugged Land Cruiser 70 is back in Japan, a nameplate that represents durability
Toyota Land Cruiser chief engineer Sadayoshi Koyari speaks in front of the Land Cruiser 70 van, right, and its pickup model, left, during the Land Cruiser Motor Show at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Toyota Motor Corp. is bringing back the Land Cruiser 70 in Japan, catering to nostalgic demand for the rugged off-road vehicle. The Land Cruiser 70, the toughest of the Land Cruiser models, arrives at Japanese dealers Monday. But it's on sale for only a year. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
HEALTHBEAT: Study says house calls for the frail save Medicare money; federal project underway
Pros and cons of using the tax system to subsidize health care premiums for the uninsured
Koch 101: Those billionaire brothers. How'd they got so rich? What's their role in politics?
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 24, AND THEREAFTER - This photo taken May 22, 2012 shows Charles Koch in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas, where Koch Industries manages 60,000 employees in 60 countries. They’re demonized by Democrats, who lack a liberal equal to counter their weight, and not entirely understood by Republicans, who benefit from their seemingly limitless donations. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Bo Rader)
Expectations for central bank stimulus grow in Europe; French PM resigns in feud over economy
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, right, and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speak during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Parents and millennials have vastly different ideas on the cost of schooling
Beyonce seizes the moment, Nicki shakes it (a lot) and other memorable scenes from the VMAs
Beyonce on stage hugs Jay Z and their daughter Blue Ivy as she accepts the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Victoria conference teaches First Nations how to map territories on Google Earth
Tough work, real risk: Aid groups seeking health-care workers for Ebola response
Health workers wearing protective gear go to remove the body of a person who is believed to have died after contracting the Ebola virus in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Abbas Dulleh
Oldest athlete in seniors games, 101, aiming for more medals in javelin
Florence Storch is shown in this 2013 photo holding a javelin. The 101-year-old from Hanna, Alta. has been competing for about a decade in javelin at both the seniors' provincial and national levels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Mary Nanninga
Decency or dialogue: a graphic video tips the balance
Paula Todd: There is an argument to be made for leaving the video up, not exploiting it, but lodging it on the public record as a powerful indictment of the IS.
What’s scarier: raccoons or the police and firefighters unions?
Konrad Yakabuski
In California’s brown fields, an arid future
Elizabeth Renzetti
Correction: Thailand-Six-Legged Livestock story
In this photo taken Aug. 5, a woman sells fried insects at a stand decorated with photos of various kinds of fried insects at a gas station in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand. Six-legged livestock, as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization calls them, are also easier on the environment than their lesser-legged counterparts. It takes 2,900 gallons of water, 25 pounds of feed and extensive acreage to produce one pound of beef and just one gallon of water, two pounds of feed and a small cubicle to produce a pound of crickets. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
John Sperling, founder of for-profit University of Phoenix, dies at 93 near San Francisco
This undated photo provided by the Apollo Education Group shows John G. Sperling, founder of the Univertsity Of Phoenix. Sperling, 93, a billionaire, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at a hospital near San Francisco, according to a statement from Apollo Education Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix. His cause of death was not disclosed. Sperling stepped down two years ago as Apollo’s executive chairman, but his legacy remains as the founder of one of the biggest disrupters of traditional higher education. (AP Photo/Apollo Education Group)
LG to launch OLED TVs with ultra HD displays, continues to bet on OLED for future of TV
Models pose with LG Electronics' 77-inch Ultra organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV during a press unveiling in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. LG Electronics Inc. is sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology for TVs, announcing two new giant models with ultra-high definition screens. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian stock markets muted after Yellen speech leaves investors guessing on interest rates
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Asian stock markets were muted Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech left investors guessing about the central bank's next move on interest rates. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.48 percent, or 74.06 points to 15,613.25. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Economists say Federal Reserve is on 'the right track', expect interest rates to rise in 2015
Heart group: E-cigarettes need tighter control but may be a 'last resort' to help smokers quit
FILE - In this April 23, 2014, file photo, an electronic cigarette is demonstrated in Chicago. In a surprising new policy statement, the American Heart Association backs electronic cigarettes as a last resort to help smokers quit. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
BACK TO SCHOOL: Pediatricians push for later start times for teens to curb lack of sleep
FILE - In this March 14, 2012 file photo, Jan Palmer, a biology teacher at Central High School in Aberdeen, S.D., top right, leads her Advanced Placement/Rising Scholars biology class through a practice test. Classes at Central High generally start at 8:10 a.m. A new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends delaying classes for all teens until at least 8:30 a.m. to curb their widespread lack of sleep, which has been linked with poor health, bad grades, car crashes and other problems. The policy was published online Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Pediatrics. (AP Photo/Aberdeen American News, Kevin Bennett, File)
Winners of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, presented at the Forum in Inglewood, California
Miley Cyrus poses with the award for Video of the Year in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Rap group G Unit surprises fans by digitally releasing 6-song 'Beauty of Independence'
This Aug. 20, 2014 photo shows American rapper, entrepreneur and actor 50 Cent posing for a portrait in New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)
August 25: Your daily horoscope
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Pediatricians call for later school start times for health, academic success
According to psychiatrists, teens’s lack of sleep can negatively affect academic performance, contributing to anxiety and low confidence in youth.
Seven Days of Television: August 25 to August 31
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