Oil fuels TSX surge above 15,000
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index climbed further into record territory on Tuesday, thanks to soaring oil prices which boosted energy shares.
Canadian dollar boosted by record oil prices
The loonie gained 0.8% against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, as record high oil prices supported the commodity-linked currency. Domestic ...
Average gasoline price down 1.8 cents in last week
The average price of regular gasoline in Canada fell 1.8 cents over the last week to $1.271 a litre, according to numbers compiled by a...
Talisman Energy to sell up to $2 billion of assets
Canada’s No. 3 independent oil explorer plans to sell its operations in Netherlands, Denmark, and Trinidad as part of a restructuring...
RBC upset over Livent accounting: testimony
Royal Bank of Canada was “upset” about Livent Inc.’s accounting practices even...
Bombardier gets a big European payday
After years of trying to stimulate demand for its executive jets in Europe, ...
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World's biggest clean-energy projects
The Middle East is hardly known as the capital of clean energy, but Bahrain...
Money
Even superstar money managers struggle in short run
Investors hampered by the volatility of equity markets during recent months may take solace in the fact even some of the best Canadian mutual fund managers...
Mining
Canpotex plans for expansion
With fertilizer prices soaring worldwide, Canada's potash giants are considering a massive US$300-million to US$500-million expansion that would almost...
Energy
Wilf Gobert: EnCana gambles on pure plays
EnCana Corp. won kudos from the stock market after announcing that it would split the company into two, one focused on natural gas and one focused on ...
Offers
Why Apple can't kill RIM's BlackBerry
It's official: The stock market doesn't reward companies for original design...
Google releases Google Health for personal medical records
The Internet search giant unveiled Google Health yesterday, a long-anticipated health information service that combines the leading web...
Nintendo wants your Mom to get Wii-Fit
The phrase “avid video gamer” conjures up a stereotypical image of a lank-haired boy transfixed by a handheld game or computer monitor. ...
The business of betrayal
Losing an employee can be a setback for a small business but that situation turns critical when the employee walks out the door with customers.
Tanning industry fighting back
Tired of its products being portrayed as little more than carcinogens for the vain, Canada's tanning-bed business is going on the attack against critics...
The power of free
At the feverish height of speculation over what nuclear energy could do for electricity generation in the mid-1950s, Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the...
Should you switch to wireless?
It wasn't that long ago that businesses were getting all wired up so they could be connected. Now the rush is to increase our connectivity with no wires...
