Toronto, Hamilton race to the bottom

Hamilton and Toronto are poised to have the two "slowest growing" metropolitan economies this year because the higher Canadian dollar and falling American demand are […]

Banks bailing out banks

NEW YORK–If Bank of America Corp. CEO Kenneth Lewis buys all or part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., it would be the latest in […]

Looking for blame? Try a mirror

Well, they’ve done it again. You know who "they" are; the folks who insist that they can stop a market trend on a dime, […]

Gasoline up, crude down

NEW YORK–Gasoline prices jumped at the wholesale level yesterday – and as early as overnight Thursday at retail pumps in Toronto – as Hurricane […]

Gasoline prices spike on Ike

HOUSTON - - The wholesale price for gasoline produced on the Gulf Coast jumped about 30 percent on the spot market Thursday as Hurricane […]

Speculators blamed for oil price spike

Institutional investors caused the rapid rise and subsequent steep fall in oil prices in 2008, according to an independent report released by U.S. lawmakers yesterday.
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Retailers protest hidden credit card fees

Canadian retailers say hidden credit card fees are soaring out of control and it’s time the candidates in the federal election made it a […]

Steelworkers approve labor contract with U.S. Steel

United Steelworkers members — including about 2,065 area workers — approved a four-year national labor agreement Tuesday with Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. that […]

Group files suit over energy drink

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has filed a lawsuit against MillerCoors over the marketing and formulation of its Sparks energy-alcohol drink.
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Boeing strike impact to be felt globally

Aerospace groups braced for global disruption from a potentially lengthy strike at Boeing on Monday as one of the planemaker’s biggest suppliers lost no […]