Plane, check. iPad, check

When Captain Carl Feldcamp takes off from the Toronto island airport on the inaugural Air Canada Express flight to Montreal this morning, he’ll be depending […]

Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Increase to Three-Month High - Bloomberg

New applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level in three months, a sign progress in the labor […]

Teleprompter inventor Schlafly dies in Conn. at 91

Hubert “Hub” Schlafly, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter and rescued decades’ worth of soap opera actors, newscasters and politicians from […]

Pentagon budget: Time to cut

In the final days of the 2011 budget debate, lawmakers gave the Pentagon a small boost, while they slashed funding for almost every other […]

Gallagher: Annuities are difficult to justify

Suppose you’re sitting with a financial adviser and he says, “I know of a fine annuity that’s just right for you!”
In most cases, although not […]

Customers are happier with their banks

For the first time in more than three years, consumers say they are happier with their banks.
No, this isn’t a joke.
While you can find […]

Low Birthrate Threatens South Korea Economy, Governor Says - Bloomberg

The biggest threat to South Korea’s economic health isn’t from North Korean aggression or Chinese competition, according to Kim Moon-Soo, governor of the country’s largest […]

Electricity prices going up 3.8%

Ontario householders will pay more than 10 cents a kilowatt hour for the energy portion of their electricity bill at peak periods under new prices […]

Clinton discusses free trade efforts in SKorea

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a brief stopover in South Korea to discuss joint efforts to ratify a free trade agreement and […]

Radioactivity rises in sea off Japan nuclear plant

Levels of radioactivity have risen sharply in seawater near a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in northern Japan, signaling the possibility of new leaks at the facility, […]