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OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada conceded for the first time that the Canadian economy could be headed for a recession, adding that more […]

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Judging from a leaked ad for day-after-Thanksgiving sales, major stores will tempt shoppers - whose help is desperately needed to bolster the economy - […]

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You’ve saved and invested all of your adult life with a goal of not working anymore — or at least not having to work. […]

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Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., expects third quarter financial reports for the banking industry in the United States to worsen.
“We haven’t […]

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The U.S. is facing the worst financial crisis since the Depression. You would never know that from the Democrats' platform in Denver or its […]

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Northwest Airlines Corp. confirmed on Thursday that it will add fuel surcharges of up to $80 for many domestic round-trip tickets.
The surcharge will apply […]

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Amgen Inc.’s second-quarter profit slipped 7.6% as a series of restructuring and other charges further stunted a second quarter already hit by a continued […]

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Elizabeth Duke, a Virginia banker, was confirmed today by the Senate to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, breaking a yearlong […]

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The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped its big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales through the […]

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Producer prices rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in April after gasoline prices sank, government data showed on Tuesday, but core inflation at the […]

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