Gold bullion taken to Egypt, court documents show

A man who accepted nearly $2 million in gold bars at night in a Rexdale parking lot took the gold to Egypt and gave it […]

Rajoy

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may finally tell investors how he

Time for businesses to recycle the packaging

With living room floors so recently lost under mountains of Christmas wrapping and enough cardboard, Styrofoam and plastic packaging to build any child

Afghan official: Most Kabul Bank loans recoverable

Afghanistan’s new central bank governor expressed confidence Sunday that the government can recover up to 80 percent of the $825 million it cost to bail […]

State of siege lifted in Peru mine region

Peru’s government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country’s biggest mining project.
The […]

Public sector pensions based on ‘fanciful’ returns: report

Canadian taxpayers could be on the hook for underfunded federal-government pensions, says a study from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Ottawa

Higher profits for Synergetics in first quarter

Increased sales helped Synergetics USA Inc. raise profits in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on Oct. 31. The O’Fallon, Mo.-based maker of […]

UK police put phone-hack victims at around 800

The total number of people whose phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World tabloid is around 800, British police said Saturday.
Scotland […]

Costco profit up slightly, struggles with costs

Costco Wholesale Corp. sacrificed on profitability for the sake of popularity in its fiscal first quarter.
The wholesale club operator reported Thursday that its profit rose […]

Spain’s likely new leader: A master of ambiguity

Spain’s likely new prime minister is a lusterless career politician who thrives on ambiguity _ rarely revealing what he thinks.
With partial results Sunday night showing […]