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Netflix launched in Britain and Ireland on Monday, taking on BSkyB's premium drama and movies offerings and prompting Amazon-owned rival Lovefilm to offer a new cut-price service.

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Canada's famously conservative banks, hit last week by a high profile downgrade, may still be the least bad option for Canadian investors in what could be another ugly year for stock markets.

To find a precedent for the deep, lasting output cuts that aluminum producers must make to put a floor under prices, traders are looking a lot further back than the last recession.

Toronto's main stock index finished lower for the first time this year on Friday, as resource and financial issues fell after Canadian and U.S. jobs data failed to impress investors.

Canada gained 17,500 jobs in December, but the jobless rate rose and the new positions were all part time, further evidence its post-recession hiring surge has ended even as U.S. jobs growth finally picks up the pace.

An Ontario judge has ruled that a C$50 billion ($48.82 billion) lawsuit against a group of 14 tobacco companies can proceed, after rejecting an application to dismiss the lawsuit by a group of seven companies.

Canadian mining company Claude Resources Inc.'s proposed acquisition of St. Eugene Mining Corporation Limited will be voted on at a St. Eugene shareholder's meeting on Jan. 17. , the companies announced on Friday.

BeachMint, a 14-month old social commerce focused fashion retailer, began shipping to Canada just a few weeks ago. The move was the beginning of a meticulously planned international expansion to come.

JAN 6 - Coca-Cola Co and Nestle SA said on Friday that Coke's license for the Nestea ready-to-drink tea brand would expire at the end of this year and that the companies' tea joint venture would now focus on Europe and Canada.

Best Buy Co appeared to gain market share from rivals in the United States during the key holiday season and stood by its profit outlook for the financial year despite a 1.2 percent same-store sales decline in December.

An array of rare artifacts -- said to be the biggest ever collection of the Titanic assets comprising over 5,000 pieces which were recovered from the wreck of the RMS Titanic -- will go under the hammer April 11, tallying with the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the doomed ship.

Best Buy Co stood by its profit outlook for the financial year despite a 1.2 percent same-store sales decline in the key selling month of December, allaying some concerns that all its holiday sales were driven by profit-sapping discounts.

Who is not fascinated by the story of Titanic, the ship that sank on 15 April 1912? The tragic incident that claimed more than 1500 lives has fascinated every generation, from the time it occurred. For those who want to get a closer peek into history, here is your chance.

China's airline companies are refusing to pay a new European Union carbon tax when traveling to airports on the continent.

If new reports are to be believed, Spanish giants Real Madrid's Argentine striker, Gonzalo Higuain, may consider a move to the English Premier League with London heavyweights Chelsea, who have long targeted the player.

The 24-year-old German dominated the circuit in 2011.

The United States can be entirely self sufficient in liquid fuels in the next 15 years if more federal lands are opened up to oil and natural gas exploration and drilling.

A former civil engineer and inspector for the original Keystone pipeline writes, Let's be clear -- I am an engineer; I am not telling you we shouldn't build pipelines. We just should not build this one.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is likely to name Royal Bank Canada's Barbara Stymiest as its chairman, says Jefferies.

At first shiver, visiting Montréal out of season may seem crazy, but cast your fears aside and you'll find this French Canadian hub really heats up in the dark days of winter.