Bank of Montreal's (BMO.TO: Quote) quarterly profit rose by a higher-than-expected 18 percent as capital markets income surged and a recent U.S. acquisition started to contribute, Canada's No. 4 lender said on Tuesday.
In a 58-page report released on Monday, the Denmark announced that by 2014, it would lay claim to three areas near Greenland, including the North Pole.
After a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Virgina, sending tremors up the East coast from Washington D.C., to New York City and even Toronto, the USGS warned that the quake may be a foreshock with more to come.
Social media was buzzing following Tuesday afternoon's east coast quake.
The entire East Coast of the United States is on the National Hurricane Center's updated path for Hurricane Irene.
Canadian retail sales rose a seemingly healthy 0.7 percent in June from May, but the figure prompted little enthusiasm from analysts who noted a one-off jump in auto sales had fueled most of the gain.
Hurricane Irene has grown stronger, and the storm is expected to further strengthen and strike the U.S. southeast coast by the weekend, possibly as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm. More than 60 million people from Florida to New York and Massachusetts could be impacted by the powerful storm.
Hurricane Irene's path sees it strengthening up the coast into a major hurricane as it skims Florida and barrels into the Carolinas this weekend.
The projected path of Hurricane Irene shifted slightly to the west overnight, with a chance of the eye hitting around Wilmington, according to the National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center says Irene will strengthen and could become a major hurricane later today or Wednesday.
Hurricane Irene has grown stronger, and the storm is expected to further strengthen and strike the U.S. southeast coast by the weekend, possibly as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm. More than 60 million people from Florida to New York and Massachusetts could be impacted by the powerful storm.
Hurricane Irene may become a Category 4 storm by the time it reaches Florida on Friday. Although the worst of the hurricane is expected to hit off the Florida coast, parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties are still in Irene's projected path.
Hurricane Irene continued its path of destruction on Monday with winds reaching up to 100 mph as it headed towards the U.S. The Category 2 storm left one million Puerto Rican people without power on Monday, wreaked havoc in the Dominican Republic, destroyed Richard Branson's Virgin Island home, and appears on a direct path for North and South Carolina.
Hurricane Irene, which marks the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, is expected to hit Bahamas later today and could become a major hurricane on Tuesday, according to National Hurricane Center.
Toyota and Ford will work together to develop hybrid trucks and SUVs that will be ready for market by the end of the decade, the two automakers said Monday.
Hurricane Irene hit the island of Hispaniola Monday, with 100 mile per hour winds and severe rain battering the Dominican Republic, but so far missing Haiti.
As the forecast model matures, Hurricane Irene now appears headed on a path up Florida's east coast, with a possible direct hit on Georgia and the Carolinas. Florida is far from out of the woods, and if the storm stays on track, the state could suffer significant damage from a couple of days of torrential rains and high winds.
Hurricane Irene sustained 80 mph winds as the storm rocked the area just off the northeastern coast of Hispaniola. The National Hurricane Center expected Irene to continue gaining momentum over the next few days but by Thursday, forecasters said that it could be a major Category 3 hurricane with winds up to 115 mph.
Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton died early Monday morning after battling cancer. He was 61 years old.
As the forecast model matures, Hurricane Irene now appears headed on a path up Florida's east coast with a possible direct hit on Georgia and the Carolinas. Florida is far from out of the woods, and if the storm stays on track, the state could suffer significant damage from a couple of days of torrential rains and high winds
Irene could make U.S. landfall before the weekend
Hurricane Irene may pass off the coast of Florida, according to updated path projections from the National Weather Service. The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane with winds up to 115 mph.
A hurricane watch has also been issued for the central Bahamas.
