Facebook expanded its shopping discount service to five European countries and Canada on Monday, part of its push to help brands communicate with its users.
The Egyptian government has abruptly shut down Internet, the main access point that can help people communicate with the outside world. But all is not lost as a few hackers have come across a solution to the nationwide shutdown.
Canada's economy has not yet recovered all the jobs lost during the recession, according to data revisions that paint a slightly less upbeat picture of the jobs market than did the original estimates.
The government of Canada is preparing to arrest and deport Belhassen Trabelsi, a billionaire and also the brother-in-law of the recently deposed Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Two of the most significant risks that could affect the world in the next 10 years - given their high degrees of impact and interconnectedness - are economic disparity and global governance failures, according to a survey seeking the opinion of hundreds of experts, business leaders and policy makers.
Average annual base pay for the Class of 2010 in the US fell by just 0.7% from 2009, compared to a 3.6% fall in Canada and a 5.2% rise in Australia.
Grains exporter Canada and Morocco, among the region's top wheat importers, on Thursday announced the start of negotiations for a free trade agreement, Morocco's official media reported.
New York City finally takes a snow day after residents woke up to a foot of snow.
Two former Galleon Group portfolio managers admitted to charges of insider trading on confidential company information, strengthening the government's case against Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a month before his trial
Netflix Inc. reported blockbuster profit and signed up another 3 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, making clear why the movie rental company worries competitors and delights investors.
Europe's drive to cut drug prices as well as U.S. healthcare reforms are likely to dampen global pharmaceutical companies' growth outlooks for 2011.
Ford Motor Co is recalling about 525,000 older model Windstar minivans in cold-weather areas because corrosion could cause a separation of parts under the vans that might reduce steering control, company and federal government officials said on Wednesday.
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) got some bad news and some good news on either side of the U.S.-Canadian border.
Canada's Africa Oil Corp said on Wednesday it had completed a farmout agreement for three east African exploration blocks to London-listed Tullow Oil Plc, which now holds a 50 percent stake in each of them.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: W.W. Grainger, DeVry, Navios Maritime, Fifth Street Finance and Navistar International. The top after-market NYSE losers on Tuesday are: WMS Industries, Elan Corp, Swift Transportation, Genpact and Ennis.
Yahoo Inc warned that revenue will again slide this quarter as it bleeds traffic to Google and Facebook and as a much-touted search partnership with Microsoft Corp fails to deliver quick results.
Analysis finds that companies' greenhouse gas emissions have a definite impact on their valuations.
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has issued an initial determination that Eastman Kodak Co's patent claim against Apple Inc and Research In Motion Ltd is invalid, Kodak said.
Norway reiterated support on Monday for China to have an observer role in Arctic affairs despite a slump in relations since the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident.
Millions of children worldwide die every year from preventable diseases and the bad situation is only going to worsen due to an increasing shortage of healthcare workers.
The ten most “prosperous” nations on earth, according to Legatum’s system, are dominated by Europe. The top ten in order are Norway, Denmark, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden. Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands and the United States.
A group of researchers has found the first direct evidence that a supervolcano eruption in what is now SIberia may have driven the biggest extinction event in the Earth's history.
