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General Motors Co. will announce on Monday it plans to start repaying a $6.7 billion loan to the U.S. Treasury by year-end due to modest operating improvements, a source knowledgeable about the situation said.

Singer Justin Bieber performed his hit song One Time at the New York studios of ABC's Good Morning America ahead of the release of his new album My World on November 17.

Google and the Authors Guild filed a new version of a deal to create a massive online library on Friday in hopes of answering antitrust and copyright concerns in the United States and overseas.

Canada's trade deficit narrowed sharply in September from a record large gap in August thanks in part to a comeback in auto exports and growing sales to non-U.S. markets, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Suncor Energy Inc, Canada's biggest oil company, said on Friday it has earmarked C$5.5 billion ($5.23 billion) for capital expenditures next year and will restart projects the economic crisis had forced it to suspend.

Canada's trade deficit narrowed sharply in September from a record large gap in August thanks in part to a comeback in auto exports and growing sales to non-U.S. markets, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Suncor Energy Inc, Canada's biggest oil company, said on Friday it is budgeting C$5.5 billion ($5.23 billion) for capital spending in 2010 and will restart construction on its Firebag Stage 3 oil sands project.

General Motors reiterated on Friday it wanted state aid to help restructure European arm Opel after Germany's economics minister said the carmaker would not ask European taxpayers for help.

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President Barack Obama said on Thursday he planned to discuss a strategy with Asia Pacific leaders calling on their countries to import more U.S. goods and the world to rely less on exporting to the United States.

The following are planned mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

The Interac Association has hired a Wall Street investment bank to help it restructure into a for-profit company, should regulators allow, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Thursday.

Apple is expanding its retail business in New York by opening up a new store in the city's Upper West side this Saturday, Nov. 14.

Canada's Toromont Industries Ltd said on Thursday it intends to proceed with a formal bid to acquire Enerflex Systems Income Fund, after talks for a deal with the supplier of equipment for the oil and gas industry failed.

Babcock & Brown Infrastructure shareholders have voted so far are strongly in favor of a $1.6 billion recapitalization plan backed by Canada's Brookfield group, BBI's chief financial officer said on Thursday.

Twitter 1, Elections Canada 0.In this era of smartphones and the Internet, the federal elections agency is struggling to enforce a rule that bans the general broadcasting of voting results until all the polls have closed.

Canada's LAB Research Inc (LRI.TO) posted a wider quarterly loss, hurt by lower revenue at its Danish operations and higher administrative expenses.

Costco Wholesale Corp is hoping that consumers are becoming more comfortable making purchases as the No. 1 U.S. warehouse club operator heads into the year-end holiday shopping season.

Two industry powerhouses Real Living and GMAC Real Estate announced Wednesday they are merging to create a residential real estate franchise with about $20 billion in annual home sales.

Baytex Energy Trust's quarterly profit dropped 70 percent as weaker commodity prices hurt the Canadian oil explorer.

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