CANADA

The key number in next year's U.S. congressional election may be the unemployment rate, which last month hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.

As automakers, parts suppliers and car retailers ready business plans for next year and beyond, the experience of the industry's 2009 crash has made caution the new byword.

Leaders of the 21 APEC economies are concerned that high level political commitment to conclude the Doha Round of world trade talks has yet to translate into substantive progress and called for a deal next year, a draft statement from the grouping seen by Reuters on Monday said.

Michael Jackson's much-hyped concert movie reigned at the worldwide box office on Sunday, but its performance in North America was hardly a thriller.

U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay competitive, while union workers in Canada on Sunday accepted cuts aimed at retaining jobs.

China's No. 2 nickel producer Jilin Jien's ambition to expand its Canadian footprint, is facing its biggest hurdle as investors look set to reject its final bid for early-stage miner Canadian Royalties.

The Michael Jackson movie This Is It earned $20.1 million at worldwide box offices on its first day in theaters as fans around the globe turned out in strong numbers, Columbia Pictures said on Thursday.

The National Basketball Association will give its digital offering the full court press, introducing complete live games on mobile phones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, for $40 a year.

Distillate (including diesel) is the second largest petroleum product consumed in the United States, used for everything from fuel for trucks and trains to residential heating and even a small amount of power generation. Although still overshadowed by gasoline consumption within the United States, global trends have been rapidly increasing the demand for distillate. This is causing major changes in the United States' role in the world distillate market.

Industrial Minerals Canada, a junior graphite company, said on Wednesday it aims to list on the Toronto Venture Exchange via the takeover of capital pool company Rattlesnake Ventures, and rename itself Northern Graphite Corp.

International movie distributors have shunned a film on exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, whom China condemns as a separatist, because they fear Beijing's wrath, the film's producer said on Tuesday.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday he agreed with the Bank of Canada that intervention was a limited tool when it came to trying to drive down the value of the Canadian dollar.

Top officials from Magna and Opel expressed confidence on Wednesday that General Motors will go through with selling its European arm to Canada's Magna despite a second chance to review the deal.

Top officials from Magna and Opel expressed confidence on Wednesday that General Motors will go through with selling its European arm to Canada's Magna despite a second chance to review the deal.

Germany's new government will take a fresh look at the planned sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna and may consider dropping its support for the deal, a member of the trust overseeing Opel said.

When U2 producer Danny Lanois and the band made The Unforgettable Fire in 1984, they recorded it at an Irish castle because they wanted a place with history, which Lanois said suited him just fine.

Toromont Industries said on Monday that lower activity in key sectors, including natural gas and construction, had a negative impact on its quarterly profit and revenue, and the company expects more of the same for the current period.

Canada's Magna on Monday inched closer to clinching its Opel buy with approval from Spanish plant workers as the clock ticks down to a November 3 board meeting at which GM is set to decide on the deal.

CIT Group Inc has extended and sweetened its debt exchange offer for some of its bondholders, the lender said in a regulatory filing on Monday.

Australian investment bank Macquarie Group (MQG.AX) said on Monday it plans to acquire Blackmont Capital from CI Financial (CIX.TO) for $C93.3 million ($88.6 million), in a bid to expand its wealth management business and product portfolio in Canada.

Following is the prepared text of a speech Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney was giving in Montreal on Monday.