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SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook has a won US$873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit "spam" […]

Canada's two largest private television companies have recently announced layoffs to cope with a slump in advertising revenues, but one analyst questions just how […]

Lehman Brothers’ epic collapse two months ago marked a stunning turning point in the financial markets from which Wall Street is still recovering.
When investors […]

A number of deals designed to cure the global financial crisis were in danger of unraveling on Wednesday, with losses mounting at banks and […]

OTTAWA–Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is welcoming China's announcement of a massive economic stimulus package – and suggesting other countries will soon be following suit.
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President-elect Barack Obama called for urgent passage of a stimulus package to reinvigorate a faltering economy that saw unemployment hit a 14-year high on […]

Exports from Europe's largest economy increased more than economists expected in September as a depreciating euro made German products more competitive.
Sales abroad, adjusted […]

A raft of European bank results did little to lift gloom around the sector on Wednesday, with a recurring trend of falling profits and […]

It’s almost time to vote. After months of debating the issues, Americans go to the polls on Tuesday to select who they want to […]