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Among the leading economic indicators to watch right now is the number of police officers deployed today to prevent a fourth straight night of rioting […]

Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement enabling customers to view certain movies from Universal Pictures online, stepping up competition with Netflix Inc. and Hulu LLC.
The deal […]

After decades in the mining game, Goldcorp Inc. has finally figured out a way for its worker bees to make

Stock futures rose Tuesday, getting a lift from stronger than expected earnings from Coca-Cola and IBM.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and other large banks are […]

NATO jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early Sunday, days after key international players recognized Libya’s rebel leadership […]

Neither Dennis Eskridge nor his co-workers sense anything extraordinary in the jobs they report to each morning.
“It’s pretty much the same work,” Eskridge says. “It’s […]

Stock futures are falling for the third straight day as investors weigh the prospect that Italy, Europe’s third-largest economy, could be the next country unable […]

Local casinos had another strong month in June, the latest sign that gamblers are opening their wallets again, weak economy or no.
Gaming revenue at the […]

Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He can reached online at […]