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In his annual report tabled last week, Auditor General Jim McCarter accused the Ontario government of mismanaging the prices of auto insurance, electricity and liquor.
If […]

Business at local casinos climbed 3.7 percent in November, according to new data out from state regulators Monday.
Gamblers lost $87.6 million at the region’s six […]

How would you invest $10,000 in the coming year?
That’s a question posed annually to a panel of investment experts.
A year ago, our pundits were relatively […]

A simpler credit card agreement is getting a tryout.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday released a prototype of a credit card agreement that’s written […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel is downplaying the news that Standard & Poor’s is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries for a possible downgrade, saying […]

Tobacco company Philip Morris USA Inc. must pay Oregon 60 percent of a $79.5 million award in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of […]

Lee Enterprises, owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, announced Friday that it will file a “prepackaged” bankruptcy in an effort to refinance about $1 billion […]

Fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have signed orders recently for hundreds of new airplanes _ now they face the problem of finding enough pilots […]

Tyson Foods says its fourth-quarter net income is less than half what it posted last year, with higher grain costs offsetting better prices and revenue.
The […]

Authorities in Thailand have reopened a major elephant park in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, hoping to show tourists the country is returning to normal […]