Maple Leaf Gardens: From shrine to supermarket

What would the late Harold Ballard think?
His beloved Maple Leaf Gardens may look the same from the outside more than a decade after the Toronto […]

Thai PM hopeful floods will spare most of Bangkok

Thailand’s prime minister expressed optimism Sunday that the country’s worst flooding in a half-century would mostly spare Bangkok, as some dikes overflowed but the capital’s […]

Stocks rally on stronger earnings, hope on European debt

U.S. stocks surged Friday, lifting two major indexes into weekly gains, as optimism ahead of a weekend European Union summit, the past days’ economic data, […]

China web users mourn Jobs

China’s popular Sina web portal has created a tribute page to Steve Jobs with a banner that reads: “To live is to change the world.”
The […]

Wendy’s taps Long John exec to replace CEO

Wendy’s Co. said Thursday that CEO Roland Smith will step down, two months after engineering the company’s sale of the struggling Arby’s chain. He is […]

Bank of America to cut 3,500 jobs

Bank of America Corp., the nation’s largest bank, said Friday that it plans to cut 3,500 jobs by the end of September.
The cuts amount to […]

Climbing Everest? Check the travel insurance fine print

World travel has progressed tremendously since Lomond Ricalton caught typhoid fever filming wildlife in Africa in 1912.
The 80-kilometre trek to obtain care proved too arduous […]

Congress may now turn attention back to jobs

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Google strikes deal to add Admeld to arsenal

Google has struck a deal to add another potentially valuable piece to its online advertising empire.
The agreement announced Monday calls for Google Inc. to buy […]

Israel’s central bank chief applies to head IMF

Israel’s central bank chief has applied to head the International Monetary Fund, the bank said Saturday, acknowledging that obstacles stand in his way.
Stanley Fischer has […]