Business News
- TD records profit of 29 per cent
- Canadians and small firms oppose forced union dues
- Auto industry growth exceeds expectation
- Cardiome Achieves $30 Million Milestone
- Manitoba judge off bench amidst online photo scandal
- Tim Hortons stock ranked as the top U.S. restaurant stock
- Historic Plaque found in time for 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy
- Desjardins Financial Security reports positive first half results
- Bombardier announces second quarter financial results
- New research shows pollution in Athabasca River system
CBJ Sep 2 - TD Bank, the second biggest bank in Canada, recorded a third quarter profit of $1.18 billion, a 29 per cent increase. Analysts say this profit was the result of lower loan losses and a record quarter at its Canadian retail bank ... Full article
CBJ Sep 2 - A survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has found that 84 per cent of the country's small businesses agree that employees should be protected from being forced to pay union dues in unionized workplaces. These views are consistent ... Full article
- Obama warns of challenges at start of Mideast peace talks
- Obama administration denied dismissal of drilling lawsuit
- U.S. private sector cuts 10,000 jobs
- Stock futures creep higher with job data
- Exelon to acquire Deere's renewable energy unit for $900 million
- Foreign, domestic priorities to highlight White House speech
- Record number in the anti-poverty programs
- Stimulus has created nearly three million jobs
- AIG decides against strategic investor
- U.S. stock futures rise with focus on jobless claims
CBJ Sep 2 - The decades-old quest for lasting Middle East peace begins new today with a warning from U.S. President Obama that "this moment of opportunity may not soon come again". Following Tuesday's killings of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank, ... Full article
CBJ Sep 2 - The Obama administration has been denied their motion to dismiss a lawsuit that stops a government-imposed halt on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, by a federal judge this Wednesday 1 September. The moratorium started because of ... Full article
- South African strikers reject wage offer
- Uranium discovery in Indonesia
- Australian manufacturing growth slows
- Australian GDP growth rate fastest in three years
- Standard Bank launches food production scheme Africa
- Police tear gas protestors against rising prices in Mozambique
- South African miner’s union suspends sympathy strike
- Doctors warn against alcohol for trapped Chilean miners
- Rio Tinto and Hope Down’s billion dollar venture
- Australian trade deficit smallest since 2002
CBJ Sep 2 - South African strikers rejected a new wage offer from the government and plan to march in protest on Thursday 2 September. The majority of unions rejected the new wage offer, despite being on strike for three weeks. ... Full article
CBJ Sep 2 - Indonesia’s International Nuclear Energy Agency says that they have a basis for building nuclear power plants with their 53,000 ton reserve of uranium. There is an estimated 24,000 tons of uranium in Bangka Belitung Province. 29,000 tons ... Full article
