Canadian Business

Credit ills hurt wireless entrants

Funds may be scarce to build networks 7:08 AM

Housing sales slow as market sags in Canada

In Calgary, homes are now taking longer to sell than they have at any time during the past eight years 30/09/08 9:22 PM

Bank of Canada injects cash to thaw frozen credit34

Central bank pumps additional $4-billion into short-term money markets 30/09/08 6:09 PM 34

Volvo to cut 500 jobs in Ontario17

Company will reduce another 1,400 positions at European truck plants 30/09/08 12:34 PM 17

CPR gets U.S. nod for purchase of DM&E1

Move could bring third railway to lucrative western coal fields 30/09/08 2:59 PM 1

Canadian economy booms in July159

Higher energy output propels gross domestic product 0.7 per cent higher 30/09/08 9:50 AM 159

Energy & Resources

Fording shareholders approve Teck deal

$14-billion takeover will create one of the world's largest exporters of metallurgical coal 30/09/08 2:51 PM

EnCana's oil spinoff to be called Cenovus8

The natural gas company will continue as EnCana Corp. 30/09/08 12:44 PM 8

Oil swings back above $10039

Consensus grows among investors that U.S. Congress will pass financial bailout law 30/09/08 4:06 PM 39

International Business

U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly improves

But September reading still hovers near 16-year low 30/09/08 10:38 AM

Bailout plan failure raises spectre of U.S. recession

Tighter credit markets will soon affect Main Street USA, analyst suggests 30/09/08 9:53 AM

U.S. home prices continue to fall

Prices tumble 16 per cent, the fastest annual pace on record, but rate of decline slowing 30/09/08 12:38 PM

Investing

A contrarian gets the last laugh

Vito Maida is comfortably in the black 7:01 AM

World stocks make positive start to fourth quarter

Stocks, emerging assets climb higher on hopes that U.S. bailout package will be revived 8:01 AM

Technology

Intel says will invest through recession

Chipmaker's R&D, capital spending cash cushion totals about $10-billion 30/09/08 12:06 PM

Tech stocks lose safe harbour status

Shares of the sector's steadiest performers dragged down by fears that businesses and consumers will soon spend less 30/09/08 4:21 PM

Managing

Weekend workout: The uproar over music in the office1

Some like its calming influence, while others think MP3 players can be isolating 27/09/08 6:00 AM 1

Pay tied to performance dwindles9

Fewer Canadian employers offering incentives for strong performance, Statscan says, though benefits get more common 24/09/08 11:50 AM 9