TSX up slightly on Christmas Eve
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) saw marginal gains one day before Christmas as materials and financial stocks improved, more than making up for the...
Brookfield Asset Management ups offer for rest of Brookfield Residential by 5.4%
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., which already owns nearly 70% of Brookfield Residential Properties Inc., has upped its offer for the remaining shares of the...
Yodel says sorry for delivery delays
British parcel delivery company Yodel has apologized again for its delivery delays, following a giant spike in orders on Black Friday and Cyber Monday....
UK productivity improved 0.6% in third quarter
Labour productivity in the UK as measured by output per hour improved by 0.6% in Q3 2014 compared to Q2 2014, and was 0.3%...
RBS withholding bonuses for 18 staff during probe
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says it is withholding bonuses for 18 employees while its probe into their possible involvement in fixing foreign exchange...
Smith & Nephew share price jump on Stryker takeover rumors
Rumors that Stryker Corporation plans to make a £13 billion ($20.21 billion) offer to acquire Smith & Nephew plc. sent the British multinational medical...
BAE Systems wins US Army Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle contract
BAE Systems has clinched a $1.2 billion contract to Engineer, Manufacture and Develop (EMD) the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). The AMPVs will replace the...
Dow Jones closed above 18,000 for the first time ever
US stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 18,000 for the first time ever.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Canada October 0.3% GDP growth higher than expected
Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3% in October, a much higher figure than most analysts had expected, after expanding by 0.4% in...
UK economy grew by 2.6% annually, not 3%, official data showed
The British economy did not grow by 3% between Q3 2013 and Q3 2014, but by only 2.6%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...