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Ciena raises bid for some Nortel assets: sources

Raises cash component to $500 mln, adds debt-sources More...

Kraft weighs higher Cadbury bid as rivals circle

Cadbury chairman says prefers Hershey bid over Kraft More...

Canadian banks to cap 2009 with decent quarter

Profit expected, but barely above year-ago levels More...

Porter: the little airline that could

Porter Airlines was supposed to flop. But owner Robert Deluce has beaten back cutthroat competition, hostile locals and political foes to pose a serious threat to the big airlines in his market niche. More...

An iPhone app for everyone

What if Canadian wireless junkies could have a set of applications worthy of our fractious media industry? More...

Weak growth delays Flaherty attack on deficit

Canada will not start paring back its program spending until the economy is firmly on track, the Finance Minister says More...

The bad boys of the ETF world

Exchange-traded funds are the hot investment these days. But the bandwagon effect has also led to the creation of unsuitable ones More...

Konrad von Finckenstein ‘sick' and Jim Shaw ‘tired'

CEO of Shaw Communications says it's time to move on from fight between broadcasters, cable and satellite firms More...

Oil slips below $77 on dollar rise

Increase in floating storage shields weak demand More...

Facelift head goes here

RRSP or mortgage? Our adviser looks at this age-old question More...

Hershey mulls solo Cadbury bid: source

U.S. chocolate maker considering offer of at least $17-billion to trump hostile run by Kraft, source says More...

Show's far from over for Oprah's brand power

Popular talk show may end, but $2.7-billion media empire will continue to influence how we think and what we buy More...

Can Cott put the pop back in its sales?

A turnaround has relied on cost cuts and debt reduction. Now the company sets its sights on selling more pop More...

Valero shuts Delaware oil refinery

Move will take 210,000 barrels per day out of production, cost company up to $1.8-billion More...

CF wins victory in Terra fight

Terra shareholders elect three board members proposed by CF Industries in fertilizer takeover battle More...

Personal bankruptcies still soaring

Number of Canadians filing for bankruptcy increased 44.8 per cent in September from a year earlier More...

Ontario Power profit boosted by investment returns

Power generator reports reduced demand for electricity in third quarter More...

Japan now struggles with deflation

Bank of Japan upgrades view on economy, keeps rates at 0.1%; finance minister says Japan is in deflation and wants central bank to ‘respond appropriately' More...

Transat teams up with French travel network

Canadian tour company beefs up operations in France by forming partnership with AFAT Voyages Selectour More...

Philip Morris ordered to pay $300-million to smoker

Verdict is the largest of the so-called Engle progeny cases that have been tried so far More...

Air Canada tests in-flight Internet service

Trials of Gogo service, on select Toronto-LA and Montreal-LA routes, will run until Jan. 29 More...

Russia tops global fraud survey

Canada places fourth in the world in PricewaterhouseCoopers economic survey More...

La Presse strikes deal with three more unions

North America's biggest French-language broadsheet had threatened to close its doors unless contract deals were reached More...

Smucker profit more than doubles

Last year's Folgers Coffee acquisition continues to pay off More...

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