LCD price-fixing settlement totals $553M
Seven companies based in Asia will pay $ 553 million US to settle allegations by prosecutors in eight U.S. states that they conspired to inflate prices for liquid crystal display…
U.S. home prices in broad-based decline
U.S. home prices fell in 19 of 20 major cities in October, suggesting that the foreclosure crisis is still overhanging the country’s sputtering housing recovery. CBC | Business News…
Boxing Day bargain-hunters flock to stores
Canadians headed to shopping venues on Boxing Day in hopes of scooping up deals on everything from cameras to clothes. CBC | Business News…
Keystone work can start, TransCanada says
TransCanada Corp. says construction on its controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas — except for a stretch through Nebraska — may begin within months. CBC | Business News…
Markets finish higher
The Toronto Stock Exchange finished Friday with a 50-point gain, leaving it up about 290 points on the week. CBC | Business News…
Canada’s economic growth stalls in October
Canada’s gross domestic product was unchanged in October, after four straight monthly increases, Statistics Canada reports, due to declines in utilities, construction, mining and oil-and-gas extraction. CBC | Business News…
Flaherty accepts national regulator setback
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the government will not pursue its current plan to create a national securities regulator after the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday that doing so…
2011 in review | Debt dominated business headlines
Government debt in the U.S. and Europe leads to austerity, riots and concerns about recovery in 2011. CBC | Business News…
Carbon tax likely coming to flights to Europe
The European Union’s highest court rules Wednesday on a challenge by U.S. airlines to an EU regulation charging them for their carbon pollution when using European airports. CBC | Business…
National securities regulator decision coming
The Supreme Court is ready to pronounce judgment on whether Ottawa’s controversial bid to create a national securities regulator — without the consent of some provinces — is legal. CBC…
