COLUMBUS, Ohio - Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools.
May 25, 2013 06:15 am | The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.
May 24, 2013 07:30 pm | Matthew Perrone, The Associated Press
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the $405 million in proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt.
May 24, 2013 06:45 pm | The Canadian Press
MONTREAL - Valeant Pharmaceuticals shares hit an all-time high Friday amid reports that it is in talks to expand its eye-care business by buying Bausch and Lomb.
May 24, 2013 06:30 pm | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - The Royal Bank (TSX:RY), which faced a fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement involving the use of temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries.
May 24, 2013 06:00 pm | The Canadian Press
MONTREAL - The weak demand and prices that prompted Rio Tinto's titanium subsidiary to abandon a $4-billion expansion is now threatening hundreds of jobs at its Quebec plant.
May 24, 2013 05:45 pm | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press
PARIS - After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minister — stopping short of charging her outright.
May 24, 2013 05:45 pm | Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
May 24, 2013 05:30 pm | The Canadian Press
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed down a quarter of a cent Friday, coming under pressure from a strong U.S. dollar and lower prices for many of the commodities that Canada produces.
May 24, 2013 05:15 pm | Linda Nguyen, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - The Toronto Stock Exchange closed slightly ahead Friday, pulled down by declines in most sectors, particularly gold, but boosted by a 13 per cent spike in shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.
May 24, 2013 05:15 pm | Linda Nguyen, The Canadian Press
