Tumblr Inc. users were not too happy about the news yesterday that Yahoo! Inc. had approved a $1.1 billion bid to buy the blogging platform, popular among the creative, the young and the social-media savvy.

By Marc Jones. LONDON (Reuters) - Optimism about global growth pushed world shares to a near five-year high on Monday, while debate about the future of the U.S.

A decade after a case of mad cow disease closed borders to Canadian beef and devastated the industry, Canada's current agriculture minister says federal funding was wasted in dealing with the crisis.

TORONTO -- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is standing in line at a bustling Toronto coffee shop, summing up a speech he's set to deliver later in the day on the future of television, when he spies an example of his vision that's so perfect it almost seems planted by ...

WINDSOR, Ontario - Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they've been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of ...

FLINTSTONE, Md. - The flashy jangle of slot machines is a far cry from the stillness of Rocky Gap State Park in western Maryland, but state and local leaders are betting that this week's planned casino opening will transform a struggling lakeside lodge into ...

OTTAWA - A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough to be brought home.

The housing market is slowing. Consumer debt levels are sky high. But don't count Canada's banks out yet. For the past few quarters, the banks faced the same headwinds, but every three months analysts and investors were pleasantly surprised with their ...

Campbell Soup Co. posted higher earnings for its latest period as its U.S. soup sales rose 14%, the largest quarterly gain in nearly five years.

Maxim Group upgraded J. C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $27.00 (from $16.50) citing the company's recent change in strategy that we believe will drive traffic back into stores.