Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is staking the future of the largest U.S. Web portal on a six-year-old blogging startup with little revenue and a freewheeling stance on content created by users.

The world's most valuable company, Apple Inc., employs a group of affiliate companies located in Ireland to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S.

A rail car is leaking crude oil after an 85-car Canadian Pacific train derailed near Jansen, about 150 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.

Drivers who brag they're better behind the wheel than fellow motorists could soon get their chance to test their bravado. Technology is allowing motorists to see exactly how good they really are and the insurance industry is keen to see such devices allowed in ...

TORONTO -- A French commission is holding public consultations on a plan to build wind farms off the D-Day beaches of Normandy, and it wants to hear what Canadians think about it.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened higher on Tuesday on strength in shares of gold and energy producers, as well as optimism following positive economic data from Europe.

MONTREAL - Bombardier announced Monday it has expanded its business-jet Challenger by adding the Challenger 350 aircraft. The jet was launched with NetJets as a global partner during the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in ...

Canada's banking watchdog says the transition to higher interest rates - when it comes - could be �very painful.� Like those in most developed countries, interest rates have been at emergency lows for years.

ConocoPhillips Co. is pulling back on plans to sell its Canadian oil sands assets after it exceeded its target for raising capital by divesting energy properties elsewhere in the world.

Alberta's beef industry is still in decline, with Canadians eating less of the meat and fewer producers raising cattle 10 years after BSE, or mad cow disease, savaged the industry.