LONDON (MarketWatch)--European stock markets moved lower in choppy action on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the much-anticipated monetary policy decision from the U.S.

By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:33pm EDT. TORONTO (Reuters) - A subsidiary of European telecoms company Vimpelcom Ltd (VIP.

TORONTO - The Bank of Canada is likely to start raising its benchmark interest rate in July 2014, a full year before the U.S. Federal Reserve, BMO's chief economist Douglas Porter said Wednesday.

Imperial Oil Ltd. will shut its 95-year-old Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, oil refinery after a 13-month search for a buyer came up dry due to the brutal impacts of far too much production capacity on both sides of the Atlantic and the need to import expensive crude into ...

TORONTO - Canada's growth outlook appears to be stronger than previously thought, thanks to an improving trade picture and the strength of corporate balance sheets, economists at the Royal Bank of Canada said Wednesday.

At least two groups of American hedge funds have bought large chunks of Tim Hortons shares recently, a sign the activist investors want to push the company to make major changes to its business, or possibly give up some control over the company.

Consumer use of technology is transforming media and entertainment companies with almost 60 per cent of their revenues expected to come from digital sources by 2015, a new global survey says.

Norwegian oil giant Statoil ASA said Wednesday it made a big discovery of light oil offshore Newfoundland, the latest find in Canada's Atlantic region--a big and fast-growing petroleum play that's often overshadowed by the country's western oil-sands ...

By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Wednesday morning on market foreboding about what the U.S.

The following is the text of Canada's wholesale trade report for April from Statistics Canada. Wholesale sales rose 0.2% in April to $49.0 billion, mainly as a result of higher sales in the computer and communications equipment and supplies industry.