Undeterred by record-high housing prices and bolstered by low borrowing costs, nearly half of Canadian home owners plan to buy a property in the next five years, although intentions vary sharply from city to city, a poll released Wednesday has found.

U.S. stocks fell, erasing an early rally, as investors weighed remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and minutes from the central bank's latest policy meeting about the pace of stimulus efforts.

The government's efforts to cool the housing market will have a negative impact on the economy and the range of industries that depend on house sales - everything from mortgage financing to furniture and appliance sales - warned the Canadian ...

Wed May 22, 2013 9:50am EDT. By Robert Campbell. NEW YORK May 22 (Reuters) - A casual observer familiar with the Keystone XL saga would think the United States was making it very hard to build any oil sands-related pipelines.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed a bit higher on Wednesday after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S.

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One-third of Canadian households over the past year never or almost never had enough money left over after paying essential expenses, says a new report.

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If you said (a) when it's not really zero growth at all and (b) when it's accompanied by a drop in fuel prices, then you're finding all the right answers in Canada's March retail sales report.

(Reuters) - Department store chain Sears Canada Inc (SCC.TO: Quote) posted a loss in the first quarter compared with a profit last year, as demand for its home products and major appliances fell.