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.

WASHINGTON�Apple Inc. turned to "alchemy" and "ghost companies" to pay no corporate income tax to any national government on tens of billions of dollars in overseas income over the past four years, U.S.

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.

Bank of Montreal (BMO) said Tuesday it has named United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson as vice-chairman. The Toronto-based bank, Canada's fourth-largest, said Mr. Jacobson will be based in Chicago and will be responsible for "building ...

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.

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 ...

Canadian energy producers lobbying for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline are targeting undecided Democratic lawmakers in Washington in advance of a decision on the $5.3 billion project.

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.