President Barack Obama has given investors something else to ponder ahead of what is already a highly anticipated statement from the U.S.

Tim Hortons Inc. - already dealing with slumping sales that it blames on the slow economy and $1 drinks at competitors - faces new pressure from a second U.S.

Verizon Communications Inc. confirmed on Tuesday that it is considering an entry into Canada's $19-billion wireless market in the wake of a report earlier this week by The Globe and Mail.

CALGARY - The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will raise the liability for oil spill cleanups off the country's east and Arctic coasts to $1 billion, a more than twenty-five fold increase from its prior limit.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - A temporary bridge over the Skagit River will reopen Wednesday, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after the old bridge collapsed.

TORONTO � Bonnie Brooks may be stepping aside as president of Hudson's Bay Co., but she will be taking on an even more important role at the storied department store retailer she helped to revive, its chief executive stressed on Tuesday.

Dufferin St. has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the second year in a row in a survey conducted by the Canadian Automobile Association.

Quebec's leading aerospace companies are all seeking business at the industry's big trade show in Le Bourget, near Paris, this week.

The incoming CEO of the Vancouver International Airport says his biggest challenge is to stem the flow of B.C. travellers heading across the border for cheaper flights.

More of the world's rich are creating rather than inheriting their wealth, a survey has found, as globalisation increases opportunities for individuals worldwide to make rapid fortunes.