A new study puts Canada near the bottom of the list of developed countries when it comes to laws governing vacation and holiday time.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index turned positive in early Friday trade as fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will roll back its stimulus program were offset by a rise in National Bank of Canada (NA.

Proposed changes to U.S. meat labelling laws are unsatisfactory and continue to discriminate against Canadian beef and hog producers, Ottawa says, raising the spectre of retaliatory action from the federal government.

TORONTO�National Bank of Canada, the sixth-largest bank in Canada, raised its quarterly dividend Friday after reporting a 22% decline in second-quarter earnings reflecting last year's sale of its asset management unit.

TransCanada Corp. (TRP) won another of the remaining Texas state-court challenges by landowners trying to block construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline across their property.