Retail sales are sluggish, as debt-ridden shoppers hold out for bargains. Retail sales are rebounding smartly, as consumers snap up an increasing volume of domestic goods.

Japanese stocks rose sharply due to a firmer yen early Thursday, while the Australian and South Korean markets were lower, as investors reacted to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional hearing.

TORONTO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian stock market closed higher Wednesday as investors were reassured by further signs that the U.S Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, has no plan to end its easy monetary policy in the near ...

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Texas-based Valero Energy Corp. will invest as much as $200-million in its Quebec refinery if Enbridge Inc. proceeds with its plan to reverse its Line 9 pipeline, a project one Quebec business leader described Wednesday as critical to the province's refining ...