BBC Business- VIDEO: Hugh's review: Stock markets volatile May 24, 2013It has been a turbulent week on the world's stock markets, with investor confidence shaken amid fears that central banks may ease their stimulus plans. […]
- Second RBS apology for app glitch May 24, 2013RBS has apologised for the second time in two months after customers were unable to login to their accounts through their mobile phone app. […]
- Amazon reveals fan fiction platform May 24, 2013Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds. […]
- VIDEO: Hermes 'will remain family-run' May 24, 2013Fashion house Hermes says that despite hostile takeover attempts, its will remain a family-run business. […]
- London Market Report May 24, 2013London's leading shares lose further ground in Friday morning trading, extending Thursday's global sell-off. […]
- AUDIO: 'Long way to go' for Man United May 24, 2013Manchester United has struck a new loan deal to cut the amount of interest it pays on its huge debts. […]
- TV and tech, learning to live together May 24, 2013TV and technology are learning to live together […]
- Low rates 'fail to deter savers' May 24, 2013A lack of confidence among consumers has pushed up savings levels in the last year despite the low rates of interest available, banks say. […]
- AUDIO: Burberry boss 'looking to Middle East' May 24, 2013The Today programme's Friday Boss is Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts. […]
- Co-op halts new business lending May 24, 2013Co-operative Bank has stopped offering new business loans amid concerns over its capital position and talks with UK regulators. […]
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- Importers brace for fight over iPods and TVs May 24, 2013Importers of popular electronics such as big-screen TVs and MP3 players are ramping up their fight against federal tariff changes, accusing the government of misleading them by offering tariff breaks that it planned to claw back later. […]
- German brewers worry fracking will compromise beer quality May 24, 2013German brewers are worried that fracking, the process of extracting natural gas from underground shale deposits, will jeopardize the quality of their beer by contaminating the water supply and have asked their government to hold off on passing the fracking regulations it has been drafting for months. […]
- RCMP moving to freeze assets in widening SNC-Lavalin probe May 24, 2013The RCMP is moving to freeze millions of dollars in bank accounts and real estate holdings in Montreal and Florida as part of its expanding probe into Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. […]
- Real estate site Zoocasa adds MLS listings, agent recommendations May 24, 2013Zoocasa, an upstart real estate company owned by Rogers, has launched a revamped website that aims to compete with Realtor.ca by presenting MLS listings in a more user-friendly format and connecting clients with realtors from major agencies. […]
- TSX, Dow recover after Nikkei loses 7% May 24, 2013Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago. […]
- Big retailers pull out of $7B credit card fee settlement May 23, 2013Some of America's largest retailers, including Target Corp. and Macy's Inc., on Thursday filed a lawsuit against MasterCard and Visa, rejecting a settlement reached last year over alleged fee-fixing. […]
- Mobilicity debtholders approve sale to Telus May 23, 2013The creditors owed money by the financially struggling wireless company Mobilicity approved a deal Thursday that would see the mobile upstart sold to Telus for $380 million, but the sale must still be approved by regulators and the court overseeing Mobilcity's restructuring. […]
- SNC-Lavalin letter says Gadhafi son offered VP post: RCMP May 23, 2013SNC-Lavalin's ties to Libya's former dictatorship ran so deep the company offered the son of Moammar Gadhafi a six-figure job as a vice president in 2008, according to a newly unsealed RCMP affidavit. […]
- Kindle Fire HD to be available in Canada in June May 23, 2013Canadians will finally be able to purchase Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablet starting June 13, two years after the first generation of the device became available in the U.S., the company announced Thursday. […]
- Vermont enacts 1st U.S. law against patent trolling May 23, 2013Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money. […]
- EI claims trend lower for 5th straight month May 23, 2013The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance claims declined for the fifth consecutive month in March, dropping one per cent to 523,700. […]
- TD Bank profit up 2% to $1.7B May 23, 2013TD Bank Group says it had $1.723 billion in net income in its second quarter, up nearly two per cent from a year earlier. […]
- Cooling housing market will cost us 150,000 jobs, mortgage group warns May 23, 2013The government's effots 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 — the group that represents the mortgage industry says. […]
- U.S. Republicans aim to take hold of Keystone XL decision May 23, 2013The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S. President Barack Obama's hands. […]
- German software firm SAP plans to hire hundreds with autism May 22, 2013German software firm SAP says it wants to hire hundreds of people with autism to work as programmers and testers for its products. […]
- Importers brace for fight over iPods and TVs May 24, 2013