North Dakota train derailment, explosion prompts evacuation

Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that acrid smoke could blow into the area. No one was hurt in Monday's derailment of the 1.6-km-long train...

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U.S. home electricity use declines for 3rd straight year

The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, back when the smartest device in people's pockets was a Palm pilot and anyone talking about a tablet was probably an archaeologist or a preacher....

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Pension crisis a global problem

A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages. Spawned years before the Great Recession and the 2008 financial meltdown, the crisis was significantly worsened by those twin traumas. It will play out for decades, and its consequences...

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Apple rejects Carl Icahn's dividend and share buyback plan

The board of directors of Apple Inc. is recommending that shareholders reject a proposal led by activist investor Carl Icahn that would see the technology company spend most of its huge cash hoard buying back its own shares and paying extra dividends...

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U.S. home prices post biggest gain since 2006

U.S. home prices rose in October from the previous year at the fastest pace in almost eight years. But price gains slowed in most U.S. cities from September to October, suggesting the increases are levelling off. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller...

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Consumer confidence at 3-year high, survey finds

Shoppers more upbeat about the direction of the economy The Canadian Press Posted: Dec 30, 2013 8:30 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 30, 2013 8:30 AM ET Stay Connected with CBC News Latest Business Headlines TSX...

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Samsung selling 110-inch TV for $150K US

Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra-HD TVs as...

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BlackBerry faces another year of uncertainty

BlackBerry hopes to clean the slate again as it heads into the new year with another lease on life and a leader who believes he can do what his predecessors couldn't — save the company from a slow death. After months of painful uncertainty and dismal...

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Pension crisis a global problem

A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages. Spawned years before the Great Recession and the 2008 financial meltdown, the crisis was significantly worsened by those twin traumas. It will play out for decades, and its consequences...

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Apple rejects Icahn's dividend and buyback plan

The board of directors of Apple Inc. is recommending that shareholders reject a proposal led by activist investor Carl Icahn that would see the technology company spend most of its huge cash hoard buying back its own shares and paying extra dividends...

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Delta to honour dirt-cheap flights after pricing glitch

Some lucky fliers capitalized on a computer glitch Thursday and scored some really cheap flights on Delta Air Lines. From about 10 a.m. to noon, certain Delta fares on the airline's own website and other airfare booking sites were showing up incorrectly,...

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Canadian retailers adapt to competitive new reality

Many U.S. retailers are planning to launch in Canada in 2014. (AP) There is little doubt the retail landscape in Canada is changing as increasing numbers of big name U.S. chains shop for customers north of the border. And, according to retail experts,...

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BlackBerry shares down 8% on TSX

Days after an unexpected jump higher, shares in BlackBerry wiped out most of their recent gains and traded down by almost 10 per cent on Canada's benchmark stock exchange Friday. BlackBerry shares were off by almost 80 cents to $7.56 shortly after...

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Head of railway in Lac-Mégantic disaster says he's 'also a victim'

The railway executive behind the company whose train smashed into Lac-Mégantic wants people to know he's been suffering, too. Looking back at the year as it comes to a close, Ed Burkhardt said he's still troubled by the Quebec derailment and has thought...

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Target hackers got card PINs too

Target said Friday that debit-card PINs were among the financial information stolen from millions of customers who shopped at the retailer earlier this month. The company said the stolen personal identification numbers, which customers type in to keypads...

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BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis sells $26M US in shares

Mike Lazaridis has cashed in shares of BlackBerry, making $26 million US in the process, as he lessens hisstake in the smartphone company he helped create. Documents filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday show that a numbered company registered...

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Insurance and the ice storm: Are you covered?

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been inconvenienced by the big ice storm that's swept through southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. And for many of them, it's also caused costly damage: falling tree limbs have crashed down on their cars...

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Holiday sales slump into Christmas

Stores are hoping Americans who've been tight-fisted with their money will get the last-minute itch to buy in the final week of the holiday shopping season. After a strong start to the season, sales at stores have fallen for three consecutive weeks....

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Amex agrees to pay $75M for misleading service & fees

The Associated Press Posted: Dec 24, 2013 1:53 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 24, 2013 3:29 PM ET American Express has agreed to pay at least $75.7 million to end an investigation into what regulators said was misleading marketing of some...

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Canadian retailers adapt to competitive new reality

Manu U.S. retailers are planning to launch in Canada in 2014. (AP) There is little doubt the retail landscape in Canada is changing as increasing numbers of big name U.S. chains shop for customers north of the border. And, according to retail experts,...

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Insurance and the ice storm: Are you covered?

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been inconvenienced by the big ice storm that's swept through southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. And for many of them, it's also caused costly damage: falling tree limbs have crashed down on their cars...

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