Target's 1st-qtr profit drops 29 pct on weak sales as weather, financial pressures take tollNEW YORK, N.Y. - Target Corp. reported a 29 per cent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite for spending. More »Target's 1st-qtr profit drops 29 pct on weak sales as weather, financial pressures take toll
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Target Corp. reported a 29 per cent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite for spending.
Stocks rise after Bernanke signals no quick end to stimulus and home sales riseNEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are moving higher after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus progra … More »Stocks rise after Bernanke signals no quick end to stimulus and home sales rise
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are moving higher after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus programs.
OTTAWA - Canadian shoppers bought more, but benefited from lower prices in March as retail sales were flat for the month, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
TORONTO - North American stock markets surged Wednesday as the head of the U.S. central bank says prematurely ending its aggressive $85-billion-a month monetary stimulus program could lead to more harm for the world's largest economy.
DETROIT - The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.
WASHINGTON - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. CP, the country's second-largest rail carrier, said the line reopened late Tuesday night following …
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 per cent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.
Poor financial planning will take you straight to the poorhouse. Just ask Dionne Warwick. One of the …
