By The Associated Press OSLO - Thousands of teachers, carers and policemen have gone on strike in Norway in a protest over wages, shutting down hundreds of kindergartens and schools in the middle of exam ...

By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press LONDON - European stock markets edged up on Thursday, recovering from heavy losses the day before, as investors had expected the continent's leaders to fail to reach ...

By David Rising, The Associated Press BERLIN - German business confidence dropped sharply in May, a closely-watched survey showed Thursday, as anxiety grows in Europe's largest economy over the increasing ...

By The Associated Press LONDON - SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, has reported a 75 per cent increase in full-year profit led by strong growth in Latin America and Africa. For the 12 months ...

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) says its second-quarter profit from continuing operations was $1.56 billion, but would have been higher without a loss associated with its ...

By Alex Kennedy, The Associated Press SINGAPORE - Oil lingered near seven-month lows around US$90 a barrel Thursday in Asia as Europe's debt crisis festers and China's economy continues to slow. Benchmark ...

By Pamela Sampson, The Associated Press BANGKOK - World stock markets wavered Thursday as the lack of a breakthrough in Europe's attempts to shake off its debt crisis kept sentiment gloomy. Worries over ...

By The Associated Press LONDON - Official figures show that Britain's economy contracted more than first estimated, shrinking by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter from the previous three month period. ...

By The Associated Press BEIJING, China - China's Commerce Ministry says an investigation has found that U.S. government support for six renewable energy projects violated free-trade rules. Thursday's announcement ...

By The Associated Press PARIS - Retail titan Carrefour has accelerated its transition to a new CEO, handing the job to Georges Plassat as the company struggles to shore up sales hit by Europe’s protracted ...

By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press TOKYO - Sony Corp. is ending its joint venture with rival electronics maker Sharp Corp. to produce and sell large liquid-crystal displays for TVs — part of its new ...

By Alex Kennedy, The Associated Press SINGAPORE - Oil bounced slightly off seven-month lows near US$90 a barrel Thursday in Asia amid signs China's economy is continuing to slow. Benchmark oil for July ...

By Pamela Sampson, The Associated Press BANGKOK - Asian stock markets faltered Thursday as the lack of a breakthrough in Europe's attempts to shake off its debt crisis kept sentiment gloomy. Worries over ...

By Raf Casert,Sarah Dilorenzo, The Associated Press BRUSSELS - European Union leaders concluded their latest summit early Thursday with few concrete steps to fix the continent's festering financial crisis ...

By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press CALGARY - A strike by 4,800 Canadian Pacific Railway workers means the services of thousands of other employees won't be needed, a spokesman for the railway said Wednesday ...

By The Canadian Press EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner says he's not worried about the province's revenues, despite the recent drop in oil prices. Oil has been trading below $90 a barrel, ...

By The Canadian Press REGINA - Claude Resources celebrated a landmark Wednesday after its Seabee mine reached one million ounces of gold. The mine, which is located north east of La Ronge, opened in 1991 ...

By The Associated Press WHITING, Ind. - BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery and pay an $8 million fine ...

By Marcy Gordon, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Two congressional panels are reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the IPO may have provided ...

By Raf Casert,Sarah Dilorenzo, The Associated Press BRUSSELS - European Union leaders concluded their latest summit with few concrete steps to fix the continent's festering financial crisis even as the ...

By Pamela Sampson, The Associated Press BANGKOK - Asian stock markets struggled to make headway Thursday as the lack of a breakthrough in Europe's attempts to shake off its debt crisis kept sentiment gloomy. ...

By Don Melvin,Sarah Dilorenzo, The Associated Press BRUSSELS - The head of the eurogroup says that the 17 nations using the euro as their currency "have to consider all kinds of events" but insists ...

By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pioneer as its rivals ...

By Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Canada's youth are more likely to be working or seeking an education than many of their counterparts in other G7 nations, the country's leading statistical ...

By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company's stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social ...

By The Canadian Press RICHMOND, B.C. - Catalyst Paper Corp. says it did not receive the necessary creditor approval for its restructuring plan and is now required to begin a sale process. The insolvent ...

By Josh Funk, The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. - Opponents of a proposed pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Canada under the Great Plains filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Nebraska's new oil ...

By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Is the Harper government fundamentally anti-labour? The question arises anew after Labour Minister Lisa Raitt announced yet again Wednesday her intention ...

By David Friend, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) kicked off bank earnings season Wednesday with a 27 per cent rise in second-quarter profits as the bank beat analyst expectations ...

By Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - The union representing Resolute Forest Products employees isn't sharing investors' delight at the company's decision to share $100 million with its shareholders ...

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (11,564.80, up 113.01 points): Athabasca ...

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - CardioComm Solutions Inc. (TSXV:EKG) stock climbed 50 per cent after it said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for prescription-use and over-the-counter ...

By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Conservative government has cut off the flow of some key employment data to the public just as it is about to present new, stricter rules on Employment ...