Reuters – Wed, 20 Mar, 2013
By Matthew Goldstein (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is losing the financial support of Blackstone Group Inc, the largest outside
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it
OTTAWA - McDonald's golden arches on Parliament Hill? Tim Hortons billboards at the Governor General's residence?
The old Studio Bar on Broadway in Corner Brook has been boarded up for several years, and the board of trade says the building is an eyesore for the entire area.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Banks in Cyprus will remain closed on Thursday and Friday, a government official said, as the euro zone country tries to avoid a financial meltdown having rejected the terms of a European Union bailout.
With Monday a public holiday, the move effectively closes lenders until Tuesday, March 26. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
(Writing by Matt Robinson; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)
TORONTO - The man who has staunchly defended the mayor of Canada's largest city through a storm of crack cocaine use allegations spent Saturday angrily lashing out at a claim that he himself once
“Toodle-oo!!!” Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told reporters through the window of his Cadillac Escalade in city hall’s basement parking lot this Friday afternoon, enunciating it in such a way that
The number of Canadian politicians embroiled in scandal goes as long as your arm — from mayors in Winnipeg, London and of course, Toronto, to premiers Clark, Redford and Wynne and now even Prime
By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested three people suspected of involvement in the killing of a soldier hacked to death in a London street by two
Canadians are among the developed world's hardest workers, so it's probably no surprise that a new study found we rank third-last when it comes to paid vacation days. CBC News reports the study found
By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on
It's a big success for a witty group of political activists. Last month, Yahoo! Canada News reported that the 'Sh#$ Harper Did' group had produced an anti-Harper attack ad and were crowdfunding to
The Irish potato famine that caused mass starvation and approximately 1 million deaths in the mid-19th century was triggered by a newly identified strain of potato blight that has been christened
CBC News has learned the details of what precipitated the firing of Mark Towhey as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's chief of staff — and it was advice from Towhey that Ford needs to 'get help.'
By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. Unresolved