TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell on Friday as weaker oil prices, caused partly by a stronger U.S. dollar, weighed on resource issues including Suncor Energy Inc.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks slid and the U.S. dollar rose on Friday as investors cut their exposure to risky assets amid signs of an anemic U.S. economic recovery.
TORONTO - Roxmark Mines Ltd (TSXV-RMK) said Friday it plans to amalgamate with Ontex Resources Ltd. (TSX:ONT) in an all-stock transaction to form a new company that will eventually be called Goldstone Resources Ltd.
MONTREAL - Prices for the latest hot digital gadgets have been falling, allowing consumers to trade up at lower prices, says the research firm NDP Group Canada.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday.