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Loonie heads higher despite disappointing Chinese manufacturing data

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar headed higher Thursday despite weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China....

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US new home sales rise 2.3 per cent in April while median home prices hit record high

WASHINGTON - U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five...

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TD Bank second-quarter rises but comes in short of consensus estimates

TORONTO - TD Bank Group (TSX:TD) reported a second-quarter profit of more than $1.7 billion and...

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US stock prices ease, recovering most of an early swoon, after Chinese manufacturing contracts

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stock prices are slightly lower at midday on Wall Street after manufacturing...

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TSX, U.S. indexes drop as world markets plunge on Chinese data, Fed comments

TORONTO - North American markets slid lower Thursday amid a plunge in Japanese markets and data that showed a contraction in Chinese manufacturing....

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Toshiba buys Hamilton-based manufacturer of custom electric motors

HAMILTON - Toshiba International Corp. has agreed to buy the assets of Elettra Technology, a manufacturer of custom industrial electric motors that was born out of a former Canadian subsidiary of Westinghouse....

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Stocks around the world take a battering after Japan's Nikkei tanks over 7 per cent

LONDON - Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago....

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US unemployment aid applications drop 23,000 to 340,000, a sign of improvement in job market

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth....

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Bangladesh probe faults swampy land, poor building materials, heavy equipment for collapse

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive,...

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UN forecasts slow global growth in 2013; austerity hurts Europe, US spending cuts a risk

Global economic growth is projected to gain slow momentum for the rest of the year, a United Nations economic forecast said Thursday....

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As McDonald's tries to evolve its image, criticism over nutrition persists at annual meeting

NEW YORK, N.Y. - McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday....

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Kerry Kennedy joins Fla-based farmworker protest outside Wendy's NY stockholder meeting

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Kerry Kennedy has joined farmworkers protesting outside Wendy's shareholder meeting in New York City....

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House approves student loan rates linked to financial markets despite a veto threat

WASHINGTON - House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama....

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