Business torrents

General Motors of Canada confirmed today it has sent letters to about 300 dealerships that will close by the fall of 2010 under the ailing […]

ATLANTA – Home Depot says fiscal first-quarter profit climbed 44 per cent on fewer charges.
The largest home improvement retailer in the U.S. beat Wall Street's […]

AIG is to speed up plans to list its Asian subsidiary through an IPO that could raise more than $4 billion, as the bailed-out […]

If all goes according to David Checketts’ plan, the Kiel Opera House will be open for holiday shows before Christmas of 2010.
The Blues […]

Looking for signs of economic recovery? Try counting the number of trucks on the road.
Trucks carry almost all of the manufactured and […]

The number of TVs, computers, iPods and other electronic devices in the home is expected to jump threefold by 2030 and will require the equivalent […]

NEW YORK–Ford Motor Co. shares dropped almost 9 per cent Tuesday morning, a day after disclosing a public offering of 300 million shares of […]

The Zarnowitz rule may live, but not for long.
The current contraction may so far be following the economic law named for Victor Zarnowitz, […]

TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp. lost 765.8 billion yen ($7.7 billion (U.S.)) in the January-March quarter – a bigger loss than General Motors reported – […]

Barclays Plc said its first quarter profit rose 15 percent from a year ago as strong growth at its investment bank arm made up […]