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TSX falls on financials, buoyed by energy
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Malcolm Morrison  
A sharp sell-off in bank stocks sent the Toronto stock market lower Tuesday, but TSX losses were limited by solid gains in energy and mining stocks.

No fault comes with high price
James Daw  Many Ontario drivers find the cost of auto insurance premiums a pain in the...
Back-to-school buys fail test
Dana Flavelle  'Tween retailer Siblings says it has slashed prices on everything from purple...
Appeal of ABCP rescue plan confirmed
RITA TRICHUR  A restructuring plan for $32 billion worth of frozen non-bank asset-backed...
Batteries blamed for overheating iPods
JESSICA MINTZ  Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for...
Ford Canada president and CEO to leave company The president and CEO of Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. (NYSE: F ) is leaving...
Mega Brands gets $75M cash infusion
Ross Marowits  Mega Brands Inc. shares surged by nearly 11 per cent Tuesday as the troubled...
Home Depot profits drop 24 per cent
ASHLEY M. HEHER  The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit sank 24 per...
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The hustle for hybrids
Soaring gasoline prices have sparked a huge increase in hybrid auto sales in Canada during the first half of this year and are causing some shortages, according to automakers.
 
Fields of gold
Big Money from Wall St. to the Middle East are on the hunt for farmland. Canada, especially Ontario, stands to profit but will the costs be too great?
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U.S. housing starts dip to 17-year low
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER  The U.S. government says that construction of homes and apartments in the...
Loonie, gas costs hammer tourism Canada saw the fewest foreign visitors in at least three decades in June as...
Quebec to spend $1.9B to retrofit nuclear ... Quebec will retain its toehold in Canada's nuclear industry by going ahead...
Apple updates iPhone software to fix glitches Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix...
U.S. brands slip in car satisfaction survey
Dan Strumpf  U.S. car buyers are growing less satisfied with their purchases from domestic...
ABCP rescue upheld, appeal possible
RITA TRICHUR  Investors with life savings stuck in non-bank, asset-backed commercial paper...
Japan investigates overheated iPods
YURI KAGEYAMA  Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music...
Oil rebounds on weak U.S. dollar
STEVENSON JACOBS  Oil prices rebounded Tuesday, jumping back above US$115 barrel after the U.S....
Wholesale sales rose 2 per cent in June Wholesale sales rose two per cent to $45.2 billion in June, their fifth...