Ontarians and people living in other parts of Canada may be grumbling about the weather this April, but Environment Canada's David Phillips says the "cruel" conditions they've been seeing are not unusual.
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AP - In in the latest sign that the economy is surging at year's end, unemployment claims have dropped to the lowest level since April 2008, long before anyone realized that the nation was in a recession.
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Housing starts and building permits fell in April and factory output slumped as an automobile parts shortage crimped production, showing the economy got off to a weak start in the second quarter.
Corporate results from Home Depot Inc added further evidence of a decline in housing after the No...
NEW YORK – The producers of Broadway's "American Idiot" say Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the hit musical for its final three weeks.
Armstrong, who is also the show's composer and co-author, will return to the role he created as St. Jimmy on April 5 through closing...
Royal revelers at street parties will be able to listen to their top tunes for free when Prince William weds Kate Middleton on April 29, after the PRS group waived charges normally levied on the public use of music.
PRS for Music, which ensures that songwriters, composers and music publishers...
-- You get three extra days to file your taxes this year. They'll be due on Mon., April 18.
But it's not because of a previously announced processing delay that will prevent people who itemize their taxes from filing before mid- to late February, the IRS said Tuesday. Instead, the bonus days...
Home prices up, but unimpressive
NEW YORK, (UPI) -- The monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indiexes showed U.S. home prices rose in April over March, but still show modest improvements from a year ago.
Although 18 of 20 tracked cities showed month-to-month price increases in April, the...
BP to suspend dividend payments
LONDON, (UPI) -- British petroleum giant BP is placing $2.4 billion in an escrow account to cover liabilities in the Gulf of Mexico, sources told The Times of London.
The funds would come from a suspension of second-quarter dividend payments, which would...