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Rising hospital parking rates amount to a tax on ailing Canadians, says one medical specialist. More...

Organ donation rates have stagnated in Canada since 2006, according to a new report. More...

AP - Italy's borrowing rates skyrocketed during bond auctions Friday, temporarily battering stock markets in Europe as the continent's escalating debt crisis laid siege to the eurozone's third-largest economy. More...

Denizens of the malware underworld who sell access to compromised computers do so at varying rates depending on where the machines are located, researchers told the Usenix Security Symposium this week. More...

The US Federal Reserve wound up its $600-billion "QE2" program to boost the ailing economy with easy liquidity on Thursday, having generated more controversy than jobs and growth. Without fanfare the US central bank's New York branch paid banks $4.9 billion for US Treasury bonds in the...

The Federal Reserve acknowledged Wednesday that the economy is growing more slowly than it expected. But it said it will complete its $600 billion Treasury bond buying program by June 30 as planned and announced no further efforts to boost the economy. Ending a two-day meeting, the Fed...

One of the airlines recently introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips. Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how...

-- With China celebrating the New Year, central bank officials had to break into their holiday to consider changing interest rates. But it cannot have taken them long to decide on an increase. After two increases late last year, many economists thought it was only a matter of time before the...

The cost of the larger garbage bins could increase by between $9 and $14. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may be promising no increase in property taxes in 2011, but councillors are suggesting other rates may be going up. During next year's budget process there will be a recommendation from the city's...

WASHINGTON (Dec. 6) -- An outline of a bipartisan economic package is emerging that would temporarily extend the Bush-era tax rates for all taxpayers, while extending jobless benefits for millions of Americans. Differences remained over details, including White House demands for middle- and...

Mortgage activity slows on higher rates WASHINGTON, -- The Mortgage Bankers Association said U.S. mortgage activity fell sharply in the latest weekly survey, following a week in which activity rose. Long-term interest rates rose for the first time in six weeks, the MBA said. Interest...

Mortgage rates at 59-year low WASHINGTON, -- Average interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit 59-year lows this week, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday. Average interest rates for fixed-rate 30-year contracts fell to 4.19 percent with 0.8 points, Freddie...

Study: Motor vehicles make Americans fat KNOXVILLE, Tenn., European countries with high rates of walking and cycling have fewer obese people than Australia and the United States, U.S. researchers found. David Bassett Jr. of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville said "active travel" --...

Loan rates drop amid mixed data WASHINGTON, Average interest rates for long-term mortgages slid to record lows for the sixth consecutive week, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday. Rates have gone lower, despite fears the cessation of a mortgage securities purchasing...

Most city foreclosure rates are up IRVINE, Calif., Online property marketplace RealtyTrac said that three-quarters of major U.S. cities in a survey experienced year-over-year increases in foreclosure rates. The firm's Midyear 2010 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report said 154 out of 206...

Mortgage rates hover at record lows WASHINGTON, Average interest rates for long-term mortgages were unchanged in the week, tying a record low, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday. Freddie Mac said interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate contracts held steady at 4.57 percent...

More banks move to lower residential mortgage rates By The Canadian Press TORONTO - More Canadian banks lowered their mortgage rates on Monday following a historic rate cut last week by the Bank of Canada. TD Canada Trust (TSX:TD) dropped its residential mortgage rates between 0.1 and 0.6...

Here's a great little website that rates doctors in the U.S., Canada, and even the U.K.. You can go there to see how your doctor rates (good or bad). You can even rate your doctor yourself. Or, if you don't have a doctor, this is a good way to choose which one you would like to see. So please...