All news from March 11, 2010

The employment picture for Canada’s marketing and advertising professionals is expected to improve in the next quarter as firms eye new business on the horizon, according to a study released Thursday.

The Bank of Canada, still basking in the afterglow of praise for its handling of last year’s financial crisis, turns 75 facing its next challenge of managing interest rate policy.

Canada’s economy is poised for steady growth this year and next, though the outlook for jobs won’t improve much until 2011, according to a report by RBC Economics.

A bottled water company chose a novel way to celebrate Bottled Water Free Day on Thursday, inviting Toronto residents to "Get free bottled water today."

Imax Corp reported a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as the giant-screen movie theater operator benefited from a strong slate of films, including Fox's "Avatar: An IMAX 3D Experience."

Canada is marching forward on its path toward economic recovery pushed along by larger trade surpluses, better productivity rates and higher new house prices.

Thanachart Bank, 49 percent owned by Canada's Nova Scotia Bank, has agreed to pay $1 billion for a 47.6 percent stake in Siam City Bank in Thailand's biggest acquisition in four years.

Canadian stocks may open lower as a jump in Chinese consumer inflation weighed on resource-related shares, as the data could lead to tighter monetary policy and slower growth sooner than eToronto’s main stock market index edged lower Thursday morning as resource prices slipped and data from the United States and China spurred a return of worry about the stability of the economic recovery.

Still in awe over 3G smartphone technology? Get over it. Fourth-generation wireless is just around the corner and chances are you’ll be shopping for a new 4G gadget in less than three years.

Chinese consumer inflation spurted to a 16-month high in February and a raft of economic data displayed broad-based strength, providing fresh arguments for policy tightening sooner rather than later.

British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's concept albums.