Friday, February 10, 2012 U.S. sees record Black Friday sales U.S. retailers racked up a record $52.4 billion in sales over the Thanksgiving weekend, a 16.4% jump from a year ago, as early hours and attractive promotions brought out more shoppers. Outlook for Canadian banks sours as Euro woes weigh A volatile year for Canadian banking results is likely to end on a soft note, and the outlook for 2012 won't inspire confidence as Europe's debt troubles deepen and Canadian borrowers turn shy. Twelve days of Christmas to cost 3.5% more Your partridge and your pear tree are going to cost about 3.5% more this year than last. RIM downgraded on competition fears Sterne Agee downgraded Research In Motion Ltd to "neutral" from "buy," and said it expects increased competition to hurt the BlackBerry maker's margins. Cameco pulls out of bidding war for Hathor Cameco Corp said Monday it is backing out of a bidding war for Hathor Exploration after Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto sweetened its bid to C$654 million. Bombardier wins $214M Indian train contract Bombardier Inc's train unit received a contract to make railway equipment for India's Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp(MRVC).  Canadian real estate becoming more affordable, RBC says  Budget deficit shrinks on higher income tax  Teachers' to keep control of Maple Leaf Sports  Britain to face biggest strike in 30 years All news 18:00 HE S&P TSX 12,389.42 -108.52 S&P 500 1,342.64 -9.31 DJI 12,801.23 -89.23 NASDAQ 2,903.88 -23.35 $ US/$ CAN 99.83 17:55 $ CAN/$ US 1.00 17:55 $ CAN/€ EUROS 1.32 18:00 € EURO/$ CAN 0.76 18:00 Read the latest news on your BlackBerry or other smart phones. Send a text message to 22022 and type 'Money' in the subject line. Unsubscribe from the newsletter.