All articles from: November, 2011

Canada GDP surges 3.5 percent in third quarter

Bucking the trend of major economies, Canada checked in Wednesday with its strongest quarterly growth since the start of 2010.

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Mattress USA Launches PartySuppliesDelivered.com

BRIGHTON, MI– – Mattress USA is pleased to get into the party business. Mattress USA, number 388 on the Internet Retailer Top 500, is the internet’s premier destination for mattresses and home furnishings. …

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Canada won’t confirm it’s pulling out of Kyoto

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada dismissed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday as a thing of the past, but declined to confirm a media report it will formally pull out of the international treaty before the end of this year. Although the Conservative government walked away from its Kyoto obligations years ago, a formal [...]

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USA Recycling Industries, Inc. Acquires Majority Stake in Pennsylvania Fuel Oil Delivery Service Provider

READING, PA– – USA Recycling Industries, Inc. , a Pennsylvania-based scrap metals recycler providing specialty recycling services to automotive service centers throughout North America, today announced …

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Big trouble in Canada’s Little Saigon

The designation of a neighborhood in westernmost Canada as “Little Saigon” was meant to revitalize a few seedy city blocks, but has instead inflamed old North and South Vietnamese rivalries.

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Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Introduced to Canadians

OTTAWA, ONTARIO– – The first pan-Canadian low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines-developed to help Canadians make informed choices about alcohol consumption and to encourage a culture of moderation-were …

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UH, Southern Miss set for C-USA title matchup

The Conference USA championship game matchup is set. Southern Mississippi clinched the C-USA East Division title on Saturday with a 44-7 home win over Memphis to claim the open spot in the C-USA title game. That means the Golden Eagles (10-2, 6-2 C-USA) will travel to Houston to face the Cougars at 11 a.m. on [...]

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Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Introduced to Canadians

OTTAWA, ONTARIO– – The first pan-Canadian low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines-developed to help Canadians make informed choices about alcohol consumption and to encourage a culture of moderation-were …

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Canada to end 7 a.m. release of key economic data

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s statistics agency will end its long-running practice of releasing key employment and inflation data at 7 a.m. (1200 GMT) as of April – to the great relief of journalists and economists from coast to coast. Starting next April, Statistics Canada will move the release time of monthly data on jobless numbers [...]

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Canada’s Supreme Court dismisses U.S. Steel appeal

OTTAWA (Reuters) – A decision by Canada’s top court on Thursday gives the federal government the right to fine U.S. Steel Corp for breaking job-protection promises made when it bought Canadian steelmaker Stelco. By refusing to hear an appeal by U.S. Steel, the Supreme Court of Canada blocked an attempt by the steelmaker to overturn [...]

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