TORONTO - The Toronto stock market is poised to break through its old closing high set last July during the week as commodity stocks, particularly oil, run ahead. As it was the TSX came within a wh...

NEW YORK - A spokeswoman for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. says the media conglomerate has withdrawn its bid to purchase Newsday. The decision to revoke the offer comes just days after Murdoch confid...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Pope & Talbot Inc., has shut its doors after a Delaware court ordered the bankrupt timber company to turn its mills over to a court-appointed trustee for liquidation. The court rul...

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday as energy stocks failed to respond to another runup in crude prices to another record breaking high, while oil prices along with a huge loss at i...

SEATTLE - Boeing Co. and Machinists union representatives met Friday to open contract talks, exchanging proposals on pay, pensions, health care and other issues. Boeing's three-year contract with t...