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Citigroup Inc. said Thursday it named a former Merrill Lynch executive, Steve Bodurtha, as managing director and head of investments for Citi Private Bank in North America.
Northern Mexico's Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America's last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than a century.
Goodyear is raising the price of tires sold in North America by 6 percent to offset higher raw material costs, the world's largest tire maker said Thursday.
First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.
United Technologies Corp. said Thursday it will buy General Electric Co.'s fire detection and electronic security business for $1.82 billion in a deal to expand its similar operations in North America.
Bunge Ltd. on Tuesday said Soren Schroder will become CEO of its North America business, taking over from Carl Hausmann, who will take on the new role of managing director of global government and corporate affairs.
Oil and gas developer Denbury Resources Inc. said Sunday it will pay $2.64 billion in cash and stock to purchase Encore Acquisition Co., in a move to become one of the largest independent oil exploration and production companies in North America.
North America's largest utility company Hydro-Quebec has announced it will pay 4.7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.4 billion) for transmission lines of New Brunswick Power, a deal that would help the company secure greater access to electricity markets in the U.S.
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. posted a 17 percent drop in third-quarter profit Wednesday as sales in North America lagged.
Michael Jackson may be headed to the top of the charts again — this time at the movie box office.
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., a maker of silicon wafers, said Thursday it agreed to buy SunEdison LLC, North America's largest solar energy services provider, for $200 million in cash and stock.
A new New York company hopes to complete financing of a Syracuse plant to make electric cars by the end of this year and start rolling out plug-in hatchbacks in late 2010.
Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday.
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV on Tuesday named General Electric Co.'s Sean O'Keefe as chief executive officer of its North American division, effective Nov. 1.
Sales outside of the Coca-Cola Co.'s home turf of North America helped profit inch higher in the third quarter, although overall sales fell as the stronger dollar continued to take a toll on revenue.
Halliburton's third-quarter results Friday gave the first concrete evidence that the oil industry may have bottomed out as profits plunged but drilling activity in the critical region of North America grew.
Caffeine addicts nationwide got first tastes of Starbucks Corp.'s newest offering as the coffee giant blanketed the nation with tens of thousands of free samples of its instant coffee called Via.
Small island nations gained North America's powerful backing Tuesday for a plan to convert the U.N. ozone treaty into a tool for phasing out some of the globe's most powerful climate-warming gases.
The publisher of North America's biggest French-language newspaper, La Presse, said Thursday the publication may cease operations on Dec. 1 if the paper is unable to significantly cut costs.
The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text. The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.
Sony Corp. has agreed to sell its main television factory in North America to a Taiwanese company, the Japanese electronics maker said Tuesday, as it struggles to cut costs and stem massive losses.
A Buckingham Research Group analyst upgraded shares of Ford Motor Co. Thursday, stating that the company's increased sales levels in North America during the third quarter would help the automaker achieve positive free-cash flow.
Toronto-Dominion Bank, North America's sixth largest bank by branches, reported a decline in third quarter profit on Thursday but easily beat expectations.
Leading recording company Universal Music Group says it has entered into a long-term contract to use the services of online music measurement company BigChampagne Media Measurement in North America.
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. said Tuesday that it has been named a master distributor in North America for Alcatel-Lucent telephony and networking solutions.
Ford Posts an Unexpected Profit of $997 million - NYTimes.comThe Ford Motor Company on Monday posted a surprise third-quarter profit of $997 million and said it had its first profitable quarter in North America in more than four years.
Omar Khadr case cost Ottawa $1.3 millionOttawa has spent more than $1.3-million fighting against Toronto-born captive Omar Khadr, who has been held at the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention centre for seven years, the government has revealed.
Minnesota film, expert put new focus on ancient mysteryChaska filmmaker's new documentary on the Kensington Runestone, left, based on research by a Chanhassen forensic expert, is appearing on the History Channel this week.
World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. 5:58PM BST 24 Aug 2009A draft report by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium.
Mo. traffic stop turns up more than $53,000, 8 cell phones, multiple IDs — but few answershere's is an story about an international scam ring just busted in Missouri. Police have their hands full unraveling this one. click the link for the full story.
U.S. Lutherans begin gay clergy discussionMembers of the country's largest Lutheran denomination will decide on a proposal that would allow congregations to let gay and lesbian people in committed relationships serve as clergy.
NAFTA Trade Takes Record 35.4 Percent DiveSteepest decline ever in trade using surface transportation Trade using surface transportation between the United States, Canada and Mexico dropped 35.4 percent in May, the largest year-over-year decline on record for the North American Free Trade Agreement partners, according t …
Why Mexican crystal meth is America's problemOnce the hobby of bikers with bath tubs, meth production has gone international and industrial. The colossal water cistern set in a clearing in a hilly, heavily forested area can hold 25,000 liters of water — enough to irrigate a major food farm.
Columbus Wasn't First -- Expert Confirms Authenticity Of Vinland MapA Danish expert said on Friday that a 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map depicting part of America prior to Christopher Columbus' arrival on the continent, is almost certainly authentic.
newsminer.com Palin, gas line supporters dismiss pipeline criticismsAt least someone is doing something to try using our natural resources and to cut dependence on getting them from other countries. Sarah Palin and the gas line. I do hope it would not hurt the environment. Things need to be done.
Colorado climber missing on Mount McKinleyPark officials say an aerial crew is on for a Colorado climber missing on Alaska's Mount McKinley after efforts to locate 41-year-old Gerald Myers of Centennial, Colo., failed on Thursday.
U.S. gets tough on Canadian borderThe administration says security should be as stringent as on the Mexican frontier. Border residents and Canadian officials disagree, saying the terrorism threat is exaggerated.
Swine flu sparks global concern - CNN.comThe European Union's health commissioner Monday called on people to avoid traveling to both Mexico and the United States as health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak.Mexico seems to be the epicenter of the outbreak, wher …
Electric shock: Those dreams of the e-car refuelling our economy? Not if they're China-made.The Ontario government is partnering with a California company to build plug-in/battery-exchange depots across the province, but are we simply building public infrastructure to subsidize the Chinese car industry? And does this matter?
Obama's First Foreign Visit as President to America's Most Favored Nation: Canada (Gallup Poll)Barack Obama's first foreign visit as president on Thursday will be to a country, Canada, that enjoys the highest favorable rating of 19 nations rated in Gallup's Feb. 9-12 World Affairs survey.
Ten new amphibian species discovered in ColombiaWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poisonous frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia, conservationists said Monday.
Flyway comes aliveWinter brings a treasure trove of birds to the Sacramento Valley: clouds of geese, cranes with a 6-foot wingspan, and soaring raptors.
Cowboy churches rope in new ChristiansMoments after flying headfirst onto the arena dirt, the man brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. But this isn't a typical rodeo. It's an outreach ministry.
Cowboy churches rope in new ChristiansMoments after flying headfirst onto the arena dirt, the man brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. But this isn't a typical rodeo. It's an outreach ministry.
Cowboy churches rope in new ChristiansMoments after flying headfirst onto the arena dirt, the man brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. But this isn't a typical rodeo. It's an outreach ministry.
Diamond clues to beasts' demiseThe controversial idea that space impacts may have wiped out woolly mammoths and early human settlers in North America has received new impetus.
Diamonds Suggest Comets Caused Killer Cold SpellThe so-called nanodiamonds are made under high-temperature, high-pressure conditions created by cosmic impacts, similar to an explosion over Tunguska in Siberia that flattened trees for miles in 1908.
Gems Point to Comet as Answer to Ancient RiddleSomething dramatic happened about 12,900 years ago, and the continent of North America was never the same. A thriving culture of Paleo-Americans, known as the Clovis people, vanished seemingly overnight.
Is the internet going down? Undersea sub-cables have just broken...Interoute, the internet networks company, reports that three of the four internet sub-cables that run from Asia to North America have been damaged.
Canada's auto sector could lose 15,000 jobs by 2009: conference boardCanada's automakers will post huge losses for the third year in a row in 2008, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada.
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