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How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Tuesday

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index added 21.90 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 1,951.70.

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Ontario’s 2016 Budget For Low-Income Families

Tuition fees in Ontario have been the highest in country – at an average of $6,160 yearly for an arts and science degree at university, $2,768 annually for college students

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UN diplomats: US and China agree on new NKorea sanctions

The United States has circulated a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to expand sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear activities, bringing the restrictive measures against Pyongyang to an

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Weight Watchers plunges after Oprah deal fails to halt slide

The company roped in Winfrey as its public face in October, in a bid to use her popularity to lift subscription numbers and reverse a almost three-year decline in sales.

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State’s water saving slips

California is not out of the woods just yet with respect to the drought as state water officials estimate most water recipients could receive up to 30 percent of their

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US Consumer Spending up Solid 0.5 Percent in January

Consumer sentiment fell less than economists forecast in February, according to the final revision of the University of Michigan’s index. The central bank lifted the short-term cost of borrowing in

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IRS: Actually, that breach last year was way worse than we thought

Additionally, the IRS is placing extra scrutiny on tax returns that taxpayers’ Social Security numbers and sharing information about the attack with state tax officials. Tax scams can happen any

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Halliburton to cut 5000 more jobs

The oil industry has cut more than 250,000 jobs globally, with the largest chunk coming from service providers, to keep up with tumbling oil prices, which are down about 70

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North Bennington residents demand answers about contaminated wells

In a statement issued Thursday, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics says it also will pay for filtration systems for affected locations and will cooperate with officials investigating the contamination. Her and others

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Ontario budget acknowledges manufacturing as a driving force of the innovation economy

The plan will see students with family incomes below $50,000 pay no tuition and 50 per cent of students from families with $83,000 or less will receive grants in excess

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Kohl’s plans closure of 18 stores

The closure is a shift away from the company’s aggressive expansion of stores in recent years across the country.

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Oil prices spike on output meeting

Brent crude futures finished up 88 cents, or 2.6 percent, at $35.29 a barrel, hitting a three-week high.

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