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HARTFORD, Conn. - An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.

Zoocasa, an upstart real estate company owned by Rogers, has launched a revamped website that aims to compete with Realtor.ca by presenting MLS listings in a more user-friendly format and connecting clients with realtors from major agencies.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Procter & Gamble Co. is bringing back its former CEO, as the world's largest consumer-products maker tries to spur global growth.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - It was another ugly quarter for Sears Holdings Corp.

TSX dips on stimulus fears, sluggish data TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index dipped on Thursday as fears the U.S. Federal Reserve will dial back its bond-buying program and pessimism following sluggish economic data from China and Europe fueled declines in all major sectors. Weakness in Toronto-Dominion Bank further weighed on the market after the country's No. 2 lender reported earnings slightly below expectations. Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

German brewers are worried that fracking, the process of extracting natural gas from underground shale deposits, will jeopardize the quality of their beer by contaminating the water supply and have asked their government to hold off on passing the fracking regulations it has been drafting for months.

CHICAGO - An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.

The run-up in stock prices this year could tempt even the most hands-off investor to wade into their 401(k) and make some changes.

TSX dips on stimulus fears, sluggish data TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index dipped on Thursday as fears the U.S. Federal Reserve will dial back its bond-buying program and pessimism following sluggish economic data from China and Europe fueled declines in all major sectors. Weakness in Toronto-Dominion Bank further weighed on the market after the country's No. 2 lender reported earnings slightly below expectations. Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. ...

CALI, Colombia - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it is too soon to decide whether Canada should join the Pacific Alliance trade bloc in its mission to deepen economic integration.

By Lauren Tara LaCapra SALT LAKE City (Reuters) - After dozens of meetings with executives and regulators, 100,000 hours of employee training and an immeasurable amount of public grief, Goldman Sachs Group Inc's Lloyd Blankfein claimed success in putting the bank and his legacy as CEO back on track. At Goldman's annual meeting on Thursday, Blankfein unveiled details of a three-year review and overhaul of the bank's practices in dealing with clients, following high-profile missteps that tarnished its reputation in the aftermath of the financial crisis. ...

MONTREAL - Genivar has unveiled a strategic plan to more than double its size even as the big consulting engineering firm acknowledged that ethical lapses have undermined employee morale.

MILWAUKEE - Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.

TORONTO - Canada said Thursday that it is considering retaliatory measures against the United States in a dispute over meat-labeling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

By Bernard Vaughan and Tom Polansek NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week. ...

CALGARY - A senior TransCanada Corp. executive says the resistance to the approval of the proposed Keystone XL oilsands pipeline has made the company more cautious about future cross-border endeavours.

MONTREAL - BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:BTB.UN) said Thursday that one of its subsidiaries has sold a property in Quebec for $2,375,000.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - After years of struggle, Gap is back in style.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose $19.53 billion to $2.601 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.