| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Toronto: not as cheap as advertised
National PostMarch 10, 2010 12:00 AM | A German investment banker is providing a peek into how the financial-services world sees Toronto. The unidentified banker -- based in London for many years but now in Toronto -- is writing about his experiences for hereisthe... | Time to Celebrate? Not in a Big Way
| Anniversaries are a good time to reminisce. The global stock market rally is now a year old — the lows were hit on March 9, 2009 — and that certainly brings back memories. It’s easy to see why the MSCI World Index has surged 71 percent in that period... | F.D.A. Extends Use of Botox in Spasm Therapy
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved Allergan’s Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers. | Botox is known for its ability to smooth frown lines on aging foreheads, but the drug has long been used ... | A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans
| WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities to crack down on payd... | 2 Reports of Trouble in Stopping Priuses
| Just as Toyota was trying to reassure customers about the effectiveness of its recalls, two new reports of unintended acceleration emerged this week. Denis Poroy/Associated Press | James Sikes stopped his 2008 Prius on Monday in California by applying the emergency br... | Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
| For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Noah Friedman-Rudovsky/Bloomberg | An engineer for the Bolivian government’s pilot plant for lithium productio... | |
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