PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan

"PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan Dion quotes 2005 Harper letter decrying government delays of confidence votes Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments474Recommend485 CBC News Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses

"Citigroup executives presented a plan to federal officials on Friday evening after a weeklong plunge in the company’s share price threatened to engulf other big banks. In tense, round-the-clock negotiations that stretched until almost midnight on Sunday, it became clear...

Nortel could cut up to 5,000 jobs next week: analysts

"Nortel could cut up to 5,000 jobs next week: analysts Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 8:48 AM ET Comments55Recommend32 Reuters, special to CBC News Nortel Networks Corp could shed between 3,000 and 5,000 jobs when it details its...

Outlook hazy, try again later

"For a season developing almost in lockstep with all reasonable estimates, this has been one weird year for Notre Dame football."

UK house prices fall at record annual rate in Oct

Uk home prices are continuing to plummet, causing a great amount of anxiety for the sector. House prices fell at a record rate this month in the UK."British house prices fell in October at their sharpest annual rate since records began in 1991, the Nationwide building society...

The Melvin Blog

"The last couple of about 2-3 weeks, my PC has been on quarantine almost everyday. It was reformatted almost every 3 days because of some silly virus and malicious script. Basically it all started out when I inserted my music player via usb connector."

Barclays, RBS in Talks on U.K. Government Funding

RBS and Barclays banks in the UK are thought to be the next to be in trouble, with shares in both banks plummeting today. It is thought that the UK government is going to take partial ownership in both banks."The U.K. government may invest at least 45 billion pounds ($79...

Sachin No.1 in Warne’s list

"Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost...