Category: Business

Airline passengers may not like paying extra to check a bag, or get preferred seating or the hated fuel surcharge, but none of those charges are going away soon, according to Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu. The industry has spent a decade getting its customers accustomed to paying extra fees …

Katie Couric is looking for a new television home — and the likely new boss at her old television home, NBC News, may be looking for her.

On Monday, the Nasdaq crossed 5000 for the first time in 15 years. Here is what CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla looked like in 2000 via @IvanTheK. The last time the Nasdaq composite index was north of 5000. #nostalgia #bubble #hair pic.twitter.com/tQp0f0hIBM — Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) March 3, 2015 Join the conversation …

This week, three real estate brokers are cutting off customers’ online access to recent final home sales prices — coveted information that can help buyers and sellers gauge a property’s worth — because of a threat made by the Toronto Real Estate Board that they risk losing their lifeline to…

Lawyers for property owners told federal magistrate judges overseeing lawsuits in Brooklyn and Central Islip in New York in a filing Monday that settlements have already been reached in 160 cases. The accords are the first wave of hundreds more expected after some homeowners complained that companies that help provide flood …

Paying $1 for a house may seem too good to be true — and, in many cases, it is.

While you may end up being asked the standard “What is your weakness?” question at a job interview, a sneaky employer may try to slip in some questions that are illegal to ask (in many states) to gain some sensitive information. Watch the video to see the best ways…

The second fastest growing type of debt in Canada is a high-interest, subprime, unsecured, short-term loan called an instalment loan. Marketed to people with bad debts and poor credit, instalment loans carry interest rates as high as 59 per cent. But the true cost can be much higher.

A Fox News Special Report segment attacked new rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission to ensure net neutrality, claiming the rules were done in secret and would slow down the Internet. But the FCC received millions of public comments in favor of net neutrality, and experts say the rules …

A small British fashion company was basking in the limelight Friday after a debate about the color of one of its dresses went viral.

Jeweler Tiffany & Co has launched a TV ad that features a same-sex marriage proposal. The ad, created by Ogilvy New York, features a number of couples building up to asking their significant other “Will You?,” which is the tagline of the campaign. The TV spot is an…

Bank of Montreal reports it had a lower first-quarter profit than last year, although its main Canadian banking arm and other major parts of its business still showed growth.

Cheap oil and rising production costs are killing the North Sea energy industry.

Police arrested Gabriela Bernice Ortiz, 19, of San Jose, who they believe is responsible for the killing of Robert Joseph Heiser, 56, who was found dead in his Gilroy home Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Police believe the woman pictured on the right, who was caught on surveillance footage using the credit cards of a …

President Barack Obama’s approval rating hit an all-time low recently, and a Pew Research Center chart shows that this is actually fairly common for presidents who have been in the White House for a while. Some notable presidents represented on the chart saw their approval ratings reach low points…