Money

Sarah Manchester, a math teacher from Silver Spring, became the third contestant to win the $1 million dollar grand prize on the popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” during Wednesday night’s episode that aired on ABC 7. Read More »

Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) will be fined for failing to comply with an order that it move a minimum amount of grain each week, a spokesperson for federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said, in a move that caught the railway by surprise. Read More »

Walmart is calling for a new dress code for its employees that include “twill pants and knit polos.” However, some Walmart employees claim that because of their meager hourly wages, they don’t have the money needed to cover the out-of-pocket cost, according to CBS News Read More »

New home prices in Canada were on average unchanged in July from June, with declines in the major cities of Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa offsetting hikes in Calgary and elsewhere, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. Read More »

Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees third baseman, has reportedly purchased “Julie and Julia” actress Meryl Streep’s Hollywood Hills house for $4.8 million. Read More »

The province has finally passed though the $10 dollar mark when it comes to the general minimum wage. Alberta is the last province to do so with Labour Day Monday the start of the new to $10.20 an hour rate, up from $9.95 an hour. Read More »

Manhattan’s first-ever Denny’s restaurant is serving up a swanky spin on low-end diner grub — complete with a $300 breakfast that pairs Grand Slams with bottles of Dom Perignon champagne. Read More »

Almost one month into a strike by 900 Unifor workers at Bombardier’s Thunder Bay, Ont., plant, the company moved three Toronto Transit Commission subway cars through the picket line on Tuesday for delivery to Toronto. Read More »

Barneys New York has agreed to pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit over claims that it targeted black and Latino customers for credit-card fraud checks and surveillance while they shopped in its luxury clothing stores, city officials said on Monday, according to The Associated Press. Read More »

Canadian investment firm Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. on Friday disclosed that Quebec’s securities regulator is probing its top two officials as part of an insider trading investigation. The firm itself also is being investigated alongside chief executive officer Prem Watsa and president Paul Rivett, it said. The matter involves the possibility of illegal insider trading or tipping around an undisclosed ... Read More »

Canadian stocks rose to a record as companies including Genworth MI Canada Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and U.S. growth expanded faster than forecast in the second quarter. Read More »