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Netflix, the largest video-streaming company in the world, has been tracking the download speeds of North American broadband ISPs. On Thursday, it posted a chart of its findings: On average, ISPs in Canada handily beat their U.S. counterparts.

Target will open its first stores in Canada in 2013, the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. announced in a statement Thursday. The company agreed to pay $1.84 billion to acquire the leasehold interests for as many as 220 sites operated by Hudson's Bay Co.'s Zellers stores.

It's official, Target is expanding north of the border, and has agreed to pay C$1.825 billion to purchase the leases of up to 220 stores currently operated by discount store chain Zellers Inc., a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Co. Target expects to begin converting the stores, with the first slated...

Canada's banks fared well during the financial crisis and global recession thanks to their prudent management and the country's tough regulations. But what can they do with all the capital they've accumulated? Expand south of the border.

The U.S. is hardly alone in losing work to cheaper skilled labor in foreign countries. Australia, Canada and Israel, among others, have dropped off Gartner's list of the top 30 countries for outsourcing. Here's where IT and business-processing jobs are heading.

In a surprise decision by a government that has historically favored foreign investment, Canada has rejected a foreign takeover bid for Saskatchewan-based Potash Corp. Australian mining company BHP Billiton had offered $38.6 billion in what would have been the world's largest corporate acquisition this year.

Bisphenol A, a harmful chemical commonly found in canned foods and cash register receipts, has been officially declared a toxic substance in Canada. The designation, ending years of opposition by the chemical industry, was hailed as a victory by environmental groups in the country, and could set...

General Motors is giving some 600,000 employees, retirees and dealers the chance to purchase stock in the resurgent company as the auto giant moves forward with its initial public offering, slated for next month.

BHP Billiton (BHP) will lodge a motion intended to remove a legal obstacle to its $39 billion hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp (POT). BHP said it plans to file a motion challenging a lawsuit filed by Potash Corp., which alleges that BHP misrepresented material facts related to the bid....

Netflix says it mistakenly coached extras used in a corporate video to tell the Canadian media how enthusiastic they were about the company's videostreaming service, which launched in Canada this week.