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Shoppers head to South Florida malls for last-minute Christmas gifts

Some locations will have reduced hours of 8 a.m.to 6 p.m. OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY . Open 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Colony Square Mall will be closed tomorrow, but reopens...

Businesses open on Christmas Day

Retailers often refer to the Saturday before Christmas as "Super Saturday" or "Panic Saturday" - a day procrastinators hit the stores to find something special ...

Christmas opening times for Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl and Aldi 2018

Chinook Centre , Southcentre Mall, Sunridge Mall, CrossIron Mills, Market Mall and The CORE are open until 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Da...

Crude oil prices continue their slide after testing support

While the US and China - the world's two biggest economies - plan to hold meetings in January to negotiate a broader truce in their trade spat, a speech by Xi o...

Hemp Legalization Changes Everything for CBD Oil Users

However, marijuana has both cannabidiol (CBD )-a medical compound that has health benefits but won't induce a high-and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical...

Gatwick Airport drone: Reward offered as husband and wife suspects are released

No further details are available, although Gatwick has a long history of antagonism from residents opposed to expansion of the airport , usage of the airfield'...

Hydro crews work around the clock to restore power to British Columbians

Hydro says more than 800 personnel are working to fix widespread damage. Environment Canada issued a warning yesterday advising residents on the West Coast of...

Last minutes Christmas shoppers give boost to local businesses

And if you still have to come to the mall, be prepared to have to fight for a parking spot and to wait in line. It's also infamous for being the longest wait ...

More than 164,000 pounds of ground turkey recalled

The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada to investigate...

GO Transit operating under holiday hours for Christmas and New Year's

Wilton Transfer Station will be closed Saturday, Dec. 22; open Christmas Eve, Dec. 24; and closed Christmas Day , Dec. 25. Federal offices will be closed ...

Senate Democrats Blame Trump For 'Dumb,' ‘Unnecessary,’ ‘Truly Absurd’ Government Shutdown

The lack of funds will disrupt many government operations and the routines of 800,000 federal employees. Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney , came fr...

How major USA stock indexes fared Friday

Interested in Stock Market? Without a decent rally, this could be the worst December since 1931. The Nasdaq led Friday's plunge, dropping three percent for ...

This Amazon Glitter Bomb Trap Was Made By a NASA Engineer

One former NASA engineer, Mark Rober , had enough after one of his packages was stolen from his porch. But instead of the speaker, the box contains four co...

Facebook Said to Develop Stablecoin Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Transfers in India

Almost 40 employees - including several former PayPal execs - work in Facebook's ($FB) secretive blockchain group , and the company recently appointed a ...

How a partial government shutdown could play out: By the numbers

The agencies left at risk include the departments of Homeland Security , State, Agriculture , Commerce , Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice a...

GST Council cuts rates on TVs, movie tickets; cement, ACs left untouched

Out of the items that were brought down from the 28 per cent slab, six items were brought down to 18 per cent and one item to five per cent. Jaitley said the ...

Ford's Noise-Cancelling Kennel Keeps Dogs' Ears Safe From Fireworks

Pet owners love spoiling their animals and the American Pet Products Association estimates US pet owners will spend a record $72 (£57 / €63.4) billion on their ...

Ford recalls nearly 900000 F-150 & Super Duty pickups after fires

This doesn't sound too bad, but Ford says they are aware of three fires originating from the engine block heater cable splice connector. Ford says it is only a ...

Japan prosecutors file new allegation against Nissan's Ghosn

Prosecutors allege Ghosn's pay was under-reported by almost 10 billion yen (£63 million). In addition to charges against Ghosn and Kelly, prosecutors have a...

Fed's Powell embraces uncertainty and risks that go with it

The S&P 500 has posted a loss each day the Federal Reserve has announced an interest-rate decision under Powell's watch - a record seven straight Fed days -...

Altria spending $12.8B for a stake in e-vapor company JUUL

The statement argues that Altria's distribution network and retail reach will help expand Juul's reach, thereby decreasing the rate of combustible cigarette sal...

Govt reaches out to start-ups, promises no coercive action on taxes

The DIPP has taken the notice of news reports doing rounds that the Income Tax Department, has been sending notices to early-stage start-ups asking them to cl...

United States stocks' post-Fed swoon continues as oil slumps

The stock market turned sharply negative Wednesday, erasing earlier gains , after the central bank said it would hike interest rates to a target range ...

Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn re-arrested in Japan

The court also denied the detention extension request for Greg Kelly, a former representative board member of Nissan. The lawyer has previously declined to retu...

Google refused to develop specroscopic for China

Google has stopped developing its censored search engine for China , known as project Dragonfly . 265 is said to be "China's most used homepage" and was purch...

Budweiser-maker AB InBev forges cannabis beverage research partnership with Tilray

Legal recreational cannabis sales throughout Canada began on October 17, 2018, and A-B InBev is latest major beer manufacturer to partner with a cannabis comp...

Denmark Says Video of Two Scandinavian Women Butchered by 'Daesh' Is Authentic

The killing of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco is being considered as an act of terror, Denmark's prime minister has said. The prosecutor's office said t...

Mitch McConnell will introduce bill to avoid looming shutdown

He also said Mexico was paying indirectly for the Wall project through the new U.S-Mexico-Canada trade deal. Democrats and many Republicans have challenged ...

GoFundMe for border wall raises more than $2M in just 3 days

When asked whether she intends to vote for Trump in 2020 if significant moves aren't made for wall funding, Coulter, who was a big Trump supporter in 2016, said...

High-speed tunnel shown off by Elon Musk's Boring Company

The next step for The Boring Company is to show that it can send a large number of vehicles through a tunnel at high speeds, founder Elon Musk said on Wed...

PH improved to 8th place as most gender equal country - WEF

Japan is the lowest ranking country among the Group of Seven industrialized nations. The figures indicate that the global gender gap remains slightly reduced ...

No one dictates to us, defiant Xi warns America amid trade war

Over the past 40 years, China has recorded an average annual GDP growth rate of around 9.5 percent, contributed over 30 percent to global economic growth and li...

'Drone' sightings at Gatwick Airport halt flights

Flying a drone within 1km of an airport or airfield boundary was made illegal in Britain at the end of July. Flights were suspended between 9.03pm on 19 Decem...

Facebook offered users privacy wall, then let tech giants around it

While most were technology companies, there were also automakers and media organizations. That is all well and good, but considering how much criticism Facebo...

Third Canadian detained in China amid rising tensions

At a daily news briefing in Beijing yesterday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said she was unaware of the report . Officials said there is n...