How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions

The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...

Lawsuit alleging racy Brett Favre texts settled

View Photo FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2008, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre reacts to a missed pass during the second half on an NFL football game against ...

401 balances soar but theyre still not enough

hit a new record high of nearly $81,000 in the first quarter of 2013. That's a 75% jump from the scary-low levels of March 2009, when the stock market bottomed out. Older workers are in considerably better shape. The average 401(k) balance for people 55 and over who are still working rose to $255,000, Fidelity says. That's a 95% jump from the dark days of early 2009, when workers ...

Deerfield discusses a new kind of tax for retail property owners

While retail property owners are desperate to fill vacancies, and are likely to ink leases with tenants who produce little or no sales tax revenue, Deerfield officials are looking for new ways to make up those lost tax dollars.Look no further than the former Borders bookstore, said Deerfield Village Manager Kent Street. After it closed, the sales tax-lucrative location eventually became a ...

What Chris Christie said to Snooki

Twitter-feuding twosome met after taping separate appearances on the Today Show to celebrate the re-opening of the Seaside Heights boardwalk destroyed last fall by Hurricane Sandy. "I just wanted to meet you, and just, hope you start to like us," Snooki ...