The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the Greek president has warned that depositors withdrew €700 million ($896 million Cdn) from local banks Monday.

The federal government is phasing out Social Insurance Number cards starting in 2014 to save money and cut down on the risk of them being used in identity theft.

Royal Dutch Shell says it has given a tentative go ahead for a liquefied natural gas project in Kitimat, B.C., alongside three Asian Partners.

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have happened" and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board.

Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said Tuesday that the government is trying to remove disincentives in the employment insurance system and add more "teeth" to the rules.

American Airlines ground workers split over a final contract offer from the company that would spare some jobs targeted for elimination.

The average selling price of a Canadian resale home was a little less than one per cent higher in April compared to the same month a year ago.

The founder of Lavalife says Canadian tech startups are starved for venture capital, and that needs to change.

Power Corp. of Canada says first-quarter net earnings attributable to shareholders grew 15 per cent to $264 million.

Norway's government says it will spend less of its oil wealth in an effort to avoid excessive economic growth, which has been boosting the national currency, hurting exporters.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says new rule changes to define "suitable employment" and "reasonable" efforts at finding work have yet to come down, but as far as he's concerned people should be prepared to take pretty well any available job.

Statoil says it has reached a deal for a rig to drill three wells in the Newfoundland offshore in 2012 and 2013.

Dreams of getting more oilsands crude to Eastern Canada come at a time when western pipeline routes are mired in controversy and plans to go south face roadblocks. But only the market may ultimately determine whether they come to fruition.

Leading European Union finance officials have pleaded with Greece not to renege on its bailout terms and to stay the course of its painful austerity program to prevent even worse economic hardship.

The Conservative government's massive budget implementation bill cleared its first major legislative hurdle today, passing second reading as New Democrats conceded there was little they would be able to do to block the vote.