Last updated: Monday, March 15, 2010 | 11:14 AM ET
- Runaway Prius hard to explain: investigators
- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it cannot explain last week's case of sudden acceleration of a Toyota Prius in California, and "we may never know exactly what happened." more »
- New vehicle sales flat in January
- Lower sales of North American-built passenger cars were offset by higher sales of trucks and overseas-built passenger cars as the number of new vehicles sold remained unchanged, according to Statistics Canada. more »
- Ikea pulls pillows after Calgary mom complains
- Ikea Canada is pulling a crib pillow off shelves following a complaint from a Calgary mom that an unravelled seam nearly strangled her toddler. more »
- Listeria-contaminated meat prompts lawsuit
- The latest meat recall due to concerns over listeria contamination has prompted a proposed class action. more »
- Cord-blood banks oversell value: Marketplace
- Health claims used by private cord-blood banks to persuade parents to save their baby's umbilical cord blood can overstate the benefits, according to an investigation by CBC-TV's Marketplace. more »
- Tommy Hilfiger sold for $3B US
- Tommy Hilfiger Inc. will be bought for $3 billion US in a cash and stock deal to create one of the world's largest clothing companies. more »
- Thieves skim customer data from debit terminals
- Thieves are accessing consumers' credit and debit card information by stealing point-of-sale terminals used to pay for purchases and extracting the data that many merchants fail to delete from the devices' hard drives. more »
- Breast milk cheese the topic du jour
- New York City's health commission has advised the chef of a local restaurant against making any more cheese from his wife's excess breast milk. more »
- Tim Hortons' prize RAV4s OK: Toyota
- Toyota Canada wants anyone who wins a RAV4 in this year's Tim Hortons roll-up-the-rim contest not to worry about sticking accelerator models. more »
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- Cost of owning a home up slightly in late 2009: RBC Economics
- Pakistani doctors studying conjoined twins to see if they can operate
- Mini clothespin gives safer way to fix leaky valves without open-heart surgery, study finds
- Intense treatment fails to prevent heart attacks in diabetics; lifestyle is key, doctors say
- Tea merchants worry about industry image as 'tea party' movement stirs the pot
- Rash of reports say too many Americans get too many medical tests despite risks
- Centuries-old English cheese-rolling competition cancelled for overcrowding concerns
- Scalpel, Tolstoy: Doctors embrace literature as tool to connect with patients
- Good luck getting your paws in these mitts: Paralympic mittens a rare souvenir
- Study: Women who took the birth control pill starting in the late 1960s lived longer
