TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian stocks hit a seven-month low on Friday, erasing early mining and energy gains as concerns about Europe's deepening debt woes and after Facebook's disappointing market debut fueled a flight to safety. Nearly all of Canada's 10 main sectors finished in the red. Losses were led by the heavyweight financial group, which fell 1 percent as fears about Greece leaving the euro zone and Spain's fragile banking sector came back into focus as global equity markets tumbled in the afternoon. Royal Bank of Canada shares fell 0.5 percent to C$51.70, Bank of Nova Scotia was down ...
(Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones. Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secure Motorola's valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google's Android mobile software and Motorola's handset business. U.S. ...
ROME (Reuters) - Five-times champion Rafa Nadal wore down fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 6-0 on Saturday to reach the final of the Rome Masters. The second seed came from 3-1 down to win the first set and then ran away with the second to set up a final against either world number one Novak Djokovic or number two Roger Federer. Sixth seed Ferrer had the better of an 86-minute first set, but could not push home his advantage as Nadal won the tiebreak 8-6, before running away with the second. "At the start of the match, David was playing unbelievably," Nadal said afterwards. ...
As a tough-as-nails CIA spy in USA Network's "Covert Affairs," Piper Perabo needs to keep her body in top condition. After all her character is often seen dodging bullets, jumping out of planes and of course chasing down the bad guys. With all of this action, the actress tells Healthy Hollywood good food is essential. "I have to eat really healthy to do action sequences all day long. When I'm working on the show I'm really serious about my nutrition."