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Geoff Flood says his company has not cut positions since it formed in 1996. Rebecca Penty/Telegraph-Journal Geoff Flood, Toronto-based president of T4G Ltd., attended the technology firm's grand opening of its Moncton office Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 -- Traders, in principle, are not allowed to impose a surcharge on purchase made using credit cards, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday.

MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales, today provided summary results for the first half of the month, through November 14, 2009.

Midday Business Briefing Jobless rate below forecast? Why Goldman is losing talent A tourist plays a slot machine at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press Plus, Manulife shares sink on stock issue.

E*Trade Financial Corp. A bearish risk reversal in the January 2011 contract on E*Trade today indicates long-term pessimistic sentiment on the online brokerage firm.

Considering it is a Friday before a short holiday week, it was no surprise volume was light and the indexes chopped around for most of the session closing near their open.

U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit-card costs if lawmakers force payment networks including Visa Inc.

Picksthatmove.com Alerts include MasterCard Incorporated ; Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. ; Union Pacific Corporation ; Motorola, Inc.

Total to Current Members of Congress since 1989: $23.3 million Total Lobbying Expenditures since 1998 : $264.2 million The U.S. economy faltered after the subprime mortgage meltdown, but these investments weren't the only obligations that many consumers defaulted on.

Morning Business Briefing Jobless rate below forecast? Why Goldman is losing talent Job seekers line-up at various booths at the National Job Fair and Training Expo in the Toronto Metro Convention Centre.

MasterCard Worldwide is launching a new online tool designed to drive e-commerce by helping online shoppers narrow gift choices based on price and the personality of the recipient.

Cryptomathic has announced that it has been selected by MasterCard Worldwide to manage the data preparation requirements for the deployment of the MasterCard Mobile Over The Air Provisioning Service that enables MasterCard PayPass applications to be provisioned on to mobile phones.

Retailers led the gainers. The dollar declined to 15-month low and gold surged to a record high in 27 years.

MasterCard has today launched an innovative solution to harness the mobile phone as a form factor for its Chip Authentication Program.

American Express has pulled ahead of other financial-sector names in the past month, as investors have warmed up to the company following an initially tepid response to its third-quarter results on Oct.

Interac girds for battle with Visa, MasterCard A sign showing Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Interac on the counter at Baby on The Hip, on Queen Street East in Toronto.

Ecolab Inc. 's Douglas Baker Jr. and C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. 's John Wiehoff are among the top 10 CEOs in a "wealth creation" index published in Chief Executive magazine.

Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said Thursday its profit rose as it cut costs and recorded fewer special charges during the third quarter.

The Decatur, Ill.-based company said Tuesday that first-quarter profit tumbled 53 percent as the recession dragged down demand for crops and ethanol, but demand is improving in some key markets.

Troubled megabank Bank of America Corp. may have the desire to hire from outside to replace outgoing CEO Ken Lewis, but evidently no one wants the job .