Costs News

Toronto - On top of the 300 job cuts announced in March, Rogers Communications Inc. will cut 375 more positions, the company said Tuesday. This comes as the company faces lower profits, enhanced competition and higher systems costs.

Stockholm - With the economic crisis continuing, even the Nobel Peace Prize has felt the hit. Prizes will be reduced by up to 20% this year.

A non-invasive process that makes 3D pictures of the lungs could reduce lung cancer deaths by 35 percent for relatively low cost per life saved.

Long-time appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corp. announced today it is scaling back thousands of jobs. The Benton Harbor, Mich. based company is also seeking to make some massive changes along with the 5,000 jobs being eliminated.

Toronto - Around the world people, the 99 percenters, are protesting big corporations with tent cities and marches. In Toronto a tent city is in its second day. How much will the movement cost local governments?

An in-depth analysis of the state of the law of defamation in Britain and the ongoing attempts ostensibly to reform it with some insight into the motives of those who seek to do so.

Global environmental damage resulting from human activity resulted in an economic cost of $6.6 trillion during 2008, equivalent to 11 percent of global GDP. By 2050, this annual amount is expected to jump to $28 trillion (18 percent of GDP).

Toronto - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative government are not providing any apologies for the astronomical costs for the G8 and G20 summits. The total cost of the summits amounted to $1.2 billion.

European MPs have forced mobile phone companies to reduce the costs of sending a text or using the Internet whilst abroad which must be good news for all travellers.

Polk County students in Florida may see some important people in their classrooms instead of the regular substitute teacher.