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Everyone knows Canada provides free healthcare to all its citizens. So why are a growing number of Canadians coming to the US for medical attention? Steve McNally has the answer.

The price of gold hit a 25-year high, and platinum hit its highest price ever, on Monday. Amy Scott tells us why.

Argentineans, incensed over plans to build Uruguayan pulp mills along a river common to the two countries, have sparked a tourist boycott that's costing Uruguay dearly. Dan Grech reports.

I’m usually an adventurous traveler, particularly when it comes to eating. My family traveled lot when I was a kid and my sister and I were...

CHINESE ETIQUETTE LESSON III: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF GANBEI... OR "BOTTOMS UP" IN ENGLISH...

As many of my colleagues have described - working on this project has often meant working long hours. During our stay in Shanghai, it meant some of...

The big studios got spurned this award season, as indie films swept the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards. What would a win mean economically for a film that doesn't necessarily have mass appeal? Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

Last year set a record for mergers and acquisitions, but companies like Viacom are reversing that trend by breaking into parts. Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan tells host Scott Jagow that either way, investment bankers make a ton of money.

Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola Universities all reopen for classes this week. This should help the city's struggling economy and the schools, which suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Janet Babin reports.

Helen Palmer reports on the race among drug companies to find a universal flu vaccine to treat a possible outbreak of avian flu.