Business

The Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation has awarded a branding and logo services contract to Nanaimo-based Impact Visual Communications valued at $24,700. The deal includes research, development of brand standards, logo, tag line and templates.

After more than 23 years downtown, lawyer Robert Klassen has relocated his family law practice to his home at 1508 Despard Ave., at the corner of St. Charles.

Little hope for quick solution to debt crisis

Easter egg-maker to boost use of coloured stones in jewelry

The Toronto stock market closed higher Wednesday as U.S. data showed the economy steadily recovering, which took some of the sting from another failure by euro-zone leaders to agree on a vital batch of bailout money for Greece.

Pinecrest Energy Inc. and Spartan Oil Corp. are joining forces to create a new billion-dollar company capable of snapping up big oil assets that both have long coveted, but neither had the heft to acquire on its own.

Best Buy shares fell to their lowest level in a decade as the electronics retailer reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit and same-store sales fell for the ninth time in 10 quarters.

Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday that it's the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that lied about its finances.

Ski resort lifts running Nov. 30

A proposal to put a 50-metre-high communications tower on a Central Saanich farm moved a step forward this week.