The head of a B.C. legislative committee says the 10-member all-party committee will meet for the first time on Wednesday to debate the fate of the anti-HST petition - and he expects a quick decision.

Public confidence in business leadership internationally in the April-to-June period fell to its lowest level in a year, according to a survey released Tuesday.

The number of Canadian companies that expect to hire more workers slipped marginally in the fourth quarter, according to a new survey released Tuesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion US in long-term spending on the country's roads, railways and runways in a pre-election effort to show he's trying to stimulate the sputtering economy.

European Union finance ministers are set to discuss the possibility of introducing a levy on banks and whether a tax on financial transactions could stave off another banking crisis when they meet in Brussels Tuesday.