Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, said Monday it has agreed to buy Ohio-based Lubrizol Corp., a maker of specialty chemicals, for about $9 billion US.

Canadian household debt continued to grow at a faster rate than assets in the fourth quarter of 2010, Statistics Canada reported Monday.

Insurance companies are looking at billions in losses from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with one early estimate placing the figure as high as $35 billion US.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will deliver Ontario's budget on March 29, with a fall election looming.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has plunged as investors react to the ongoing consequences of Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami.