BUSINESS EDITORS:@ Here are The Canadian Press Business budget lines as of 10 p.m. ET. Plans may change as circumstances warrant. To contact Canadian Press Business by e-mail, send messages to business(at)thecanadianpress.com.

In the Spring 2008 North London Business Survey local firms report a bullish attitude to business conditions in spite of the current turmoil in the finance sector. 16% of North London businesses report they are actively seeking premises in order to expand

Manitoba's NDP government will spend more on roads and hospitals while helping businesses gain access to loans to spur investment in a challenging economy.

The deadly Islamist militant strike on India's financial nerve centre clouds the future of Asia's third-largest economy at a time when it already faces a significant slowdown, analysts say.

Even if the financial bailout works, the economy faces troubles too pervasive and entrenched to be solved any time soon, analysts say. While Americans have spent the last month transfixed by the spectacle of one financial giant after another crashing t