We earn more, but we’re willing to take a pay cut. On Labour Day weekend, our working lives are being shaped by several trends.

Sales of existing home sales in Toronto fell by 22 per cent in August 2010 over last year.

Postmedia Network Inc. confirmed Friday that some of its daily newspapers have cut jobs in an effort to tighten their operations and refocus on serving an Internet-based readership.

You could be dinged with unauthorized charges if you give your credit card or bank account number to a fitness club chain.

Gold prices could see a modest increase in 2011, but analysts warn prices could then start to fall as investors gain faith in economic growth.

Kia Canada is recalling about 4,500 cars to fix possible faulty wiring that could start fires.

When too many investors become risk averters and stampede into safe places they are usually wrong.

The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Friday with the TSX failing to get much traction from an American jobs report which blew past expectations.

Private employers in the United States hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labour Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.

Edward Greenspon, a former editor-in-chief at the Globe and Mail, has been appointed vice president, business development at the Toronto Star and the Star Media Group.