The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - AbitibiBowater's worsening financial position is forcing the insolvent company to juggle its corporate structure to avoid a big tax bill.

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Some of Nortel Networks' most-prized assets were on the auction block Friday as two technology giants put their best bids forward in hopes of gaining control.

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget.

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell on Friday as weaker oil prices, caused partly by a stronger U.S. dollar, weighed on resource issues, including Suncor Energy Inc.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - A charitable trust controlling US chocolate maker Hershey is backing a bid of 17 billion dollars for Britain's Cadbury, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK - Oil prices fell below US$77 a barrel on Friday on a stronger U.S. dollar and amid concern about the strength of the global economic recovery.

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed slightly lower Friday, pressured by falling energy stocks as demand concerns and a rising U.S. dollar pushed crude prices down.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks slid and the U.S. dollar rose on Friday as investors cut their exposure to risky assets amid signs of an anemic U.S. economic recovery.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices remained depressed Friday amid a strengthening dollar and concerns over sustainable economic recovery.

CBC - Employees at Johnson Controls, an automotive parts plant east of Windsor, Ont., could walk off the job if they don't reach a deal by midnight Friday. A strike would affect thousands at Chrysler's Windsor assembly plant, which uses the components.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States.

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Friday vowed to resist big, new spending measures in his next budget, but said it was too early to pull stimulus away from a still shaky economy.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

AFP - SANTIAGO (AFP) - Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year.

CBC - Henry Lyatsky wants B.C.'s coast opened to oil drilling but environmentalists stand opposed.

AFP - DUBAI (AFP) - The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.

AFP - ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.

AFP - ATHENS (AFP) - The Greek socialist government tabled a budget on Friday to cut the public deficit to 9.1 percent of output and save the country's economy from the "emergency room," Prime Minister George Papandreou said.

The Canadian Press - FRANKFURT, Germany - General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.