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.

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.

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.

The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - A $250-million loan between Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries of AbitibiBowater is forcing the company to juggle its corporate structure to avoid a big tax bill.

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.

AFP - BERLIN (AFP) - Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, said on Friday that its supervisory board had cleared the way for its planned takeover of sportscar maker Porsche.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Worst-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton helped push stocks lower on Friday in the third straight negative session for Wall Street.

AFP - ARUSHA, Tanzania (AFP) - Leaders of the five-member East African Community gathered at the bloc's headquarters Friday to sign a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence in the region.