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Convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is boosting the presence of its Circle K chain in the Sunshine State by acquiring 29 stores from Florida Oil Holdings for an undisclosed price.

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The Toronto stock market racked up a slight advance Tuesday, helped along by rising energy stocks as oil prices got a boost from surging U.S. retail sales, while Germany posted stronger-than-expected growth in the second quarter.

A Quebec court delayed the sale of Aveos's engine repair business until next week to give the union and an unsuccessful bidder an opportunity to challenge the fairness of the proposed sale to Lufthansa Technik.

Temple Real Estate Investment Trust says it is buying the Acclaim Hotel Calgary Airport for $42 million. The existing four-storey, full-service hotel, which opened in 2009, consists of 123 guest rooms.

Scotiabank has reached an agreement to buy a 51 per cent stake in Colombia's fourth-largest pension fund company. The bank did not disclose the terms of its transaction involving Colfondos AFP.

Apple Inc. is claiming that more than a quarter of Samsung Electronics' $30.4 billion US in smartphone and tablet sales in the United States result from copying of the iPhone and iPad or infringe on other patents, a damages expert for the U.S.

Uptown will more than double its parking capacity and ease traffic congestion as the massive shopping centre gets ready to open the second phase of the $300-million development late next month.

Europe is edging closer to recession, dragged down by the crippling debt problems of the 17-country euro bloc, official figures showed Tuesday.