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Trinity Regional Medical Center is one of the best places in the United States for patients with cardiovascular disease to receive treatment. That's the finding of the 11th edition of the Thomson Reuters "100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks" study released Monday. For the second consecutive year, Thomson Reuters ranked TRMC among the 100 U.S. hospitals that set the nation's "benchmarks for inpatient cardiovascular services."  

The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, with the promise of yet another Black Friday looming next week following Thanksgiving. While Black Friday gets its name from the fact that it puts many retailers in the black for the year, it's also known as a dark day for shoppers, as they run from store to store, spend countless minutes trapped in traffic jams, and quite literally fight for the best deal on the shelves. But many people have learned there is an easier, calmer and less stressful way  

The Bank of Canada said on Friday it will conduct a C$1 billion ($935 million), 85-day term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) operation on Nov. 23. The central bank said the PRA is due Feb. 18, 2010. (Reporting by Jennifer Kwan; editing by Rob Wilson) Keywords: All rights reserved.  

The term "3-D" has been largely synonymous with Hollywood blockbusters, buttered popcorn and ill-fitting cardboard glasses since the 1950s, when three-dimensionality was introduced to draw TV owners into theaters. Over the past 20 years, 3-D-capable devices like set-top boxes as well as 3-D programming have become available at home. A lack of standard broadcasting formats, relatively little content and the need for 3-D glasses, however, have kept it from a broad audience.  

Cash-strapped consumers are eating more meals at home and that's slathering J.M. Smucker's ( SJM ) bottom line in sweet, sticky profits. The packaged-food maker said Friday that fiscal second-quarter earnings boomed more than 170%, blowing past Wall Street's estimates by 18 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters. Even more impressive, revenue leaped by 52%.  

NYSE Euronext, LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week. The letter to Representatives Barney Frank and Spencer Bachus, dated Nov. 16 and obtained by Reuters, said "overly restrictive limits on swap dealer ownership will significantly hamper the development of derivatives clearinghouses and execution facilities." The House Financial Serv  

Consumer shares are mixed in mid-day trading. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) is higher after declaring a quarterly dividend, its first ever. J.M. Smucker (SJM) is higher after doubling its Q2 profit and raising its 2010 outlook as consumers hunker down and eat more often at home.  

Shares of sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. rose Friday, a day after its third-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations and it raised its 2010 profit forecast. Shares rose 57 cents, or 3 percent, to $19.54 in afternoon trading. Hibbett, based in Birmingham, Ala., said Thursday that its profit rose 15 percent in the third quarter as sales rose and it took better control of inventory and expenses.  

Royal Bank of Scotland will sell $7 billion of debt in a two-part sale with the guarantee of the UK government, IFR reported. The bank will sell $5 billion of 3-year floating-rate notes at a yield spread of three-month London Interbank Offer Rate plus 26 basis points, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. It will sell $2 billion of 3-year fixed-rate notes at mid-swaps plus 26 basis points.