Canada’s struggling auto industry has apparently received some much-needed good news, with several media outlets reporting that General Motors will start building hybrid pickup trucks at its plant in Oshawa, Ont., this fall
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The main TSX index fell more than 200 points Friday as financial issues were hurt by inflation fears and worries over more mortgage-related problems, while consumer stocks also weakened.
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It’s one thing to have an incredible product or service, but quite another to sell it. For some entrepreneurs, making the pitch and closing the deal is a daunting prospect akin to public speaking.
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Good news: Your cellphone may soon be able to help you skirt a big traffic snarl. At least, that’s what Nokia believes, based on research that it did earlier this year to uncover more ways to use wireless technology.
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Canada’s energy minister said he pushed at an emergency meeting of oil producing and consuming countries for more transparency in global oil markets to allow supply and demand to be the biggest influences on prices
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Terence Corcoran: Others may still blow BCE’s $42.75 a share takeover out of
the water, but at least now we know it will not explode at the hands
of a court reshaping Canadian corporate law
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The proposed $52-billion buyout of telecom giant BCE Inc. has passed its last regulatory test with a key ruling on Friday by the Supreme Court of Canada, but one that lacked a full set of reasons that will give directors and advisers clear guidance on how to approach mergers and acquisitions until they are published later this year.
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With the Supreme Court decision out of the way, the battle for BCE shifts to a brass-knuckle brawl behind closed doors
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Philippine Growth Forecast Cut to 5.2% on Inflation, IMF SaysBloomberg - 9 hours agoGovernment subsidies of rice and energy costs add to the fiscal burden and a law approving higher income tax exemptions may endanger plans to narrow the …
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The Daily StarBangladesh eyes higher rice yield if no floodsReuters India, India - Jun 21, 2008The calamity-prone South Asian country lost around 3 million tonnes of main staple rice due to twin floods and Cyclone Sidr last year. …Rice yield to leap on less irrigation The Daily Starall 2 news articles
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