August 25, 2008

Maple Leaf shares drop on listeria recall

Shares of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. were down nearly 9% shortly after the market opened on Monday morning after test results from Health Canada over the weekend established a connection between meat products recalled by the company and a listeria outbreak that has been linked to at least four deaths. Despite the sell-off that follows a 10% decline last week after the first product recall was announced on Aug. 17, some analysts are suggesting that this is not another Menu Foods.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Ottawa mulls cut in diesel tax: sources

Senior members of the Conservative government have discussed a possible $1-billion cut to a tax on diesel fuel, sources say, a move that would benefit cash-strapped manufacturers and municipalities.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Precision Drilling to buy Grey Wolf

Persistence has paid off for Precision Drilling Trust after its fourth bid in two months was finally accepted by American drilling contractor Grey Wolf Inc.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Norway’s REC chooses Quebec site for silicon plant

Norwegian solar industry group Renewable Energy Corporation announced on Monday preliminary plans to build a new silicon plant in Quebec in Canada for a 2012 start-up.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

FP Headline News

Precision Drilling Trust wins takeover deal with Grey Wolf, U.S. home resales rise and Ottawa mulls scrapping diesel tax. Alia McMullen reports on today’s top stories.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Chinalco’s raid on Rio Tinto could put Alcan assets on block

Ownership of the prized assets of former Canadian miner Alcan continues to hang in the air after regulators approved the Chinese acquisition of a stake in Rio Tinto — the company that bought Alcan last year — a move that threatens to block a rival US$143-billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Peregrine finds diamonds at Nunavut site

Peregrine Diamonds has found diamonds at its six-hectare Chidliak exploration property in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Canadian dollar gains as oil price rises

Canada’s dollar rose as crude oil surpassed US$115 a barrel. The Canadian dollar strengthened versus 15 of the 16 most-actively traded currencies. Commodities account for more than half of the nation’s export revenue.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Rate cuts expected as inflation fears fade

It may be odd for a rise in inflation to prompt calls for interest rate cuts, but that paradoxical view prevails in Canada after inflation stayed above the central bank’s target range for two straight months.

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment

Reuters Southeast Asia News Highlights 0900 GMT Aug 25 - Yahoo

Radio AustraliaReuters Southeast Asia News Highlights 0900 GMT Aug 25Yahoo, Thailand - 10 hours agoHANOI - Vietnam has exported 3 million tonnes of rice so far this year, a drop of 5.7 percent from the same period last year, while its revenues have almost …Stakes are high in Malaysian election International Herald Tribuneall 168 news articles

Read full story

Permalink • Print • Comment
Made with WordPress and an easy to customize WordPress theme • Fire Brick skin by Denis de Bernardy