Potash Producer Rejects $38.6 Billion Offer by BHP Billiton The New York Times | OTTAWA — The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan swiftly rejected a $38.6 billion, all-cash takeover bid from the Australian mining company BHP Billiton on Tuesday morning. Add to Portfolio | BHP Billiton PLC | Go to your Portfolio » | In a statement, Potash, which is the world’s l...
Ottawa hires Quebec company to maintain its fleet of CF-18 fighter jets Breitbart The Canadian Press MIRABEL, Que. - The federal government has hired a Quebec-based company to maintain its fleet of CF-18 fighter jets until the end of their life cycle. | The $467-million contract with L-3 MAS starts this year and runs until 2017. |...
Northern exposure: Struggling Arctic town hopes for attention from Ottawa National Post By Don Martin, National Post August 20, 2010 5:03 PM Residents in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. are hoping that the Conservative government’s northern sovereignty agenda will mean a boost to their failing economy. | Photograph by: Postmedia New...
Potash Producer Rejects $38.6 Billion Offer by BHP Billiton The New York Times | OTTAWA — The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan swiftly rejected a $38.6 billion, all-cash takeover bid from the Australian mining company BHP Billiton on Tuesday morning. Add to Portfolio | BHP Billiton PLC | Go to your Portfolio » | In...
Fiscal position looking rosier, Ottawa could post surplus in five years: report Breitbart Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Ottawa's battle to rein in record deficits could be won a full year ahead of schedule, the Conference Board of Canada says in a new analysis of how the economic recovery is impacting government finances. |...
Ottawa hops on Twitter; Finance Department to tweet budget National Post By David Akin , Canwest News Service February 24, 2010 Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Twitter aficionado | Photograph by: Blair Gable/Reuters, | OTTAWA -- The federalFinance Department has signed up for an account on Twitter, th...
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Beyonce back in the studio with NeYo? MuchMusic | NeYo tweeted some very interesting news last night! The R&B artist and producer tweeted not only that he was in studio with Mary J. Blige, but that he was also in the studio...
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Outdoors Houston Chronicle | Texas' waterfowl hunters will see a slight liberalization of the duck bag limit, statewide, and the Canada goose bag limit in the western half of the state during the 2010-11 sea...
Business Highlights The Press Democrat | Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises | WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment ra...
Business Highlights Kansas City Star More News | --- | Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises | WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the...
Canadian stocks rise for eighth day Insurance Newsnet | TORONTO, Sep 03, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Canadian stocks rose for the eighth day on Friday as U.S. jobs data blew past expectations. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 33.83 points or 0.28 percent up at 12,144.92. For the week, the benc...
TSX continues hot streak Insurance Newsnet | Job figures spark bull run | Canadian stocks gained for an eighth day, with the Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index heading for its longest rising streak in seven months, after the U.S. reported a higher-than-forecast increase in private-sect...
Business Highlights The News & Observer | --- | Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises | WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemploym...
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