Canada's Dundee Precious Metals Inc said it received environmental approval from the Bulgarian government for its Krumovgrad gold project, sending its shares up as much as 8 percent.
A Canadian consortium's proposed takeover of TMX Group , operator of the country's largest exchanges, will make capital markets more efficient and better able to compete on the world stage, supporters of the C$3.8 billion deal said on Thursday.
The Canadian government has the right to fine U.S. Steel (X.N: Quote) for breaking job-protection promises made when it bought Canadian steelmaker Stelco, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
Canadian farmers earned nearly 11 percent more during the first nine months of 2011 than they did in the year-before period, Statistics Canada reported on Thursday.
A Canadian provincial court on Wednesday upheld the country's ban on polygamy, saying the harm that plural marriage causes to women and children outweighed any infringement of religious freedoms.
The Ontario government cut its growth, revenue and reserve targets on Wednesday, but said it was still on track to balance the budget in six years, without lowering total program spending or raising taxes.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Pozen, Andatee China Marine Fuel Services, Power-One, Cirrus Logic, and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: BGC Partners, Jack Henry & Associates, Perion Network, Alaska Communications Systems Group, and Dendreon.
Deere & Co reported a 46 percent rise in quarterly earnings and projected substantial growth for 2012 amid strong global farming conditions and higher prices, sending its shares higher in an otherwise weak stock market.
Continental Gold Ltd. discovered more potentially commercial amounts of gold and silver at its Buritica project in Antioquia, Colombia, the company said Wednesday.
After President Barack Obama's commitment this month to a transpacific free trade agreement, business leaders in Europe and United States are asking for a similar initiative across the North Atlantic to spur economic growth and create jobs.
People who eat canned versus homemade soup have high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), according to research released Tuesday about the controversial plastic-hardener linked to developmental disruptions in children along with cancer, diabetes and heart disease in adults.
Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial proposed U.S.-to-Canada oil pipeline away from an ecologically-sensitive region in the state, and the governor quickly signed the measure into law.
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is available now in the UK and a launch date has been given for Canada, but a U.S. release date has yet to be given, so it looks like the device won't be out in time for Black Friday. There's little doubt the new Android device will be out in time for the shopping season, but it will only be available on Verizon
The European Union proposes legislation to label crude oil derived from Canada's vast reserves of tar sands, as well as from other sources of unconventional oil, as highly carbon intensive.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, a leading contractor in Canada's oil sands, sees the Keystone XL delay as a political decision, not technical, and expects the $7 billion pipeline will eventually be approved.
The U.S.-imposed delay of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline shows Canada's energy industry cannot relax efforts to improve its environmental record, a former top minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said on Monday.
Canada will immediately ban the export to Iran of all goods used in the petrochemical, oil and gas industry, as part of an international sanctions package, the government said on Monday.
South Korea's parliament passes a new Free Trade Agreement with the United States, even after a teary vote.
Focus Media Holding Ltd , a U.S.-listed Chinese company, said a short-seller's report accusing it of overstating its assets was completely untrue, and it would make a statement refuting the allegations before U.S. markets open on Tuesday.
Popular adult-film actor Sunny Leone landed in India as she joined reality game show Bigg Boss season 5 from this week.
Shares of prominent Chinese digital media and advertising company Focus Media Holding Ltd plunged as much as 66 percent on Monday, after short-selling firm Muddy Waters accused the company of significant overstatement of the number of screens in its LCD network, among other charges.
U.S.-listed shares of Focus Media Holding Ltd plunged to multiyear lows on Monday after short-selling firm Muddy Waters accused the company of significant overstatement of the number of screens in its LCD network, among other charges.
