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World leaders pledged aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine.

Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Friday it plans to expand its fertilizer business with a $3.8 billion takeover of Bunge assets in the country, making its largest bet so far on a surge in demand for potash as global food consumption grows.

Quebec's power utility is teaming up with Mitsubishi Motors to road test the performance of up to 50 all-electric vehicles against the rigors of the Canadian climate and measure their infrastructure needs.

Eastman Kodak Co has taken legal action claiming Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry camera phones infringe the photography company's patents.

The heads of Canada's four largest banks said on Thursday they remain focused on capital conservation because of uncertainty over global regulatory changes and the riskiness of making acquisitions.

Thousands of Haitians at home and abroad are trying to get in touch with each other through a website set up after the devastating earthquake, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday.

It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.

A Canadian woman who was trapped under rubble in quake-stricken Haiti appeared to have been rescued on Wednesday after she texted Ottawa for help.

Struggling jewelry chain Zale Corp said on Wednesday that its chief executive officer and other top executives have left the company in a management shakeup designed to help return the company to profitability.

China markets were still shaken on Wednesday, lagging behind others due to a lower economic outlook after the central bank raised the reserve requirement for banks.

British and U.S. researchers studied the effects of the chemical bisphenol A using data from a U.S. government national nutrition survey in 2006 and found that high levels of it in urine samples were associated with heart disease.

The Canadian dollar fell against the U.S. currency on Tuesday after data showed the country's trade balance unexpectedly slipped into deficit in November, raising worries about the health of the recovery.

Retailers are using a host of strategies in adapting to the downturn -- from improving their products to expanding their e-commerce businesses -- which they hope will better position themselves for a rebound in the economy.

The Canadian dollar is continuing to reverse the gains it made in the first week of 2010 against the dollar. The Canadian dollar rose from a low of 1.0576 on December 30 to a high of 1.0249 yesterday at 3 a.m. London time on rising stock and oil prices and prospects of a worldwide economic recovery.

New home prices rose 0.4 percent in November for the fifth consecutive monthly gain, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, adding to growing evidence that the housing market is leading Canada's economic recovery.

Corus Entertainment Inc, Shaw Communications Inc, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and Jim Pattison Group are considering investing in debt-laden media company Canwest Global Communications Corp, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported late on Monday.

Ford Motor Co. shares climbed on Monday as the company won the North American Car and Truck of the year awards for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the 2010 Ford Transit Connect, respectively, at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show.

TransAlta Corp said on Monday it is planning a C$100 million ($97.1 million) expansion to its New Brunswick wind farm after winning a 25-year power supply contract in the Atlantic Canadian province.

The value of Canadian building permits fell 4.6 percent in November from October, roughly in line with expectations, as a decline in nonresidential projects offset the ninth consecutive increase in housing permits.

A growing number of consumers worldwide used their mobile telephones to help them shop early in the holiday season with usage particularly high among young adults seeking coupons, according to a study sponsored by Motorola Inc and released on Monday.

Canada-listed coal miner SouthGobi Energy Resources has secured Asia's top sovereign wealth funds, China Investment Corp (CIC) and Temasek, as cornerstone investors in its planned $400 million Hong Kong IPO this month, a source told Reuters on Friday.