SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC.TO) said on Tuesday it had bought an engineering business in Brazil, an acquisition one analyst expects will be followed by others as Canada's biggest engineering company dips into its sizable cash pile.
The proposed merger of two live music giants, Live Nation Inc (LYV.N) and Ticketmaster Inc (TKTM.O), was given a huge boost on Tuesday when a British regulatory body dropped its objections and approved the deal.
China CNR Corp (601299.SS), one of the country's two big train makers, has priced its A-share initial public offering at 5.56 yuan a share, the top of an indicated range, raising 13.9 billion yuan ($2.04 billion).
U.S. lawmakers face an uphill battle enacting a climate bill in 2010 that includes a cap-and-trade market in greenhouse gases, after this month's U.N. meeting in Copenhagen failed to hammer out a global pact on emissions cuts.
A push by U.S. automakers to build more fuel efficient vehicles is playing to a strength of Canada's auto parts makers and positions them to pick up market share as the industry emerges from recession.
Look for Final U.S. GDP numbers on Tuesday (2.8%Q/Q, 0.5% Price Index), followed by Existing Home Sales (6.31M) and the House Price Index (0.2%M/M).
BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) may quit the nickel business as early as next year after selling two major nickel divisions in four months, though it still produces more than a tenth of the world's nickel in Australia and Colombia.
Titanic director James Cameron's Avatar, a 3-D extravaganza hyped as a giant leap in cinematic prowess, ruled the worldwide box office during its first weekend even as North American sales were hit by an enormous snow storm, its distributor said on Sunday.
The White House pledged on Sunday to move forward on allowing imports of safe prescription drugs from nations like Canada where they are less expensive, but not in the healthcare reform legislation now before Congress.
Canadian fertilizer producer Agrium Inc (AGU.TO) extended its hostile bid for rival CF Industries (CF.N) on Monday and said it was sure it would have the money needed to complete the purchase.
Shares in Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker soared on Monday after the company made a new bid for General Motors's Swedish car brand Saab.
Saudi Arabian Mining Co and U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa have agreed to build a $10.8 billion aluminum complex that is scheduled to start production from 2013.
Director James Cameron's big-budget film Avatar took in $3.5 million at its initial midnight screenings on Friday in the United States and Canada, ticket tracker Hollywood.com Box Office said on Friday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to keep most of his top technocrat ministers favoured by the West in a new cabinet presented to parliament on Saturday.
U.S. mining royalty company Royal Gold (RGLD.O) has launched a white-knight C$749 million ($707 million) bid for Canada's International Royalty (IRC.TO), hoping to top a C$640 million offer by Franco Nevada (FNV.TO).
General Motors Co Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre said on Friday that GM has paid $1 billion to the U.S. Treasury and $192 million to the governments of Canada and Canadian province Ontario.
Box office watchers expect widely-anticipated sci-fi movie Avatar to make more than $75 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters this coming weekend following its debut on Friday.
RIM Beats Views; Climate Talk Trouble; Continuing Recovery
Research In Motion posted a big jump in profit and issued an even stronger outlook on Thursday, as sturdy demand from holiday shoppers helped the BlackBerry maker fend off the competition.
Research In Motion posted a big jump in profit and issued an even stronger outlook on Thursday, as sturdy demand from holiday shoppers helped the BlackBerry maker fend off the competition.
Following this morning's BlackBerry email outage which has now been fixed, the smartphone maker, Research In Motion Ltd. released better than expected third quarter earnings after the closing bell.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported a 58 percent jump in quarterly profit on Thursday, as sturdy demand from holiday shoppers helped fend off growing competition, sending its shares sharply higher.
