The Canadian dollar was firmer on Monday ahead of key Canadian retail sales data, helped by stronger equity and commodity prices, including a record level for gold, and broad-based U.S. dollar weakness.
Ciena Corp will buy the optical networking and carrier ethernet business of bankrupt Nortel for $769 million, sources told Reuters, after it trumped Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction.
Ciena Corp will buy the optical networking and carrier ethernet business of bankrupt Nortel for $769 million, after trumping Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction, sources told Reuters.
Ciena Corp will buy Nortel Networks Corp's optical networking and carrier ethernet business for $769 million after trumping Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction, sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Ciena Corp will buy Nortel Networks Corp's optical networking and carrier ethernet business for $769 million after outbidding Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction, sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Keeping workers healthy, happy and at work through so-called wellness programs remains a priority for many companies despite financial pressures from the global economic downturn, a survey found on Monday.
The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.
Hollywood watchers think vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon could take a nearly $100 million bite from movie theater box offices when it debuts this weekend, and score one of the biggest openings ever for a non-summer film.
Canada's Destiny Resource Services Corp, which provides seismic front-end services to energy explorers, said it agreed to merge with Houston-based privately held Logan Oil Tools Inc, sending Destiny shares up more than 100 percent to a new year-high.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is interested in buying Allied Irish Banks' minority stake in U.S. lender M&T Bank Corp, the Irish Independent reported on Thursday.
Bon Jovi claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, despite a sharp drop in sales.
The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday.
General Motors should focus on making money and repaying U.S. Treasury loans before turning to public markets to sell the taxpayer's stake in the automaker, a senior government official said.
Cossette shares rose on Wednesday after private equity firm Cosmos Capital raised its takeover bid for Canada's largest homegrown advertiser for the third time.
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Brazilian beauty Gisele Bunchen tops the list with an estimated $150 million fortune. According to Forbes, Bunchen is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman.
U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, in Canada.
General Motors Co said on Monday it lost $1.2 billion in a bankruptcy-shortened third quarter, but it vowed a quick repayment of $8 billion owed to the United States and Canada.
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
Google is to talk with Chinese writers and publishers over copyright violations, a move following the search engine's settlement with some Western countries, Global Times reported on Monday.
General Motors Co posted a quarterly loss on Monday but said stabilizing sales since its bankruptcy would allow it to begin paying down $8.1 billion in debt to the United States and Canada next month.
General Motors Co. will announce on Monday it plans to start repaying a $6.7 billion loan to the U.S. Treasury by year-end due to modest operating improvements, a source knowledgeable about the situation said.
