South Korea ended a frustrating losing streak in overseas resource deals with the agreed $1.7 billion takeover of Canada's Harvest Energy Trust, securing oil and gas reserves but also taking on an aging refinery in need of significant investment.
South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015.
Former Vivendi boss Jean-Marie Messier and the head of Warner Music Group Edgar Bronfman Jr have been told to stand trial on various charges of financial wrong doing, according to a court document obtained by Reuters.
AIDS researchers want to expand their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus thriving in their bodies, to span the globe.
Chinese state-owned metals trader China Minmetals Corp is looking to buy gold mines in Australia and Canada, a senior executive said on Thursday.
South Korea's Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) agreed to buy Canada's Harvest Energy Trust for C$1.8 billion ($1.7 billion), the Canadian company said on Wednesday.
Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or throttle traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.
Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or throttle traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.
Brookfield Incorporacoes, the Brazilian real estate unit of Canada's Brookfield Asset Management, said on Tuesday it raised $272 million in a share offering.
The European Union is taking too long to get up to 12 carbon capture and storage demonstration plants operating by 2015, RWE npower's head of environmental strategy told a carbon conference on Wednesday.
Research In Motion is rolling out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold smartphone, aimed at the company's base of professional users as well as wealthier retail consumers.
Merck and Co's failed AIDS vaccine may not have worked, but it probably did not raise the risk of infection either, doctors said Tuesday.
Canada's currency fell againstthe U.S. dollar on Wednesday as traders overseas got a chanceto react to the Bank of Canada warning that a strong domesticcurrency was undermining economic recovery.
General Motors looked poised to sign over carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna as fears the EU might scupper the deal were dispelled, but Spanish workers planned strikes to protest looming cost cuts.
Hasbro Inc posted revenue that fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday as weakness in brands like Monopoly and Strawberry Shortcake offset strong sales of boys' toys tied to the G.I. Joe and Transformers movies.
Hasbro Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations and gave an upbeat outlook for the full-year, fueling hopes for better toy sales during the holidays.
Hasbro Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, boosted by demand for movie-related toys, although revenue fell short of expectations.
The Bank of Canada is likely to play it safe when it outlines its policy stance this week, holding the line on interest rates and tinkering at the margins of its economic forecasts as it waits for firmer evidence that the recovery is for real.
Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg expressed confidence on Saturday that Germany could address EU concerns about a sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna, saying they did not put the deal at risk.
Two weeks after the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.
Indoor smoking bans lower the risk of heart attack, even among nonsmokers, by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, a panel of U.S. health experts confirmed in a report on Thursday.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Saturday it expected some flaring at its Scotford facility in Alberta, Canada, due to the restart of units after planned work, according to a notice filed on a community information line.