Google Inc is considering a Canadian launch of its Street View map feature, which offers street-level close-ups of city centers, but would blur people's faces and vehicle license plates to respect tougher Canadian privacy laws, the Web search firm said on Monday.
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co will buy Canada's Primewest Energy Trust for C$5 billion in cash, Primewest said on Monday, as the state-controlled firm makes good on plans to turn its new Canadian unit into a major oil producer.
Russia will seek a boost for President Vladimir Putin's bid to revive its once mighty aviation industry this week, by rolling out its first modern commercial airliner for the global market -- the Superjet.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that a strong U.S. dollar was in American interests and said he was optimistic the U.S. economy would continue to grow this year.
The Canadian dollar traded equal to the U.S dollar for the first time in 31 years on Thursday and is expected to remain strong atop a five-year run on the nations booming commodities.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will meet with Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty near Ottawa on Friday, when they will announce changes to the Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty, Ottawa said on Wednesday.
Overall inflation in Canada slowed to an eight-month low in August and the core rate targeted by the Bank of Canada also eased, likely comforting the central bank after recent debt market turmoil led it cancel plans to raise interest rates.
In view of its huge development potential, more and more foreign companies have been showing a keen interest in entering China’s coal industry.
The dollar dropped to a record low versus the euro on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by half a percentage point, its first cut in four years.
It could be due the climate, the large number of students or the ethnic mix of the people who live there, but whatever the reason London and Toronto have the highest number of Facebook users.
Sixteen nations signed a U.S.-initiated pact on Sunday to help meet soaring world energy demand over coming decades by developing nuclear technology less prone to diversion into atomic bomb-making.
Alcatel-Lucent's revenue warning is raising worries about weaker U.S. wireless network spending, which could also hurt other communication equipment makers such as Nortel Networks Corp.
All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said on Thursday it had suspended all flights using 14 Q400 aircraft made by Canada's Bombardier Inc after the Canadian government said the craft must be inspected.
No one could accuse management guru Don Tapscott of being unambitious. The co-author of best-seller Wikinomics wants to teach governments to harness the power of the Internet to reinvent democracy.
Canada's trade surplus shrank more than expected in July as imports rose because of the stronger Canadian dollar, while the housing sector proved surprisingly resilient this summer, figures released on Tuesday showed.
Stocks fell on Wednesday after data showed deterioration in the employment and housing markets, underscoring concern that problems of the subprime mortgage market were spreading to the wider economy.
European shares fell on Wednesday with financial stocks lower on renewed concern about the extent of the credit crisis. This offset gains in oil stocks while investors turned cautious ahead of U.S. economic data.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said it planned to buy the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp for at least $1.48 billion to expand its network and increase its access to U.S. Midwest markets.
Kraft Foods Inc said on Tuesday it struck deals for Starbucks coffee to be sold for its Tassimo hot beverage machine and to replace the current manufacturer of the Tassimo machine with Bosch Household Appliances.
China has found microscopic worms in wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children, Chinese media said on Friday in the latest volley of cross-border accusations.
General Motors of Canada will cut about 1,000 jobs at a truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, in January amid slumping pick-up sales, the Globe and Mail newspaper said in its online edition on Thursday.
California produce grower Metz Fresh LLC said on Wednesday it voluntarily recalled fresh spinach in grocery stores and food service packages after a sample tested positive for salmonella.
