Research In Motion Ltd, the maker of Blackberry e mail devices popular among executives, said on Thursday it is pushing into a wider consumer market with the Pearl
From Australia to Argentina, erratic weather is slashing wheat crops of the major producers, which is threatening to push up prices to multi-year highs and making it difficult for countries to replenish stocks.
Russia's leading aluminum firm, RUSAL, will take over its main competitor SUAL and the aluminum industry assets of Glencore to create the world market leader, a source close to the deal told Reuters on Wednesday.
Inco Ltd. on Tuesday urged shareholders to reject a C$19.35-billion ($17.4 billion) all-cash offer from Brazilian firm Companhia Vale do Rio Doce., and said it still backed a friendly offer from U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corp.
Friendster Inc. said on Monday it received $10 million in new funding to expand abroad and help its pioneering social-networking site survive in a market dominated by younger successors who stole its thunder.
Teck Cominco, the world's largest zinc producer, has withdrawn its offer for mining giant Inco, after failing to raise enough cash to fund the acquisition. Teck Cominco, the world's largest zinc producer, has withdrawn its offer for mining giant Inco, after failing to raise enough cash to fund the acquisition.
CVDR had announced that it would bid for Canadian mining firm Inco amid two other competing offers.
Resource Company BHP Billiton said on Tuesday it foresees great potential for a large discovery of diamonds in Angola as well as forming a partnership with the government.
A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers showed that investment in African mining exploration in 2005 had amounted to $5.1-billion which is equivalent to around 17 percent of all global exploration.
After three years of holding out, hard rockers Metallica are now allowing individual song downloads from their albums on Apple's iTunes Music Store.
AMD has unleashed a flurry of strategic moves this week aimed at beating back what is expected to be strong Intel competition in the third quarter.
The quickening flow of capital out of the country may be a sign that recent weakness in Canadian markets could deepen, particularly if, as looks likely, the Canadian dollar's four-year upward charge is losing steam.
Global economic growth is strong and becoming more broadly based, the Group of Eight nations said on Monday at their summit in St Petersburg.
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., the largest Pepsi bottler, announced Tuesday that profits were up in its second quarter, attributing the growth to strong sales of its non-carbonated drinks.
Oil prices are hovering near record highs, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the foreign exchange market.
All eyes are back on Phelps Dodge in a complicated intercontinental bidding war over two Canadian nickel miners.
Switzerland's Nestle bought U.S. weight-loss company Jenny Craig for around $600 million, it said on Monday, expanding its high-margin nutrition and health business.
It was a mixed week as another rate hike became certain
The Canadian dollar fell hard against the the U.S. dollar on Friday after China's central bank decided to increase its reserve requirement, which triggered concerns about future demand for commodities.
A group including Goldman Sachs agreed to buy Associated British Ports, Britain's largest ports group, for 2.5 billion pounds ($4.6 billion) on Wednesday, the latest in a string of UK port takeovers.
Brookfield Properties Corp. said Monday that it will buy Trizec Properties Inc. and its Canadian investment arm in a $4.8 billion deal that pairs two of the largest commercial real estate companies in North America.
Microsoft Corp. launched on Tuesday a new version of its Windows Live Local online mapping service with real-time traffic reports and features to make it easier to share maps and information.
