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Business in the hotseat over Net censorship (atHome Top Story)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:47:12 GMT

As the Internet moved into the mainstream in the mid-1990s, John Gilmore, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, coined the phrase "the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."

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UAP takeover on hold (atHome Top Story)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:41:44 GMT

Fertilizer supplier Agrium Inc.'s $2.45 billion (U.S.) takeover of American farm products retailer UAP Holding Corp. has been pushed back once again as U.S. regulators still have antitrust concerns about the transaction.

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Goodbye, Swedes; Russians are coming to IPSCO mills (CBC.ca)

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:03:29 GMT

Eight months ago, the new bosses at the IPSCO mills in Regina, Calgary and Red Deer were Swedes. Now it seems they'll be Russians.

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GM recalls 207,000 sedans due to fire risk (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:07:12 GMT

General Motors Corp. is recalling 207,542 Buick Regal and Pontiac Grand Prix sedans over a risk they could catch fire, and warned their owners not to park the cars in garages until they are fixed.

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Russian steel producer Evraz buys Ipsco (Globe and Mail)

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:10:27 GMT

Agrees to acquire Canadian company from Swedish steel firm SSAB for $4-billion

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Gulfstream launches new long-range jet (atHome Top Story)

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:44:52 GMT

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp Thursday launched the new G650 business jet, its biggest, fastest, longest-range plane to date, as it looks to take advantage of the continuing boom in private plane sales and the trend toward larger aircraft.

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Spitzer's amazing flameout (atHome Top Story)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:46:22 GMT

"Get ready for a schadenfreude festival on Wall Street." – Barry Ritholtz, director of equity research at Fusion IQ in New York

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Hair-like nanowires at root of solar's future (atHome Top Story)

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:36:42 GMT

McMaster University professor Ray LaPierre holds up a thin wafer of silicon with a smooth, jet-black surface that, at first glance, looks like a typical solar cell.

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Corus buys CLT specialty TV channel (atHome Top Story)

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Television viewers were treated to another shuffle of specialty channels yesterday when Corus Entertainment Inc. announced it's buying Canadian Learning Television from CTVglobemedia for $73 million.

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News group goes out with a slide in earnings (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Reuters Group PLC said yesterday its profit fell 26 per cent in 2007, its last year as an independent company, as costs of its pending takeover by Thomson Corp. and the weak U.S. dollar offset the impact of higher revenue.

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N.S. premier unveils list of big-ticket projects for Atlantic Gateway proposal (Globe and Mail)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:36:00 GMT

Rodney MacDonald says initiative aimed at transforming Nova Scotia's transportation infrastructure would cost about $300-million

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MI Developments profit falls 60% (Globe and Mail)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Hurt by its holdings of trouble horse racing empire Magna Entertainment

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Oil hits new record, gold nears $1,000 (CBC.ca)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:28:29 GMT

The price of oil rose to another record high on Monday, while gold crept closer to $1,000 US an ounce.

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Melnyk delivered complaints list (Globe and Mail)

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:30:00 GMT

Biovail Corp. founder delivered list of complaints personally to chief executive officer Douglas Squires

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Vale's Xstrata bid on hold pending Glencore decision (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:50:13 GMT

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce SA, the company that bought Canada's Inco Ltd., said Friday it's in advanced talks to acquire Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC, but the blockbuster deal hinges on a decision by Xstrata's biggest shareholder to move the process forward.

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Compton considers sale (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Compton Petroleum Corp., a Calgary-based energy firm, is putting itself up for sale under pressure from a group of American investment funds, which has called for the company to be sold to a larger energy player capable of quickly capitalizing on its potential.

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Under shareholder pressure, Compton Petro eyes its options (CBC.ca)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:15:55 GMT

Shares of Compton Petroleum Corp. rose more than six per cent on Thursday after the company said it will review it strategic alternative, including a possible sale.

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Compton Petroleum puts itself up for sale (Globe and Mail)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Decision comes in wake of shareholder pressure from a group of American investment funds

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Quebec aerospace jobs may go to P.E.I. (CBC.ca)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:08:16 GMT

An aerospace plant closure in Montreal could mean more jobs for Summerside, P.E.I.

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Canadian Natural Resources profit doubles (atHome Top Story)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:20:15 GMT

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says its fourth-quarter profit jumped 155 per cent to $798 million, from a year-ago $313 million, as the major oil and gas company's annual cash flow rose 26 per cent.

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