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Canadian bonds increased on Monday as the ongoing Greek sovereign debt crisis continues to cause concerns about safety in the markets. While gold has been getting hammered because of the recent inter...
Canada (Mar 22nd, 10)
British Airways and American Airlines have been approved to work together on various aspects of their businesses, as flight restrictions between Europe and the U.S.removed in 2008 opened the door to n...
United Kingdom (Feb 13th, 10)
Inventory-to-sales ratio dropped for U.S. businesses for the first time in three months, according the the Commerce Department report. After inventories rose in October and November, December found b...
(Feb 12th, 10)
Large Australian investment firm Macquarie Group Ltd. sold the majority of its real-estate management business to Charter Hall Group for approximately $267 million. The major purpose for divesting in...
Australia (Feb 12th, 10)
With business trips to certain destinations in America starting to increase, British Airways is looking into expanding their business-class flights to the U.S. as demand increases for premium travel. ...
United Kingdom (Feb 11th, 10)
Some of the top executives in America stated in a recent survey from the Business Council that they are starting to look to ways to grow their companies, but expansion which would result in hiring isn...
United States (Feb 11th, 10)
For the first time since 1975, Canada has experienced an annual trade deficit shortfall, as merchandise exports plunged on a stronger Canadian dollar and lower demand in the United States, the largest...
Canada (Feb 10th, 10)
Four employees from Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) have been indicted by China, with three being Chinese nationals and the fourth an Australian named Stern Hu. The three Chinese are Ge Minqiang, Liu Caikui and W...
Australia (Feb 10th, 10)
For the 52nd year in a row, 3M (NYSE:MMM) declared a dividend on its common stock, this year raising it to 52.5 cents a share, an increase of 3 percent. It's also the 374th straight quarterly dividend...
(Feb 9th, 10)
After a lengthy battle, BSkyB (LON:BSY) decided not to pursue more appeals concerning its acquisition of 17.9 percent of competitor ITV PLC (LON:ITV) in order to keep it from becoming to big and stron...
United Kingdom (Feb 9th, 10)
Rumors about a possible IPO for Banco Santander SA continue to swirl, even though some officials attempt to deny it's on their plate as a possibility going forward. While banks in the UK are hoping i...
(Feb 8th, 10)
Canadian officials were satisfied that the so-called "Buy American" policy connected to the stimulus money used primarily of infrastructure in the U.S. can now be bid on by Canadian companies. The ne...
(Feb 8th, 10)
It looks like easy times are over for banks in Australia, as the federal government announced it is withdrawing its wholesale guarantee and deposit support, which should generate healthy competition a...
Australia (Feb 7th, 10)
Reports are Rio Tinto (RIO.L) has a good chance of reinstating its dividend after it is expected to announce it has paid down half of its debt load. After acquiring the Canadian aluminium group Alcan...
United Kingdom (Feb 7th, 10)
The relationship between China and the United States is straining as a number of events have led the countries to enter what could end up being a trade war. From a political point of view, selling mo...
China (Feb 6th, 10)
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