Sun05202012

Is Canada suffering from 'Dutch disease'?
Source:  CBC | Business News

Opposition leader Tom Mulcair says Canada has been hit by the so-called 'Dutch disease,' which holds that increasing oil exports artificially inflate the do...

EI changes still under wraps but details coming 'soon'
Source:  CBC | Business News

In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley tells host Evan Solomon details on changes to Employment Ins...

Harper government funded study on 'Dutch disease'
Source:  CBC | Business News

The Harper government has funded research that argues Canada's economy suffers from so-called Dutch Disease, an economic theory the prime minister and other...

Dartmouth's Ocean Nutrition sold for $540M
Source:  CBC | Business News

A Nova Scotia fish oil company has been sold for $540 million.

Europe's debt crisis could last 2 years, minister says
Source:  CBC | Business News

The euro fell to a four-month low against the U.S. dollar Friday after Germany's finance minister said the market turmoil over Europe's debt crisis could dr...

GM won't runs ads in Super Bowl
Source:  CBC | Business News

General Motors says that it costs too much to advertise during the Super Bowl.

Kruger looking at 'viability' of Corner Brook mill
Source:  CBC | Business News

Kruger Inc. says it is reviewing whether it can keep Corner Brook Pulp and Paper running, after workers turned down a pension restructuring proposal.

China rejects US solar dumping ruling
Source:  CBC | Business News

China's government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher...

Mark Zuckerberg opens NYSE
Source:  CBC | Business News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell to open the NYSE on Friday as his company made its stock market debut.

SpaceX to launch 1st private rocket to space station
Source:  CBC | Business News

For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the sh...

Facebook trading to begin 11 a.m. ET
Source:  CBC | Business News

Facebook is set to go public this morning in New York City, after CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell to open Nasdaq trading on his $104-billion U...

Romney vows quick approval of Keystone XL pipeline
Source:  CBC | Business News

Mitt Romney is vowing to approve TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline on his first day on the job if elected president of the United States in November.

Inflation inches higher to 2%
Source:  CBC | Business News

Consumer prices rose by two per cent in the year ended in April, slightly ahead of the annual pace seen the previous month.

Conrad Black denies seeking 'special treatment'
Source:  CBC | Business News

Former media baron Conrad Black denies requesting "special treatment" from the Harper Conservatives to return to Canada on a temporary resident pe...

Environmental review panels will set witnesses, MPs told
Source:  CBC | Business News

Panel members will decide who will be allowed to appear at future environmental reviews on a "case-by-case, project-by-project" basis, a sub-commi...