Chinese consortium makes cash offer for Yukon Zinc

VANCOUVER–Yukon Zinc Corp. said yesterday it has received an unsolicited takeover offer from a group of Chinese companies for more than $100 million in cash.
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Domain name policy puts us in Internet vanguard

Earlier this month, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the agency that manages the dot-ca domain, celebrated its one-millionth domain name registration. While that represents an […]

Sharp falls short of estimate

TOKYO–Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp., facing a triple whammy of higher raw materials prices, a slowdown in the U.S. economy and the yen’s rise […]

Ford

DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street today with a US$100 million profit in the first quarter as strong results from Europe […]

TSX down on energy, financial stocks

Energy and financial stocks led the way to a sharp loss on the Toronto stock market this afternoon as investors took in data showing further […]

Rock Band to launch full-album downloads

SAN FRANCISCO–MTV said Friday it will start selling full albums that can be downloaded and played in its "Rock Band" video game, with the […]

Dynacor Gold Mines increases gold output

MONTREAL–Dynacor Gold Mines Inc., a Montreal-based miner with operations in Peru, says it has increased gold sales from the company's custom milling operations at […]

Mortgage-finance giants could threaten U.S. credit rating: Report

WASHINGTON–A deep recession could force mortgage-finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to require a federal bailout large enough to hurt the U.S. government's top-grade […]

Media company posts $34 million loss

WINNIPEG–CanWest Global Communications Corp.’s revenues rose 9 per cent in the second quarter, thanks to a large acquisition, but the bottom line fell below […]

A back-door entry for U.S. TV programs?

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters warned federal regulators yesterday that cable companies could try to use subscription video on demand to sidestep the rules preventing […]