Partnership deal close, Value Creation says
Value Creation Inc., the embattled oil sands company that was just days away from a critical debt deadline, has selected a company it hopes to form a "strong partnership" with. Columba Yeung, the founder and chairman of the privately owned company, declined to comment on reports that Reliance Industries Inc., India's biggest public company, had submitted a bid. "We have multiple offers, but at this point in time we are particularly focused on one of the partners," he said.
Canadian helicopter exercises a precursor to offensive
Two Canadian helicopter operations in the past month were part of preparations for a massive assault by U.S., British and Afghan troops in volatile Helmand province.
Deaths offer glimpse of Obama's secret war
Special operations soldiers and unmanned drones covertly strike at militants outside Iraq and Afghanistan
Taiwan arms sale the latest wedge between U.S. and China
After years of trying to block it, Beijing now says it will retaliate by suspending military ties with Washington and imposing sanctions on the American companies involved
Little sister for Google, Big Brother quandary for China
Internet-savvy copycat produced a look-alike of a very familiar billion-dollar search engine that just happens to be in hot water with the Chinese government
Canada on sidelines of Afghan strategy
Country's shrinking influence becomes evident as other nations commit more ideas, funds and troops
Farmers resent fertilizer ban to thwart Taliban bombmaking
Opposition to the law is spreading, threatening to complicate the West's new counterinsurgency strategy
Strategy doomed without Taliban, ex-official warns
Leader Mullah Omar a 'reasonable' man open to sincere negotiation, says former Pakistani officer who was close to militant chief
NATO weighs Taliban truce in plans for Afghan peace
After hitting southern Afghanistan with tens of thousands of additional soldiers in an effort to weaken a resurgent Taliban, the NATO-led military alliance is considering a plan to end the war by entering power-sharing negotiations with Taliban leaders and former fighters.
U.S. export strength spawns hope for stable growth
A silver lining has emerged from the financial crisis: it has paved the way for a more balanced global economy
WHY YOU SHOULD EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME
Despite a sunnier outlook, it's unlikely the Fed or the Bank of Japan will back away from rock-bottom rates
In this Afghan province, an ex-warlord's word is law - and he wants a word with Canada
From a plush chair, behind a hand-carved desk crowded with custom china and a tissue box made entirely of gold, Atta Mohammad Noor rules his province with an iron fist.
CHART OF THE DAY / CHINA ONLINE
China had 384 million Internet users by the end of 2009, says a China Internet Network Information Center report released last week. The estimate is based on the number of respondents who confirmed using Internet in the previous six months in a nationwide survey
China's regulators apply brakes to bank lending
Authorities rein in rapid growth in loans - up 32 per cent last year - over fears of brewing bubbles in real estate prices and stocks
JAL falls victim to declining sales
Restructuring under bankruptcy protection targets job and route cuts, smaller aircraft
Producers turn to Asia
Booming East has Russia, Saudis 'going where the customers are'
U.S.-funded Pashto radio a new weapon in war against Taliban
When Taliban fighters vowed to cut his throat to muffle his songs of peace, love and the futility of war, Haroon Bacha, a famous Pashtun singer, fled his home in Peshawar, leaving his wife and two children behind.
As shares dive, new CEO boards JAL
Kazuo Inamori expected to steer troubled carrier through bankruptcy protection
The Orange Revolution fades to black as Russia rises again in Ukraine
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Defying censorship, Google threatens to pull out of China
Move follows 'sophisticated' cyber-attack