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at 09:04 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has raised the trend-setting interest rate a quarter point to one per cent.
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at 08:37 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
OTTAWA - Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.4 billion in July, down 3.3 per cent from June but 33 per cent higher than in July 2009.
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at 08:32 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
TORONTO - Stock markets appear set to climb after a successful bond auction in Portugal helped to mitigate investors' fears about the health of European government debt.
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at 07:21 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
NEW ORLEANS - Oil giant BP says in an internal report that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months.
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at 03:28 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
LONDON - Vodafone says it is disposing of its stake in China Mobile Ltd. for 4.3 billion pounds (US$6.6 billion), which it says is nearly double the price it paid for the shares 10 years ago.
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at 00:29 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
TOKYO - The U.S. dollar has sunk to a new 15-year low against the yen.
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at 20:02 on September 07, 2010, EDT.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday it will acquire biotechnology partner ZymoGenetics Inc. for US$885 million in another move by a major drug maker to boost its pipeline by snapping up a smaller developer.
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at 17:48 on September 07, 2010, EDT.
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
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at 10:27 on September 07, 2010, EDT.
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Mozambique's government is reversing bread and water price increases that had touched off deadly riots, the planning minister said Tuesday.
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at 10:07 on September 07, 2010, EDT.
MONTREAL - Quebec-based convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has a new mystery rival in a months-long takeover battle to win the affections of Casey's General Stores and its shareholders.
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