China deal worth $1M to RPCI

Roswell Park Cancer Institute signed a $1 million licensing deal with a Chinese pharmaceutical company.
The agreement for Roswell’s tumor imaging technology was signed with Zhejiang […]

Canada Jobs Unexpectedly Fall 2,600, Led by Transport

Canada unexpectedly lost jobs in December, led by transportation and public administration, keeping the jobless rate close to the highest in more than a […]

China Can Boost Growth as It Cools Property, Merrill Says

Chinese policies announced yesterday to reduce property-price increases should aid economic growth because the government will boost the supply of homes rather than limit […]

Morgan Stanley: India share sales to surge

Morgan Stanley’s India head expects share sales in the country to surge as companies seek to expand, and said Indian companies are poised to […]

Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey over Kraft: report

Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc, the British company’s chairman Roger Carr told […]

Barclays, HSBC signal bad debts may have peaked

Britain’s top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for […]

The dollar’s weak — but it’s not a crisis

It sounds like the plot of a bad spy novel.
A group of international villains are holding a secret meeting in their headquarters — […]

Jobless claims fall to 9-month low

The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance fell last week to the lowest level since January, according to a government report issued Thursday.
There […]

TARP: Taxpayers on the hook for $200 billion

Taxpayers stand to lose between $100 billion and $200 billion on TARP — Treasury’s $700 billion financial market bailout.
While that’s nothing to sneeze at, […]

BRIC demand bigger share of IMF votes

The leading emerging BRIC nations maintain their demand for a 7 percent shift in voting power to developing countries at the International Monetary Fund, […]