The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Legendary U.S. oil investor T. Boone Pickens is launching an investment fund in Canada that will focus on traditional and alternative energy properties in conjuction with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
CBC - Bombardier Aerospace is laying off 715 workers in its Montreal-area facilities because of slow orders for regional aircraft.
CBC - Three big Canadian gold mining companies have banded together to oppose a private member's bill that would regulate their activities in developing countries.
CBC - The wife of accused fraudster Earl Jones says she never had reason to question the hundreds of thousands of dollars at her disposal in the couple's joint bank account.
AFP - JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The African Development Bank said Thursday it had approved a 1.86-billion-euro (2.8-billion-dollar) loan to South Africa's energy giant Eskom.
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Debt problems in Dubai struck financial markets hard on Thursday, sinking global stocks, lifting safe-haven bonds and driving the dollar higher.
