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Mining giants Glencore and Xstrata talk $80-billion deal - Vancouver Sun
"I don't see any scenario where a nil-premium merger will get shareholder approval," said one top-five shareholder, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. "We still haven't seen Glencore's Q4 figures either and there's a bit ...
Microsoft to lay off 200 today - Vancouver Sun
About 200 Microsoft employees are being notified today that they're being laid off as part of a marketing restructuring within the company, sources close to the company are saying. The layoffs - the majority of them in the local area - are part of a ...
American Idol ratings tumble in crowded talent show market - Vancouver Sun
“They didn't expect the show to be down over 20 per cent (compared with last year),” said one media buyer, who did not wish to be identified for fear of jeopardizing business relationships. Although they are pillars of the same network, ...
American Idol ratings tumble in crowded talent show market - Vancouver Sun
“They didn't expect the show to be down over 20 per cent (compared with last year),” said one media buyer, who did not wish to be identified for fear of jeopardizing business relationships. Although they are pillars of the same network, ...
Germans, Moroccan face death in Malaysia drug case - Vancouver Sun
A district court near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport charged the three men on January 13 with drug trafficking, said a customs official who declined to be named. Airport officials arrested the men arriving from Istanbul on January 1 after ...
Facebook said to file IPO papers - Vancouver Sun
Morgan Stanley gains the coveted lead-left position on the IPO filing, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. That designation usually means a larger share of the fees collected by a securities firm.
Mulcair may have breached internal NDP rule - Vancouver Sun
An official with the party, speaking on background, said all New Democrat candidates in a general election sign the form and almost all those who win comply with the requirement by giving the maximum allowable contribution. The vast majority of new NDP ...
Facebook said to stop allowing share trades - Vancouver Sun
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook, the social networking company poised to go public this year, will not honor trades of its shares in the secondary markets for a three-day period beginning on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
NBA-worst Wizards fire coach Flip Saunders - Vancouver Sun
The person, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, also said assistant coach Randy Wittman will take over on an interim basis. The Wizards were blown out 103-83 at the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, a game in which they ...
Friedland's Ivanplats IPO rumoured - Vancouver Sun
Ivanplats, which has metals deposits in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo, may be valued at as much as $5 US billion after the stock sale, according to the people, who declined to be identified as the process is private. ...
Rare Arctic visitor found lounging on Seattle dock - Vancouver Sun
A local resident who asked to remain anonymous photographed the lone seal Jan. 11 on a dock at the Duwamish River, near Seattle, its black-and-white patterns making the identification unmistakable. So far, there have been no repeat sightings. ...
Rare Arctic visitor found lounging on Seattle dock - Vancouver Sun
A local resident who asked to remain anonymous photographed the lone seal Jan. 11 on a dock at the Duwamish River, near Seattle, its black-and-white patterns making the identification unmistakable. So far, there have been no repeat sightings. ...
Rare visitor from Arctic waters found tossed up on Seattle dock - Vancouver Sun
A local resident who asked to remain anonymous photographed the lone seal Jan. 11 on a dock at the Duwamish River, near Seattle, its black-and-white patterns making the identification unmistakable. So far, there have been no repeat sightings. ...
Rare visitor from Arctic waters found tossed up on Seattle dock - Vancouver Sun
A local resident who asked to remain anonymous photographed the lone seal Jan. 11 on a dock at the Duwamish River, near Seattle, its black-and-white patterns making the identification unmistakable. So far, there have been no repeat sightings. ...
Tories support gay marriage ... and divorce - Vancouver Sun
The government will not simply open up the Divorce Act, as amending that legislation "opens up a whole bunch of problems," a senior government official said Friday. "[It could] make Canada kind of the divorce location of choice and that would put ...
Could Canadian 'Swearing Allegiance' painting be Australian for fake? - Vancouver Sun
asks The Sunday Age story, prompted by an anonymous source who claimed the painting may have been forged to solidify the significance of the Eureka Flag. The Ballarat gallery, one of Australia's oldest and most important cultural institutions, ...
Could Canadian 'Swearing Allegiance' painting be Australian for fake? - Vancouver Sun
asks The Sunday Age story, prompted by an anonymous source who claimed the painting may have been forged to solidify the significance of the Eureka Flag. The Ballarat gallery, one of Australia's oldest and most important cultural institutions, ...
Tracing BC arson suspect's path from Germany to Vancouver to LA - Vancouver Sun
Officials believe Dorothee tapped into the city's illicit sex trade for work, running a sexual-massage parlor out of her room, according to Los Angeles law enforcement sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was ongoing. ...
Tracing BC arson suspect's path from Germany to Vancouver to LA - Vancouver Sun
Officials believe Dorothee tapped into the city's illicit sex trade for work, running a sexual-massage parlor out of her room, according to Los Angeles law enforcement sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was ongoing. ...
Federal Liberals need to fix their game for the nation's benefit - Vancouver Sun
A federal Liberal strategist, who asked to remain anonymous, admitted on election night that not having to be constantly ready to fight an election in a minority Parliament would buy the Liberals much-needed time to regroup and reorganize their ...
Federal Liberals need to fix their game for the nation's benefit - Vancouver Sun
A federal Liberal strategist, who asked to remain anonymous, admitted on election night that not having to be constantly ready to fight an election in a minority Parliament would buy the Liberals much-needed time to regroup and reorganize their ...
Shadowy sex case ensnares Chinese officials - Vancouver Sun
During a final conversation, a man who wouldn't give his name said of the Water Cube, “This happened a long time ago,” and hung up the phone. In Kaifeng, a larger city to the north where Jiang was tried, those who answered the phone in the court's main ...
War on royal slurs a test of Thai taboos - Vancouver Sun
"We would take them to court and prosecute them," said the official, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the media. "It is against the law to do such a thing and as a result, they will be fined and jailed. ...
In Thursday's newspaper - Vancouver Sun
... expedite the legitimate flow of goods and services and people while at the same time enhancing . . . the security of both countries," a senior administration official said in a background briefing with reporters ahead of the Harper-Obama meeting. ...
Attack on Jewish teen at Winnipeg high school 'shocking' - Vancouver Sun
"That would likely be used as an aggravating factor at sentencing, however," the source said. The source suggested a more likely charge would be assault with a weapon, although no decision has been made. "I would expect it will come in the next week or ...