Canada urged to ease foreign ownership, investment rules (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Canada must reduce barriers to foreign investment in its airline, uranium mining, banking, broadcasting and telecommunications sectors to be more competitive, a report said Thursday.
Defence investment maybe risky business (Adelaide Now)
SA’s massive investment in defence infrastructure gives it a competitive advantage, but also puts it at risk of being caught out by a change in defence tactics, a Bank SA report warns.
Waukesha School District works to retool investment fund (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Waukesha - A multimillion-dollar investment earned the Waukesha School District about $83,000 less for the last…
First Marblehead Says Investment By GS Capital Partners Delayed - Update (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Thursday after the markets closed, education financier First Marblehead Corp. (FMD) announced that the second part of the investment by GS Capital Partners or GSCP, a private equity of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), was delayed due to pending regulatory approvals.
Mutual Funds: How our 10 investment themes for 2008 are faring at midyear (Market Watch)
Last November, MarketWatch turned a spotlight on 10 promising investment areas for 2008. Some were already market leaders; others stood to benefit from what looked like a dramatically slowing economy and tightly strapped consumer spending.
Closing Glance: Investment Banks tumble (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of investment banks fell Thursday after a Goldman Sachs analyst cut his view on the sector and the broader market tumbled on surging oil prices and warnings of trouble in the automotive and high-tech industries.
Australia hedges on Chinese mining investment (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Australia welcomed foreign investment from China but would protect its national interest, the government said Thursday amid speculation that it planned to curb takeovers by state-owned firms.
Canada panel urges lifting foreign investment rules (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada should ease foreign investment restrictions in key sectors of the economy such as telecommunications, air transport and uranium mining to enhance competition, an expert panel commissioned by the government recommended on Thursday.
Canada urged to ease foreign investment rules (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada should lower barriers to foreign investment in telecommunications, uranium mining and air transport, and lift a ban on domestic bank mergers, an expert panel commissioned by the government said on Thursday.