CALGARY - A U.S. agency has given the final approval required for the acquisition of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) by CNOOC, one of China's large...

A recent news report brought up the spectre of briefcases full of illicit Chinese cash making its way into Canada's real estate market, but far more m...

It's been a year of ups and downs for Canadian business. On the downside, the economy grew sluggishly, the long-running housing boom turned to bus...

On December 7, Prime Minister Stephen Harper approved the first two complete takeovers of Canadian-owned energy firms by foreign state-owned companies in our country's history. The Prime Minister used sleight of hand to trick Canadians into thinking these were "exceptional" cases, to be repeated only cautiously in the future. He appeared to close the door to ownership of the tar sands by companies controlled by foreign governments. But he didn't close it at all. He left it wide open and signaled to China, Malaysia and other countries that Canada's strategic energy resources were entirely for sale, not just to the highest bidder but to any bidder at all.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have been talking specifically about the oilsands when he shut the door to foreign state-controlled takeove...

By December 10, The federal government is expected to make a decision on whether to approve or reject the takeover of Nexen by a Chinese state-run company. Any rearward decision-making process hinging on knee-jerk intercultural reactions, quick paydays or short-sighted goals is detrimental to our country as a whole.

Canadians have more of a protectionist streak than their American counterparts, suggests a new Abacus data poll that looks at foreign investment in th...

Beijing's representative in Ottawa says Chinese firms are not involved in foreign espionage and he challenges anyone who says otherwise to produce evi...

OTTAWA - As a former deputy minister at Industry Canada, there was no one in government who knew the Investment Canada Act more intimately than Paul B...

CALGARY - Natural gas producer Progress Energy Resources is expressing its disappointment after the federal government rejected a Malaysian state-owne...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its review period for the proposed takeover of Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) by China's state-owned offshore oil c...

UPDATE: Treasury Board President Tony Clement has rejected the NDP's call for public consultations on the takeover of Alberta energy company Nexen by ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — State run Indian oil giant Oil and Natural Gas Corp. denied Tuesday that it and two other state-run oil companies have jointly ...