By Laura Carlsen Americas Program The well-known 19th century Mexican saying— “poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States”—has become more poignant today than ever in the context of the global economic crisis. This year Mexico will be one of the worst-hit countries due to the crisis ...

MONTREAL - Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday.

Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.

NEW YORK----As part of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' rating on $580,000 in outstanding general obligation bonds and $30.26 million in outstanding combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation issued by the city of San Benito, Texas .

Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore says.

The tech sector retreated Friday, falling for a second day in a row as shares of Dell Inc. dropped sharply following a decline in quarterly profit that signaled more problems for the computer maker.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwire - November 20, 2009) - Duke Realty Corporation ( NYSE : DRE ), a leading industrial and office property REIT, today announced it has renewed its unsecured revolving credit facility (the "facility"), which was set to mature in January 2010. Under terms of the renewal, the ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - Pursuant to the Ontario Power Authority's ("OPA") Hydroelectric Contract Initiative, Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., ("BRPI") today announced that it has entered into a 20-year contract with the OPA to sell it all of the output from 16 of BRPI's Ontario ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - Sentry Select Primary Metals Corp. (the "Corporation") (TSX:PME), is pleased to announce the results of its review of strategic alternatives for the Corporation. The Corporation's special committee (the "Special Committee"), comprised of the independent ...

SHONGA (Nigeria), Nov 20 — When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm. His dairy farm now has 300 Jersey cows, some of among 800 imported from South Africa to start ...