Barriers to foreign investment are hurting Canadian workers and the economy, a business oriented think-tank said Thursday, in a report that argues all sectors of the economy should be opened fully to such investment and that all business operating here sh

(AP:SAO PAULO, Brazil) Latin America's largest economy expanded at a blistering pace in the third quarter before the global economic slowdown hit hard in October, Brazil's government said Tuesday.

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business.

Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- India’s economy will probably withstand the effect of yesterday’s terror attacks in Mumbai as rising incomes and record harvests boost consumer spending.

Textron Inc. shares plunge 19% in early trades after the company slashes its fourth-quarter earnings estimate, announces more than 2,000 job cuts and says it is exiting most of its commercial-finance business.