While President Barack Obama is weighing in against new trade protectionism in one bill, the trade-skeptic bloc in Congress has decided they want more protectionism in another.

In a development that reportedly took even President Obama's aides by surprise, the United States' new cap and trade bill has narrowly passed the House of Representatives in Congress. The bill, known as Waxman-Markey, passed by 219 to 212, with 44 Democrats, mostly from coal-producing and industrial manufacturing states in ...

Robert Page had his work cut out for him today. The Calgary, AB-based chair of Canada's National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy was fielding a packed morning's worth of media from all across the country.

Hail to the U.S. House of Representatives, which voted down the US$700-billion government bailout package and added fuel to the Wall Street selloff today.

The Abu Dhabi and Singapore governments and members of the U.S. Treasury department have come to an agreement on a set of principles for countries that operate sovereign wealth funds, and for the countries those funds are investing in. The Treasury department announcement, which includes a link to the principles, ...