globeandmailcom globeandmailcomemailglobeandmailcom market opener newsletter home national world business sports opinions arts technology travel health auto wednesday august 6 2008 top stories agrium profit doubles soaring fertilizer sales uap holdings acquisition pay 726 xstrata bids 10billion lonmin allcash bid worlds thirdbiggest platinum producer would help angloswiss base metals miner diversify metals business 622 freddie mac loss exceeds expectations1 us mortgage financer lost 829million quarter sets aside 25billion credit losses 620 1 tyranny dimwitted doha democracies dictatorships voted overwhelmingly protectionism 600 commodities find gravity tsx takes fall resource stocks hit rocks 600 heres hoping gold fields transparency sets trend nick holland challenges others come clean cash flow 600 advertisement latest news nasdaq secondquarter profit nearly doubles sprint nextel swings loss wired world goes airborne qwest profit still beats street marsh mclennan earnings fall unit writedown harmony loses 135 kg gold strike canadian business herouxdevtek profit rises sales also climb longeuil que firm 737 profit revenue slip canam group boucherville firm may buy back 10 per cent shares 652 igm pays premium bring saxon fold4 igm offers 21 per share 65 per cent premium fridays closing price 050808 712 pm 4 energy resources platinum bounces 6month low gold rises bargain hunting hitting sevenweek low 636 austrias omv pulls bid mol says european unions restrictions tough pull 23billion energy takeover 645 coal mine strike hits anglo american south african mines production affected oneday strike company says 704 angloplats key mine affected strike rustenburg anglo platinums biggest mine partially affected 706 copper rises consumer buying chinese zinc capacity royal mess 652 international business cathay ana jal may cut routes high fuel prices bite earnings cathay formerly worlds profitable airline reports rare loss 659 britains economy nears stagnation bank england begins twoday meeting surveys show consumers losing steam 656 time warner profit falls 26 per cent hit declining subscriber fees aol lower ad revenue time publishing business 627 mitsubishi build new battery plant lithiumion batteries power new allelectric car launched next year 644 restructuring costs cause henkel profit fall dial soap owner planning 3000 job cuts 636 cisco beats street forecast5 technology bellwether posts 2billion profit fourth quarter revenue exceeding 10billion first time 050808 528 pm 5 11 charged tjx card number thefts7 us justice department says 40 million credit debit card numbers stolen 050808 322 pm 7 investing world stocks rise bank earnings equities also boosted falling price oil federal reserve signal hurry raise interest rates 642 dilemma debt rolling rim tim hortons23 canadas largest coffee chain reporting earnings thursday steve ladurantaye takes look investors expect coming months 040808 434 23 resource sector room grow miners better profit prospects financials one analyst says 010808 754 technology motorola snares qualcomm coo sanjay jha head companys handset division prepares become independent company 040808 228 pm nortel grows stock sinks23 telecommunications equipment maker says track 2008 targets secondquarter loss triples 010808 1142 23 managing workplace goes dogs2 kira vermond dissects latest workplace career trends 020808 824 2 senior execs blind mental illness survey15 costs associated mental health issues skyrocketing yet business leaders still little awareness issue 150708 1131 15 yesterdays markets index change value wed aug 06 075237 edt 2008 sptsx 25433 1324220 djia 33162 1161577 sp 500 3587 128488 nasdaq 6427 234983 venture 9567 214244 commodities bonds index change value wed aug 06 075237 edt 2008 gold ny na 88610 oil ny na 11917 crb index na 39841 30 yr na 411 30 yr us na 463 currencies foreign exchange rates news cdn buys us na 9598 yen na 1038900 euro na 6207 us buys cdn na 10419 yen na 1082400 euro na 6467 email received headlines subscribed market opener newsletter globeandmailcom sign free newsletters globeandmailcom remove newsletter copyright 2008 ctvglobemedia publishng inc contact us privacy policy wed 06 aug 2008 091250 0400 market opener agrium profit doubles