foreign-ownership

Horacio Colombi said in a recent interview that he won't enforce the foreign-ownership amendment as it stands because because it violates the national constitution.

U.S. Millionaire Cultivates South American Park Plan Shane Romig 2011

Constrained by foreign-ownership rules, it paid $4.5 billion for half of Constellation's nuclear business in 2008, outbidding Warren Buffett 's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, which offered $4.7 billion for the whole company.

EDF's Expensive U.S. Nuclear Option Matthew Curtin 2010

The Internet company's disclosure late Tuesday that it had lost its exposure to Chinese online-payments business Alipay as a result of Chinese foreign-ownership rules should cause all Yahoo shareholders to rethink their position.

Asia Could Be a Trapdoor for Yahoo Martin Peers 2011

While relatively small compared with recent, multibillion-dollar oil and mining deals in Canada, Rio Tinto's deal for Hathor and its Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan could test Canada's commitment to liberalizing foreign-ownership rules over uranium mines.

Rio Tinto Agrees to Buy Canadian Uranium Firm for $570 Million Edward Welsch 2011

Mr. Harper's Conservatives are also expected to clarify foreign-ownership rules, a political minefield during his years atop a minority government.

A Green Light for Canada's Leader Paul Vieira 2011

Mr. Paradis will be under pressure to liberalize Canada's foreign-ownership rules as they pertain to certain key sectors, among them telecommunications—something Conservatives promised and failed to do in 2010.

Canada's Harper Shuffles Cabinet Paul Vieira 2011

BUENOS AIRES—Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday that her government is sponsoring legislation that would place strict foreign-ownership limits on arable and rural lands, potentially throwing cold water on a frenzy of farmland acquisitions by foreigners in recent years.

Argentina Aims to Tighten Farm-Land Ownership Rules Shane Romig 2011

"I think the probability of Qatar getting included is very low," said Dubai-based Kamran Butt , who heads Credit Suisse's Middle East private banking equity research, pointing to recent comments from Qatar that the country doesn't plan to raise foreign-ownership limits.

MSCI to Make Emerging Markets Call Nikhil Lohade 2011

Analysts also said the majority Conservative government might consider liberalizing foreign-ownership rules as they apply to certain sectors, most notably telecommunications—something the minority Tory government promised to do in 2010.

Canada's Tory Majority Gives Harper Policy Flexibility Paul Vieira 2011

Testing the Rules The government intends to relax the telecom sector ' s foreign-ownership rules, which the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says are among the most restrictive of its member nations.

Wireless War Caroline Van Hasselt 2010