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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has provided meat processors with testing guidelines and is responsible for signing certificates to make sure the products meet Russian standards, said Jacques Pomerleau, executive director of Canada Pork International.
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NEW YORK, Dec 7- The S&P 500 eked out only a slight gain on Friday as weak consumer sentiment data offset enthusiasm from a better-than-expected jobs report, while the Nasdaq slipped after some investors resumed a sell-off of Apple shares. Wall Street opened higher after the U.S. Labor Department said non-farm payrolls added 146,000 jobs in November.
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LONDON, Dec 7- For Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Executive Stephen Hester, the biggest turnaround in corporate history is not over. At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, RBS came within hours of running out of cash, and Britain had to pump in 45.5 billion pounds to prevent a potentially catastrophic failure of what at the time was the world's fifth largest bank.
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LONDON, Dec 7- European shares edged higher on Friday, lifted by major healthcare stocks and telecoms group Nokia, although some traders said they would look to sell equities due to an uncertain economic backdrop.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 7- U.S. companies kept up their steady but slow hiring pace in November, defying predictions that superstorm Sandy would deal a big blow to the labor market. Nonfarm employment expanded by 146,000 jobs last month after gaining 138,000 in October, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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SANTIAGO, Dec 7- Spanish energy firm Endesa SA is poised to clinch a deal with Chilean pension funds over regional energy group Enersis SA's controversial planned capital increase, a source close to Endesa told Reuters on Friday.
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*Government has until Dec. 10 to rule on CNOOC bid. OTTAWA, Dec 7- A powerful Canadian cabinet committee which has been studying CNOOC Ltd's $15.1 billion bid for domestic oil producer Nexen Inc met on Friday as the deadline loomed for Canada's ruling on the proposed Chinese takeover.
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*Russia move comes after US Senate passes trade bill. CHICAGO, Dec 7- U.S. pork and beef exports to Russia could halt on Saturday following Moscow's requirement that the meat be tested and certified free of the feed additive ractopamine, a move analysts said smacked of political retaliation.
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SANTIAGO, Dec 7- Spain's Endesa SA is poised to clinch a deal with Chilean pension funds over regional energy group Enersis SA's controversial planned capital increase, a source close to Endesa told Reuters on Friday. The agreement is likely to be announced later on Friday, the source added.
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NEW YORK, Dec 7- Cisco Systems laid out its mid-term growth strategy on Friday, betting on increased demand for software, services and security as it strives to become the world's leading information technology company.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 7- A U.S. congressional committee that oversees drug safety issues has asked a compounding pharmacists' industry association to provide documents on the group's role in helping pharmacies in their interactions with federal and state authorities.
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The downbeat forecast spells more bad news for Brazil's struggling economy, which is the world's No. 4 car market and a key source of growth for U.S. and European auto companies such as General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG. Brazil's auto output last declined in 2002, by 2.4 percent; it has averaged 9 percent growth since then.
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LONDON, Dec 7- European stocks closed flat in choppy trade on Friday, as worries that U.S. politicians may fail to strike a deal to avoid growth-curbing austerity measures pushed equities off earlier highs. The STOXX 600 telecoms index declined 0.6 percent, dragged down by a 2.7 percent fall in Deutsche Telekom after it cut its dividend.
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NEW YORK, Dec 7- Boeing Co said customers cancelled orders for six planes worth nearly $1.9 billion at list prices, and booked orders for two planes worth $700 million. In its latest tally, Boeing showed cancellations for five 747-8 jumbo jets and a 767. The new orders were for two 747 s.
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ATHENS, Dec 7- Greece's three biggest banks won board approval to take part in the country's debt buyback which expires on Friday, putting Athens on track to meet targets set by international lenders.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec 7- Oil production from Alaska's declining North Slope fields is expected to fall 4.5 percent this fiscal year, posing a growing challenge for the state's finances, Alaska's Department of Revenue said this week.
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Dec 7- China- based Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd said it had concluded that it had been defrauded by a partner in a solar development fund, which would require it to reduce its net income for 2010 by between $60 million and $80 million.
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OTTAWA, Dec 7- Canada is restarting its search for new fighter jets but could still choose Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35, which Ottawa had initially said it would buy before losing enthusiasm as cost estimates soared, a government source told Reuters on Friday.
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NEW YORK, Dec 7- Americans' outlook on the economy and their finances took a turn for the worse in early December, likely due to anxiety about the potential for higher taxes resulting from contentious discussions in Washington over fiscal issues, a survey released on Friday showed.
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NEW YORK, Dec 7- Americans' outlook on the economy and their finances took a turn for the worse in early December, likely due to anxiety about the potential for higher taxes resulting from contentious discussions in Washington over fiscal issues, a survey released on Friday showed.