AFP Panama is preparing to officially open its canal shortly to far bigger cargo ships after nearly a decade of expansion work aimed at boosting transit revenues and global trade. A VIP ceremony will be held on the banks of the canal to inaugurate the completion of the works. President Juan Carlos Varela will unveil the new locks and ...

  Bloomberg Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., the nation’s largest heavy-oil producer, was fined C$500,000 ($384,500) for breaching environmental laws in 2010 and 2012. The company was penalized C$350,000 for an incident on May 28, 2010, at its Horizon facility when the plant’s sulfur-recovery unit failed and hydrogen sulfide escaped, the Alberta government said in a statement Friday. It had reported ...

  Bloomberg Monsanto Co. and Argentina announced an agreement for the collection of royalties for genetically modified soybeans, ending years of dispute between the world’s largest seed company and the third-largest grower of the crop. “The state will have full control of seed commercialization in order to ensure private companies like Monsanto will be able to collect royalties payments,” Agriculture ...