SES Research in a new poll have found that American citizens are supportive of increased co-operation with Canada when it comes to border security. This co-operation also extends to an intergrated energy policy and anti-terror measures.

SES President Nikita Nanos says of the poll, “More than eight of ten Americans support greater co-operation with Canada on border security, anti-terrorism measures and having an integrated energy policy.”.

The SES poll shows American support for greater co-operation with Canada cut across all regions of the US. In contrast, Canada, in particular Quebecers, while they are still supportive of co-operation with the US, were found to be more likely to have less overall support for co-operation.

Emerging Canadian energy dominance played a strong part in the high support felt by Americans. In their rush to remove themselves from their long dependence on Middle East oil and everything that comes with it, nearly 90% of Americans found an integrated energy policy as very important. Canadians were only slightly less enthusiastic of this development at 85% support.

People who use wireless internet “show deeper engagement with cyberspace,” according to an American study.
While 54% of internet users check e-mail “on the typical day,” 72% of wireless users check daily.
Just under half of wireless users get news online every day, compared to 31% of internet users at large.
The Pew Internet and American Life Project […]

[ March 15, 2007; ] The Russian Central Bank is to hold an auction for 250 billion rubles in first issue Central Bank bonds on March 15. The bonds mature on October 18, 2007 and have a put option.

According to a statement from the Central Bank’s PR department, the Central Bank series 04001 bonds acquired at the auction may be […]

Skype is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country’s mobile phone industry for “unlocked” devices and third-party applications—such as Skype.
The eBay unit, a pioneer in peer-to-peer VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol), petitioned the FCC this week to affirm that the landmark Carterphone decision applies to the […]

Treasury bond prices fell Thursday as investors sold ahead of the five-year Treasury auction and in the aftermath of Wednesday’s inflation data that came in stronger than expected.
At midday, the 10-year Treasury note was down $2.81 per $1,000 in face value, or 9/32 point, from its level at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Its yield, which moves […]

The auction of 10-year state development loans of seven state governments was oversubscribed, on improved liquidity in the system.
Uttar Pradesh raised the highest amount of Rs 16.15 billion via this auction, where the cut-off yield was fixed at 8.45%. Tamil Nadu raised Rs 5 billion with a cut-off yield of 8.19%. The state government […]

The former management of Russian oil firm Yukos have condemned the move to auction off the company’s assets.
Five Russian oil refineries and 400,000 barrels of daily oil production will be among the assets of Yukos going under the hammer from March.
The receiver values the assets at about $22bn, but Yukos owes the government $26bn in […]

Japanese government bond prices closed mostly higher after the result of today’s auction of 20-year government bonds cheered investors, dealers said.
Dealers said longer-dated bonds had attracted buying interest among institutional investors as they built up their holdings in preparation for the closing of their books next month.
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Google Inc. is unveiling a product today to compete with Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. in the multibillion-dollar business of providing e-mail, calendar, and other tools on corporate computer desktops.
The Web-based product, called Google Apps Premier Edition, also will include word processing and document sharing, instant messaging, and Internet voice capability. Google will offer […]

The dollar was firm on renewed speculation of further interest rate hikes this year from the US Federal Reserve after the minutes to its last rate-setting meeting continued to show a tightening bias.
Analysts said the news, coupled with stronger than expected US inflation data for January, has reinforced expectations that there won’t be any change […]