The Canadian government’s decision to block the C$5.2 billion ($5.23 billion) bid by Petroliam Nasional Bhd of Malaysia for Calgary-based Progress Energy Resources Corp. (PRQ) is not a precedent for other rulings, International Trade Minister Ed Fast said.-BBG

Ditto USD/CAD still trading at 0.9942/46 as the market has gone catatonic ahead of numbers out of Tokyo.