Category: Business
As gold prices rise, some popular Canadian jewelery brands are raising their prices
some canadian Jewelery brands are raising their prices as gold demand surges - driven by investors' fears of a shaky economic outlook - market for ... Read More
Trump signs order imposing 25% tariff on truck imports
US President Donald Trump today signed an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks starting November 1, with ... Read More
International deal to cut shipping emissions fails due to US pressure
The United States has succeeded in blocking a global tariff on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned on Friday without adopting rules.The world's ... Read More
Taiwan does not officially exist in much of the world. Its microchips make it hard to ignore
Microchip manufacturing plants, or fabs, inside futuristic warehouses lining the leafy streets of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park are so secure and locked from the outside ... Read More
Global bank stocks waver as investors fear credit risks at US regional banks
Fears over credit quality at US regional banks spread through markets on Friday, sending global financial stocks briefly lower before they recovered their losses, and ... Read More
Nestlé cuts 16,000 jobs worldwide in effort to cut costs
Nestle is cutting 16,000 jobs globally as part of efforts to revive its financial performance.The Swiss food giant, which makes Nescafe, KitKat, pet food and ... Read More
Canadian Tire to begin selling iconic Hudson Bay blankets and donate proceeds to Indigenous Fund
Canadian Tire will begin selling the iconic Hudson's Bay Point blankets and has promised to continue a program started by HBC to donate net proceeds ... Read More
CMHC says new home construction in September increased 14% from the previous month
Canadian housing construction, also known as new home construction, increased 14 per cent in September from the previous month — a faster-than-expected increase, National Housing ... Read More
Canadian home sales fell in September for the first time since April
The number of homes sold in September fell 1.7 per cent from the previous month, breaking a five-month streak of increases in sales activity, according ... Read More
Tank top ads using ‘offensive’ phrase on Amazon removed from site after CBC investigation
Several ads for tank tops on Amazon that used the term "wife beater," a phrase deemed offensive by Canada's advertising watchdog, have been removed from ... Read More