Category: Business
This Alberta mountain town plays a big role in the fitness watch craze
In a small town in Alberta, an eclectic group of engineers and athletes are helping fuel the explosive growth of fitness watches and wearables.Just off ... Read More
How do low interest rates affect your life?
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rates to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, continuing a rate-cutting cycle that began in June 2024.Ahead of ... Read More
Why did hundreds of General Motors employees choose today to protest outside the Ontario auto plant?
Hundreds of General Motors workers took to the sidewalk outside the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, on Wednesday, calling on the automotive company to find ... Read More
Microsoft’s cloud services firm Azure faces outage, customers say they should see improvements soon
Microsoft Azure users will not be able to access Office 365, Minecraft or other services due to cloud service issues, the tech giant said on ... Read More
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the second time this year to boost growth, hiring
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its key interest rate for the second time this year as it looks to boost economic growth and ... Read More
Nvidia becomes the first company to reach $5 trillion valuation with the help of AI boom
Nvidia made history on Wednesday by becoming the first company to reach a market value of $5 trillion on the back of a surprise rally ... Read More
The Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate to 2.25%, suggesting it is done cutting rates for the time being
The Bank of Canada cut interest rates to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, but cautioned that monetary policy cannot fix the structural economic damage caused ... Read More
Why are some farmers turning old grain bins into guest houses?
Some Alberta cattlemen hope getting involved in tourism will help support their family farms for another generation — though the accommodations may seem a little ... Read More
Canadian firms Cameco, Brookfield sign $80B US nuclear reactor deal with US government
Shares of Cameco Corp rose more than 20 percent after the uranium company and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd announced a partnership agreement with the US ... Read More
Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs to spend more on AI
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant increases spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere.CEO Andy Jassy, ​​who has ... Read More