MILAN -- Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink in 2025 for the first time since the Great Recession, according to a Bain consultancy study released Wednesday.…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark’s royal court said Wednesday it will phase out a labeling system dating to the 1800s that grants companies the right to use the image of the…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A federal judge has denied an effort to temporarily block enforcement of a constitutional amendment Arkansas voters approved last week that revokes the state's license for…
Both sides are also now keenly aware that President-elect Donald Trump — who has a track record of supporting big businesses — would be the one ultimately appointing the people…
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Open this photo in gallery:According to Statistics Canada, only 37.5 per cent of Canadians are covered by a workplace pension plan.sorbetto/iStockPhoto / Getty ImagesCanadians have long been dependent on the…
Swedish streaming audio giant Spotify is courting more video creators, podcasters and influencers in an effort to step up its competition with popular digital platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and…
It’s the second data center planned near Xcel’s large coal plant in Becker; earlier this year, Xcel sold about 295 acres of land in Becker to Microsoft for $17.7 million.“Working…
McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of…
Open this photo in gallery:A Tesla Cybertruck in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S. on June 23.Agustin Marcarian/ReutersTesla TSLA-Q said on Wednesday it was recalling 2,400 Cybertruck pickups…
Recombinetics, whose hornless dairy bulls garnered national attention for the Eagan-based gene-editing company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it faced a net loss of more than $2.6 million…
Open this photo in gallery:Overhead power lines are cross over Kingston, Ont., on March 8, 2017.Lars Hagberg/The Canadian PressThomas Timmins, Robert Hull and Paul Carenza are lawyers with Gowling WLG.The…
When Steven Szlachtowski was on the witness stand, Thomas spoke poetically about the bond of parents and children.“There will be a lifetime of memories and birthdays and weddings and grandchildren…
Open this photo in gallery:With such an overhaul of the AIMCo board and management, the cost for Albertans is likely to be far more significant than the putative cost concerns…
Serious progress has been made in convincing people to delay the start of Canada Pension Plan retirement benefits as late as age 70 to get more money each month.To keep…
The Canadian dollar CADUSD weakened to a 4-1/2-year low against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as investors weighed U.S. inflation data and the prospect of a wider divergence in economic…
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Boeing BA-N said on Wednesday it is issuing layoff notices starting this week to workers impacted by a broader plan by the heavily indebted planemaker to cut 17,000 jobs, or…
Amazon.com AMZN-Q and IKEA, in alliance with about three dozen other companies that depend on ocean freight, will invite shipping firms for the first time to bid on a contract…
Via Rail is taking Canadian National Railway Co. to court over new speed restrictions and other rules in Quebec and Ontario that the passenger rail company says are causing unwarranted…
Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could propel the African country to a leading…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joked Thursday about President-elect Trump’s decision to appoint Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as co-leads of his new government efficiency panel. “The Office of Government Efficiency…
The largest project so far in the LaSalle Street Reimagined program inched closer to reality Tuesday when the Community Development Commission recommended that City Council green light it.That would unlock…
