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OTTAWA - Bureaucracy makes it too difficult for Canadian tech companies to sell to government, a new report from an industry group says - and all that red tape is keeping them from a bigger piece of t...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers announced an agreement on Wednesday to resolve differences over proposed tax and fee increases, settling on a far more modest approach after a $1.3 billion pac...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - With no votes to spare, Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would raise the state's sales tax by 1 cent to 6.5% on every taxable dollar spent - which would make it among the h...

TORONTO - Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline said there's no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food prices for Canadians. The president and CEO of Sobeys' parent company...

MONTREAL - Driving a taxi was not how Jean-Pierre Derival planned to spend his golden years. But this week, as the 80-year-old prepared to testify at a trial against the Quebec government's management...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his a...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday that customers ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump's social media company on Monday disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more...

MONTREAL - Airlines and marine shippers have asked Ottawa to beef up funding for sustainable transport, money they hope will flow toward green supply chains and upgrades to existing infrastructure. Ta...

LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) - Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in giving more financial security to an historicall...