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MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it's forging ahead with plans to open an electrial vehicle battery megaplant near Montreal by 2026, despite a tight timeline and opposition from environm...

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...