Tag Archives: business

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...

LONDON - European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation Tuesday into Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit. The EU's executive commission said it was concerned the deal...

OTTAWA - The pandemic has not been easy on a key source of revenue for Habit for Humanity - its social enterprise known as the ReStore. The brick-and-mortar operations, like others in the country, clo...

FREDERICTON - The COVID-19 pandemic has put cross-border shopping trips and vacations on hold since March, and many American businesses along the border say they miss both the revenue and the familiar...

OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he downloaded ...

The Global Transportation Hub (GTH) in Regina had no land sales last year, a fact that has the provincial opposition calling for an economic inquiry. A new report shows the project is now $46 million ...

WASHINGTON - Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose at the slowest pace in three years in the April-June quarter, a sign that businesses are holding back on pay as well as cutting jobs in the corona...

WASHINGTON - American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and paralyzed the econom...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to move as many out-of-work Canadians into the employment insurance system when a key emergency benefit runs out in the fall, and provide an EI-like support ...

LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment. Such...