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Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to records as Federal Reserve still sees rate cuts for 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied to more records after the Federal Reserve indicated it’s…
BoC expects to cut rates this year, governing council split on timing: deliberations
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to begin cutting interest…
TD signs deal with Indian bank HDFC to attract students looking to study in Canada
TORONTO – TD Bank Group has signed an agreement with an Indian bank in a…
Crescent Point Energy Corp. plans to change company name to Veren Inc.
CALGARY – Crescent Point Energy Corp. says it plans to change its name to Veren…
Maine to decide on stricter electric vehicle standards
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine environmental regulators are set to decide whether the state will…
RBC names Maria Douvas chief legal and administrative officer
TORONTO – Royal Bank of Canada is expanding the role of chief legal officer Maria…
Browning West says current Gildan board cannot be trusted to oversee sale process
A U.S. investor who is seeking to replace a majority of the directors at Gildan…
Boyd Group Services reports Q4 profit and sales up from year earlier
WINNIPEG – Boyd Group Services Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit of US$19.1 million, up from…
7 dead after South Korean tanker capsizes off Japan, 2 still missing
TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean tanker capsized off an island in southwestern Japan on…
Gannett, McClatchy news chains say they will stop using Associated Press content
NEW YORK (AP) — The Gannett and McClatchy news chains, publishers of more than 230…
Gildan Activewear shops for competing offers after potential buyer emerges
Gildan Activewear Inc. is entertaining offers to buy the business after seeing interest from at…
‘Passed like a baton’: Advocates, Air Canada CEO clash on accessible travel
Advocates and Air Canada’s CEO served up opposing views of on-board accessibility for passengers on…
New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Natural gas drilling companies would be banned in New York from…
New Brunswick budget $41 million in surplus, no voter-friendly items before election
FREDERICTON – The final New Brunswick budget before this year’s provincial election includes a $41-million…
S&P/TSX composite creeps higher after inflation report, U.S. stock markets rise
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index eked out a gain Tuesday after a new report…
Stock market today: Wall Street notches another record ahead of Fed news
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street notched another record high as traders wait to hear…
$41-million surplus and other highlights from New Brunswick’s 2024-25 budget
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government on Tuesday tabled its last budget before this…
Sour grapes: N.S. pauses subsidy to wine bottlers that drew ire of wineries
HALIFAX – Following weeks of criticism, the Nova Scotia government is backing away from a…
Statistics Canada says telecom prices continue to come down, driving inflation lower
As MPs study the affordability of telecommunication services, Statistics Canada says cellphone and internet costs…
Gardening bloomed during the pandemic. Garden centers hope would-be green thumbs stay interested
NEW YORK (AP) — Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people…
BP oil refinery in Indiana resumes normal operations weeks after power outage, temporary shutdown
WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations…
‘Unambiguously good’: Inflation slows in February as price growth unexpectedly eases
OTTAWA – Canada’s inflation figures came in softer than expected for a second consecutive month,…
Reddit is preparing to sell shares to the public. Here’s what you need to know
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion,…
AstraZeneca to buy Canadian cancer treatment developer Fusion Pharmaceuticals
HAMILTON – Canadian cancer treatment developer Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has signed a deal to be…