By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI, Vietnam — Senior members of North Korea’s delegation to Hanoi for Kim Jong Un’s summit with President Donald Trump took a side trip Wednesday to visit one of Vietnam’s most successful conglomerates. Kim has several senior foreign and economic advisers with him in […]
National Business
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Barrick Gold will try to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. in an approximately $18 billion all-stock deal that would create a mining behemoth worth about $42 billion. Newmont, based in Colorado, has shunned the Canadian miner so far, and the latest brush between the fierce […]
By Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press The head of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has voiced his displeasure at the idea of Alberta’s $3.7-billion deal with Canada’s two biggest rail companies to ship more crude via rail amid a pipeline crunch squeezing oilsands producers. So the government steps in, we didn’t […]
The Canadian PressDavid Paddon The Canadian Television-radio and Telecommunications Commission confirmed yesterday what has been widely alleged for years, the industry uses unacceptable sales practices that mislead consumers and harms the public interest. The national telecom regulator said the misleading and aggressive practices exist in all types of sales channels […]
The Canadian PressChristopher Reynolds Proposed rules around air passenger rights are “inhumane” and will deprive travellers of proper compensation, a new report states. Advocacy group Air Passenger Rights says would-be regulations that allow airlines to keep travellers on the tarmac for up to three hours and 45 minutes are “unacceptable” […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press The Canadian Television-radio and Telecommunications Commission confirmed Wednesday what has been widely alleged for years, the industry uses unacceptable sales practices that mislead consumers and harms the public interest. The national telecom regulator said the misleading and aggressive practices exist in all types of […]
By Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press Proposed rules around air passenger rights are “inhumane” and will deprive travellers of proper compensation, a new report states. Advocacy group Air Passenger Rights says would-be regulations that allow airlines to keep travellers on the tarmac for up to three hours and 45 minutes […]
The Associated PressTom Krisher DETROIT–Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used, a new study found. The study of five electric vehicles by AAA also found that high temperatures can cut into battery range, though not nearly […]
By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — Nicole Foster-Beck asks a lot of the heavy-duty pickup truck she uses on her 43-acre horse farm east of Dallas. Aside from the daily hauling, her 2015 GMC Sierra has to be powerful enough to pull a heavy eight-horse trailer to competitions, […]
The Associated PressMae Anderson NEW YORK–This year, some of the Super Bowl ads that grabbed the greatest buzz were surprises–like Bud Light’s “Game of Thrones” teaser. Other crowd-pleasers focused on humour, such as Amazon’s take on celebrity product testers. While the New England Patriots bested the L.A. Rams yesterday in […]
By George Henry The Associated Press ATLANTA — Pepsi is pouring it on in Coke’s house injecting some fizz into its biggest rivalry during the buildup to the Super Bowl. While the visitors had called for a “cola truce” on social media with the NFL title game in the shadows […]
The Associated PressMatt O’Brien Robots aren’t replacing everyone but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. Thursday’s report from the Washington think-tank says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with “high exposure” […]
