By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to allow year-round sales of gasoline with higher blends of ethanol, a boon for Iowa and other farm states that have pushed for greater sales of the corn-based fuel. President Donald Trump announced he is lifting a […]
National Business
By Gene Johnson And Rob Gillies The Associated Press DELTA, B.C. — Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there. Years later, it’s no joke. The tomato and pepper plants that once […]
By David Koenig The Associated Press Advocates of taxing fossil fuels believe their position is stronger now because of an alarming new report on climate change and a Nobel Prize awarded to by two American economists, but neither development is likely to break down political resistance to a carbon tax. […]
By Bernard Condon The Associated Press NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s flagship golf resort in Scotland has lost millions of dollars for a fourth year in a row. His Turnberry resort on the Irish Sea lost 3.4 million pounds ($4.4 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2017, despite […]
By Pan Pylas The Associated Press LONDON — Male sports fans make up more than half of the group of people with an interest in women’s sports, according to a report published Thursday by analysts Nielsen Sports. The report found that 84 per cent of general sports fans in eight […]
By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canadian shoppers who like to buy products from the U.S. online have reason to rejoice about the revised NAFTA deal, but some homegrown retailers could be in for a struggle, say experts. Under the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada may […]
By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press Canadians hoping their weekly grocery staples like milk and eggs may soon cost less thanks to a new trade deal that opens up Canada’s dairy industry may be out of luck. Experts say the trilateral agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico is unlikely […]
By Rob Gillies And Paul Wiseman The Associated Press TORONTO — Canada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline. In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative […]
By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press The CEOs of three of Canada’s major grocery chains doubled down on their expectation that food prices will soon rise at their stores. Recent cost pressures on the industry, including rising minimum wages in some provinces, increased fuel and transportation costs and an ongoing […]
By Colleen Barry The Associated Press MARANELLO, Italy — Sportscar maker Ferrari is blazing its trail under new leadership on limited edition cars based on iconic models of the past, unveiling Tuesday the first in the Icona special series billed as the most-powerful road car in the company’s history. Ferrari […]
By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Time Magazine is being sold by Meredith Corp. to Marc Benioff, a co-founder of Salesforce, and his wife, it was announced Sunday. Meredith announced that it was selling Time magazine for $190 million in cash to Benioff, one of four co-founders of […]
By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press DEBLOIS, Maine — In the era of superfoods, Maine blueberries aren’t so super. The Maine wild blueberry industry harvests one of the most beloved fruit crops in New England, but it’s locked in a downward skid in a time when other nutrition-packed foods, from […]
