The Canadian Press VALCOURT, Que. — Recreational vehicle maker BRP Inc. has signed a deal to buy Alumacraft Boat, a producer of aluminum fishing boats, based in St. Peter, Minn., and announced plans to create a new marine group. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available. BRP says […]
National Business
By Ivan Moreno The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration. […]
The Associated PressGene Johnson Mail-order weed? You betcha! With marijuana legalization across Canada on the horizon, the industry is shaping up to look different from the way it does in nine U.S. states that have legalized adult recreational use of the drug. Age limits, government involvement in distribution and sales, […]
By Gene Johnson The Associated Press Mail-order weed? You betcha! With marijuana legalization across Canada on the horizon, the industry is shaping up to look different from the way it does in nine U.S. states that have legalized adult recreational use of the drug. Age limits, government involvement in distribution […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — A series of rebates offered by the Ontario government for energy-efficient renovations has been cancelled. A post on the GreenOn.ca website says several residential and commercial rebate programs, including those for ground source heat pumps and smart thermostats for homes, are now closed. The site […]
The Associated PressMatt O’Brien SAN FRANCISCO–IBM pitted a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it’s been working on for more than five years. The company unveiled its Project Debater in San Francisco yesterday, asking it to make a case for government-subsidized space […]
By Jeff Karoub And Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports on Monday as the two nations moved closer to a potential trade war. The tariffs, which Trump wants set at a […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — McDonald’s said Friday it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants later this year. The burger chain and other fast-food companies are facing […]
By Dan Healing The Canadian Press CALGARY — Railway exports of crude oil from Western Canada are starting to increase, a welcome sign for producers who were forced to accept bigger price discounts and, in some cases, curtail production, as export pipelines filled to near capacity earlier this year. Crude-by-rail […]
By Josh Funk The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The price of a private lunch with investor Warren Buffett could set a record this year, with bids already surpassing $3 million. The online auction that raises money for the Glide Foundation’s work to help the homeless in San Francisco wraps […]
The Associated PressAndrew Dalton LOS ANGELES–The unprecedented sudden cancellation of one of television’s top comedies has left a wave of unemployment and uncertainty in its wake. Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet and the swift axing of her rebooted show put hundreds of people out of work, with some wondering whether they […]
By David Pitt The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa-based utility submitted plans Wednesday for a massive wind turbine project that would be the nation’s first investor-owned electric utility to generate all of its customer demand from wind energy. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy wants to build a $922 […]
