By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment […]
National Business
By Matthew Brown The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the U.S. are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge but not fast enough to meet international climate change goals, environmental groups said Wednesday. Coal’s dominance as the fuel […]
By Janie Har The Associated Press San Francisco could become the largest U.S. city to ban the sale of fur, a move that would hearten animal lovers but frustrate niche business owners who say they are fed up with city officials dictating what retailers can or can’t sell. If the […]
By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK — The company behind the golden arches wants to get greener. McDonald’s on Tuesday announced a number of steps it will take to cut the greenhouse gases it emits into the air, including tweaking the way the beef in its Big Macs […]
The Canadian Press The American government is imposing more anti-dumping duties on Canadian newsprint. The U.S. Department of Commerce says a preliminary investigation has found Canadian exporters underpriced uncoated groundwood paper by between 0 and 22.16 per cent. Uncoated groundwood paper includes newsprint, as well as book publishing, printing and […]
The Associated Press CLERMONT, Ky. — Bourbon barrel No. 15 million has taken its place in a Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky. Beam on Monday filled its 15 millionth barrel of bourbon since the end of Prohibition. The company says it’s a first for a Kentucky distillery. It was filled […]
By Michael Liedtke And Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blocked Singapore chipmaker Broadcom from pursuing a hostile takeover of U.S. rival Qualcomm, ruling the proposed combination would imperil national security. The decision, announced late Monday, abruptly ends Broadcom’s four-month, $117 billion bid to buy Qualcomm […]
By Josh Boak The Associated Press ERIE, Pa. — With the abandoned smokestacks off the bay and ramshackle factories along 12th Street, it’s easy to pin the blame for this industrial city’s plight on the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico. Many, including President Donald Trump, hold the […]
By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres more than 53 square miles ‚Äî […]
By Zeke Miller And Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said North American neighbours Canada and Mexico will get no relief from his new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports unless a “new and fair” free trade agreement is signed. The Trump administration says […]
By Ken Thomas The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Determined to protect vital American industries, President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, dramatically raising the possibility of a trade showdown with China and other key trading partners. Trump summoned steel and aluminum executives […]
The Associated PressDamian J. Troise NEW YORK–Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart took steps yesterday to restrict gun sales, adding two retail heavyweights to the growing rift between corporate America and the gun lobby. Dick’s said it immediately will stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to […]
