By Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The Air Force unit that defends Hawaii skies will get experimental energy technology that uses trash to generate power and relies on its own small electrical grid a system intended to keep the unit operating if a bomb, […]
National Business
By Lisa Rathke The Associated Press SANDGATE, Vt. — Once a side venture that helped farmers pay their taxes, Vermont maple syrup is becoming big business, with corporations buying up thousands of acres of trees as they bank in part on a rise in demand for alternative natural sweeteners. In […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — A&W says it is contributing to research to find better cage-free housing alternatives for hens. The company says it is granting $100,000 to Farm & Food Care Canada, a coalition of farmers and businesses, to study ways of sourcing eggs from hens housed in improved […]
By Joan Lowy The Associated Press WASHINGTON The government would standardize the way airlines disclose fees for basic services like checked bags, seat assignments and ticket changes so that passengers can more easily comparison-shop the full cost of flights under a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Wednesday. The proposal is part […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK Even the “Most Interesting Man in the World” is not immune to getting dumped. Mexican beer brand Dos Equis is letting go of its grey-haired spokesman, 77-year-old Jonathan Goldsmith, and replacing him with another actor. Goldsmith, known in the ads as the “Most Interesting Man […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK Amazon is taking to the skies. The e-commerce powerhouse has finalized an agreement to lease 20 Boeing jets from Air Transport Services Group Inc. as it builds out its U.S. delivery capabilities. Amazon has been investing heavily in its shipping infrastructure, adding sorting centres, which […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY Imperial Oil says it has reached deals to sell its remaining 497 Esso retail stations in Canada to five fuel distributors for a total of $2.8 billion. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is set to buy 279 stations in Ontario and Quebec for nearly $1.69 billion. Meanwhile, 7-Eleven […]
By Craig Wong The Canadian Press OTTAWA A new report by investment firm BlackRock suggests most women lack confidence when it comes to making decisions on investing. “We are seeing more and more women categorize themselves as savers versus investors and they’re sitting on the sidelines in cash,” says Karrie […]
By Josh Funk The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. Canadian Pacific reportedly approached the CSX railroad about a possible merger earlier this year while it continued to pursue its proposed takeover of rival Norfolk Southern. The latest overture to Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Canadian […]
The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. Olympus Corp., the nation’s largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment, will pay $646 million to resolve separate criminal and civil investigations into kickbacks and foreign bribery, company and federal officials announced Tuesday. Olympus said its U.S. unit will pay $623.2 million plus interest to […]
The Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $400 million to Stanford University to help create the largest fully-endowed scholarship in the world with the goal of preparing a new generation of global leaders, university officials said Wednesday. With Knight’s gift and donations from alumni and […]
By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship. As the fashion world comes to London for its semi-annual round of minutely choreographed catwalk shows, luxury designers are shaking […]
