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US hiring slower but steady as employers add 155K jobs
By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, a slowdown from recent months but enough to suggest that the economy is expanding at a solid pace despite sharp gyrations in the stock market. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate remained 3.7%, nearly a five-decade low, for the third straight month. Average ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Altria invests $2.4 billion for 45% stake in Canadian cannabis producer Cronos
By Armina Ligaya, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
TORONTO – Tobacco giant Altria Group will invest $2.4 billion in Canadian cannabis producer Cronos group for a 45-per-cent ownership stake as the global market for legal pot continues to grow. Virginia-based Altria, parent of the company that makes Marlboro cigarettes, can also invest up to a further $1.4 billion within four years that would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Huawei arrest deepens conflict between US and China
By Paul Wiseman And Frank Bajak, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2018
WASHINGTON – The arrest of a prominent Chinese telecommunications executive has driven home why it will be so hard for the Trump administration to resolve its deepening conflict with China. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer, has heightened skepticism over the trade truce that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reached last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer: Trump resort hired undocumented workers
By Bernard Condon, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2018
NEW YORK – Two women who cleaned rooms set aside for President Donald Trump at one of his golf resorts in New Jersey say they used false papers to get hired, their supervisors knew it and that many employees there also lack legal documents. Anibal Romero, a lawyer representing Victorina Morales and Sandra Diaz, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by Canadian city
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by province
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): – Newfoundland and Labrador 12.2 per cent (12.7) – Prince Edward Island 8.5 (7.2) – Nova Scotia 7.0 (7.7) – New Brunswick 7.9 (7.2) – Quebec 5.4 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National employment numbers for November from Statistics Canada, at a glance
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
OTTAWA – A quick look at October employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.7 per cent (61.5) Participation rate: 65.4 per cent (65.2) Number unemployed: 1,124,800 (1,141,700) Number working: 18,799,100 (18,705,000) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 10.8 per cent (11.0) Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Surge in job growth drives unemployment rate down to new 40-year low of 5.6%
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
OTTAWA – A blast of 94,100 new jobs last month has knocked the country’s unemployment rate down to 5.6 per cent – its lowest level since Statistics Canada started measuring comparable data more than 40 years ago. The overall number marked the monthly labour force survey’s largest increase since March 2012 when there was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Altria investing $2.4 billion for 45% stake in Canadian cannabis producer Cronos
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2018
TORONTO – Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group will receive a $2.4 billion equity investment from Altria Group, one of the biggest tobacco companies in the world, under a friendly agreement announced Friday. Virginia-based Altria, parent of the company that make Marlboro cigarettes, will acquire a 45 per cent ownership stake in Toronto-based Cronos under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US hiring slowed to 155K jobs, jobless rate stayed 3.7%
By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in November, adding just 155,000 jobs. That’s below this year’s average monthly gains but enough to suggest that the economy is expanding at a solid pace despite sharp gyrations in the stock market. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate remained 3.7%, nearly a five-decade low, for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shrinking Japan OKs divisive bill to get more foreign labour
By Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2018
TOKYO – Japan is set to approve legislation that would officially open the door to foreign workers to do unskilled jobs and possibly eventually become citizens. Lawmakers were due to vote late Friday on a government proposal to allow hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers to live and work in a country that has long ... Read More »
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