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Here’s a list of March inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2019
OTTAWA – Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): – St. John’s, N.L.: 1.0 per cent (0.5) – Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multinational shuts Nova Scotia carpet plant, moves work to Georgia
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2019
TRURO, N.S. – Hundreds of workers will soon be without jobs following the closure of a Truro, N.S., carpet plant, one of the city’s oldest operating manufacturers. The 240 employees of Tarkett North America were told Tuesday afternoon that their work will move to Dalton, Georgia, with the Truro plant scheduled to close on July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NewsAlert: Annual inflation rate increases to 1.9 per cent in March
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2019
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in March was up 1.9 per cent compared with a year ago. The move compared with a year-over-year increase of 1.5 per cent in February. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC, LA 2028 to combine to sell sponsorships, ad time
By Eddie Pells, The Associated Press on April 17th, 2019
NBC Universal and the LA Olympics are going into business together, combining to package commercial time on all the network’s platforms with opportunities to sponsor the American team through 2028. The deal is for contracts covering 2021 through 2028, the year the Summer Games return to the United States for the first time in 32 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Metro Inc. reports second-quarter profit and sales up from a year ago
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2019
MONTREAL – Metro Inc. reported its second-quarter profit and sales were up compared with a year ago, boosted by its acquisition of the Jean Coutu Group drug store chain last year. The grocer says it earned $121.5 million or 47 cents per diluted share for the 12-week period ended March 16, up from a profit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Head of Foxconn announces Taiwan presidential bid
By The Associated Press on April 17th, 2019
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Terry Gou, the head of the world’s largest electronics supplier, Foxconn, says he is planning to run for president of Taiwan. Gou announced Wednesday that he would be putting himself up as a hopeful in the opposition Nationalist Party primary ahead of next year’s election. The Nationalists favour closer ties with Beijing, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump to allow lawsuits over US properties seized in Cuba
By Deb Riechmann And Michael Weissenstein, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2019
WASHINGTON – Stepping up pressure on Cuba, the Trump administration will allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The move marks a change in more than two decades of U.S. policy on Cuba. President Donald Trump has been taking ... Read More »
1 responseDefence awards Boeing $14.3B bomber maintenance contract
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Boeing Co. has won a $14.3 billion contract to service and maintain all B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. The contract includes hardware and software development and integration, ground and flight testing, configuration management, studies and analyses and modernization, said the Department of Defence ... Read More »
1 responseTrump to allow suits over US properties seized in Cuba
By Deb Riechmann And Michael Weissenstein, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2019
WASHINGTON – Stepping up pressure on Cuba, the Trump administration will allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The move marks a change in more than two decades of U.S. policy on Cuba. President Donald Trump has been taking ... Read More »
1 responseWoman sues Chinese billionaire Liu for alleged rape
By Amy Forliti, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS – A woman who said she was raped by JD.com founder Richard Liu filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the billionaire and his company alleging he and other wealthy Chinese executives coerced her to drink during a dinner in the hours before she was attacked. Jingyao Liu, a student at the University of Minnesota, claims ... Read More »
1 responseWoman who accused Chinese billionaire Liu of rape sues
By Amy Forliti, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS – A woman who says JD.com founder Richard Liu raped her in Minneapolis is suing the Chinese billionaire and his company. The woman is a student at the University of Minnesota. She sued Liu on Tuesday, alleging that he raped her at her apartment. Liu was arrested Aug. 31 in Minneapolis on suspicion of ... Read More »
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