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Canadian retail sales up 0.3% to $70.1-billion in April, boosted by car dealers
Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.3 per cent to $70.1-billion in April, helped by gains in sales at new and used car ...
Olive Garden owner Darden Restaurants lifts sales forecast, beats quarterly estimates
Darden expects annual same-store sales to grow in the range of 2 per cent to 3.5 per cent, midpoint of which is above ...
Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. Thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that
The ratings gap has financial consequences and non-white workers were found to earn 91 cents for every dollar their white ...
In his new riding, Pierre Poilievre will be stuck between a rock and a separatist place
The Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot is roughly 3,000 kilometres away physically, and a good few light years away ...
Russia signs investment deal with Myanmar, eyes offshore oil and gas prospects
Russia has been building closer ties with Myanmar’s military junta, which seized power in 2021 by toppling the elected ...
Nvidia, Foxconn in talks to deploy humanoid robots at Houston factory
Taiwan’s Foxconn and U.S. artificial intelligence chips maker Nvidia NVDA-Q are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new ...
Kroger raises annual sales target, betting on demand for groceries despite inflation
The company maintained its annual earnings per share forecast, with CFO David Kennerley noting the uncertain macroeconomic ...
In the AI revolution, universities are up against the wall
It’s convocation season. Bored graduates everywhere will be forced to listen to earnest speeches about how they should make ...
Carney responds to Indigenous criticism of Bill C-5, says consultation is ‘at the heart’ of legislation
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says AFN is disappointed that First Nations rights holders were shut out of ...
Job cuts at U.S. FDA raise red flags over safety of food imports to Canada
Industry experts warn that having a weaker federal food regulator in the U.S. will compromise the inspection regime ...
Who does Trump want to lead the Fed after its latest rate decision? Take our business and investing news quiz for the week ending June 20
Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s business and investing news quiz. Join us each week to test your knowledge of the stories ...
‘Keep the Faith,’ Says Top Investor About Apple Stock
This will require investors to have patience, details the investor, as Apple has so far underwhelmed with its AI execution – especially when compared to its technology peers. That being said, JR ...