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Canadian economy unexpectedly adds 289,600 jobs in May

Statistics Canada reported Friday the Canadian economy added 289,600 jobs in May, with businesses reopening amid easing ...

US productivity falls at 0.9% rate in first quarter

U.S. productivity fell at a 0.9% rate in the first three months of this year, a smaller decline than first estimated, while ...

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing

The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of ...

Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

As thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to police killings of black people, companies are wading into the ...

California prison employees suspended over racist remarks

California prison officials said Friday that they suspended multiple employees who made racist jokes about the death of an ...

US consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% in face of virus

U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced ...

Tesla's Musk earns $770M in stock options, company confirms

Tesla confirmed Thursday that CEO Elon Musk will get the first tranche worth nearly $770 million of a stock-based ...

US mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at all-time low 3.15%

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week as the key 30-year home loan marked an all-time low for the third time in the ...

China moves to quell Hong Kong protests with security law

China officially ratified a plan Thursday to write a national security law for Hong Kong that exerts Beijing's broader, new ...

US economy shrank at 5% annual rate in Q1

The U.S. economy shrank at an even faster pace than initially estimated in the first three months of this year with ...

Hungary to commemorate victims of Danube boat catastrophe

Commemorations will be held Friday on the anniversary of the Danube River tragedy in which a sightseeing boat carrying mostly ...

OSHA: 3 willful violations led to plant blasts in Texas

U.S. officials cited the owners of a Southeast Texas chemical plant where November blasts and fires injured three workers and ...

Canada judge rules Huawei CFO's extradition case can proceed

A Canadian judge ruled Wednesday the U.S. extradition case against a senior Huawei executive can proceed to the next stage, ...

PG&E's bankruptcy trial opens with attacks on voting process

An effort to block Pacific Gas and Electric's path out of bankruptcy kicked off Wednesday's trial on the plan in bankruptcy ...

AMD’S Su, Discovery’s Zaslav among highest paid CEOs

Here are the highest paid male and female CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2019, as calculated by The Associated Press and ...

AMD's Lisa Su is first woman to top AP's CEO pay analysis

Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices is the first woman ever to top The Associated Press’ annual survey of CEO compensation: Her ...

GE selling century-old lighting unit to Savant Systems

GE is selling its lighting unit to smart home company Savant Systems for an undisclosed amount. General Electric Co.

The Toronto Star to be sold, taken private

The Toronto Star and its Torstar Corp newspaper chain said Wednesday it has agreed to be sold for $52 million (US$38 million)

Stanley Ho, who built Macao's gambling industry, dies at 98

Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, died Tuesday ...

US new-home sales post slight gain in April

U.S. new home sales ticked up 0.6% in April, a surprising gain amid the coronavirus outbreak that hints at the relative ...

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