Business

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U.S. stocks dip as banks and energy companies fall

U.S. stocks were losing ground late Friday morning as banks fell and energy companies continued to slide, putting the Dow Jones industrial average on...

OMERS pension fund reaches highest investment return in years | Toronto Star

The OMERS pension fund for nearly half a million public sector workers in Ontario says it achieved a 10.3-per-cent net investment return in 2016...

Magna sees danger in border tax proposal | Toronto Star

North America’s largest auto parts maker said a border adjustment tax being studied by President Donald Trump would probably hurt the automobile industry, while...

La La Land’s success is no happy accident | Toronto Star

Brassy love ballads, Technicolor dialogue, and a smattering of soft-shoe — La La Land had all the makings of a blockbuster, in the 1940s...

Beloved Cherry Hill deli to reopen this spring after 2016 fire

CHERRY HILL TWP. -- Seven months after it was heavily damaged by a fire, the Short Hills Restaurant and...

Gas prices fuel inflation-rate rise to 2.1% in January | Toronto Star

OTTAWA—A surge in gasoline prices helped drive Canada’s annual inflation rate well beyond expectations in January to 2.1 per cent — an increase that...

Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see

CaptionCloseSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four...

Ready Pac Foods bought by French company who says Irwindale jobs are safe

Bonduelle, a world leader in ready-to-eat canned and frozen vegetables, has entered into an agreement to buy Ready Pac Foods in a...

Manufacturing CEOs differ on border tax in talks with Trump

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 14 hours ago WASHINGTON — President Trump brought two dozen manufacturing CEOs to the White...

TSX pulls back as investors get another batch of corporate earnings reports |...

Stock markets in Toronto and New York settled into negative territory this morning as investors took in another batch of corporate earnings.The Toronto Stock...

Celebrations call for bundt cake specialities

When a new bakery on Dale Mabry Highway opens in the spring, friends and families can celebrate with chocolate chocolate chip, red velvet, lemon...

The HB2 compromise just picked up some powerful support

Business leaders in Charlotte and around the state are getting behind a bipartisan compromise bill that would repeal House Bill 2 while generally precluding...

Facing big losses, Toshiba contemplates Westinghouse bankruptcy

Toshiba Corp. is considering having Westinghouse Electric Co. file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, among other options, as...

Please support compromise to repeal HB2, real estate developers tell N.C. legislature

A major real estate development trade group came out in support of a compromise bill filed this week in Raleigh to repeal House Bill...