Johnson & Johnson completes $4.3B acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics in Santa Ana
Santa Ana-based Abbott Medical Optics has changed its name to Johnson & Johnson Vision following its $4.3 billion acquisition by the manufacturing titan.The deal...
Coming to Charlotte’s North End: Up to 1,500 new apartments, 1.5 million square feet...
Plans filed recently with the city of Charlotte give a window into how a New York-based developer intends to redevelop a historic warehouse and...
Loyalty-program industry finds itself under a cloud | Toronto Star
MONTREAL—The value of customer loyalty programs is under increased scrutiny by companies and users in the wake of Air Miles’ recent reversal of an...
Attorneys: 5 automakers knew Takata air bags were dangerous
Attorneys for people suing air bag maker Takata and five automakers say the car companies knew that Takata's products were dangerous yet continued to...
Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in January
CaptionCloseWASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans signed contracts to purchase homes last month as rising prices, higher mortgage rates and a dwindling supply of available...
Bamboozled: Have a mailbox? See the scary ‘identity takeover’ that could happen to you.
Sometimes consumers fall victim to scams because they've been careless. Or not skeptical enough. Or too trusting. John Lohn...
Agthia boss not concerned about rising utility costs
Dubai: The owner of brands such as Al Ain, Yoplait and Capri Sun, is pushing ahead with its plans of “aggressive expansion” throughout the...
Mercer Island to sue Sound Transit, WSDOT over light rail plans
CaptionCloseThe East Link light-rail route would take over the current I-90 carpool lanes. The East Link light-rail route would take over the current I-90 carpool...
Breitbart suffers extreme pain as ad dollars seek middle ground | Toronto Star
A couple of weeks ago, staffers at Klipfolio received word that their software company’s ads were being displayed on the far-right Breitbart News Network...
UAE markets maintain upward bias but face overhead resistance
Dubai: The Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) was down 16.85 or 0.46 per cent last week to end at 3,633.91. Market breadth was...
Sworn to secrecy, drugstores stay silent as customers overpay
Eric Pusey has to bite his tongue when customers at his pharmacy cough up copayments far higher than the cost of their low-cost generic...
Is housing market correction on the horizon?
You are on notice that there are inflection points in the housing market that may cause a downturn. Consider the following:1) The Mortgage Bankers...
So you’re an RRSP procrastinator | Toronto Star
So here we go again. You’re just days away from the RRSP deadline and you’re scrambling to make a contribution. Thanks to online banking...
PunditFact: Website wrong with attack on Donald Trump, Dakota Access Pipeline
The statement4 Months Ago5 Months Ago4 Months AgoSays Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."LearnProgress.org, Feb. 8 in a...
Google-bred company accuses Uber of self-driving car theft
CaptionCloseSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A self-driving car company founded by Google is colliding with ride-haling service Uber in a court battle revolving around allegations...
Vote expected on hotly contested New Jersey pipeline project
CaptionCloseCHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators are set to vote on whether a natural gas pipeline should run through the state's federally...
Catalina Island adding adventure, amenities at Two Harbors by summer
Two Harbors, a rustic outpost on the western shore of Catalina Island, will see major upgrades by summer, Catalina Island Co. announced this week.The...
Schaumburg trustees want larger lots in Loeber Farm development
All six of Schaumburg's village trustees Tuesday expressed their happiness with the reduction of density in a proposed housing development, but half made it...
CIAA party goes on this weekend despite HB2 – but for how long?
This weekend, thousands of tourists will flock into uptown for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s signature basketball tournament – one of Charlotte’s few remaining...
Getting From At-Home to On-the-Job, Even Now
When a mothers’ group huddled on Laurie Witt’s screened porch last summer over sandwiches and iced tea, they wanted more than leisurely chit-chat....
Why Bosses Should Stop Thinking of ‘A Players,’ ‘B Players’ and ‘C Players’
It is something we all do: We meet people and put them into a category. They’re sharp, they’re slow. They’re liberal, they’re conservative. They’re...
A Strategy for Happy Dual-Career Couples
It really is possible for both parents of young children to go out on a limb professionally at the same time and come out...
Why Almost Everybody Should Apply for College Financial Aid
Readers continue to ask questions about paying for college, and we again answer their queries with the help of experts. I’m told I...
Interest rate increase coming 'fairly soon,' Fed says
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 21 hours ago WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers said at their latest meeting that another...
T.J. Maxx parent steps up expansion, plans home chain
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 21 hours ago FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Department stores just got a double dose of bad...
Porsche, Lexus, Toyota top J.D. Power dependability ratings
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 21 hours ago Lexus and Porsche are the auto brands that showed the fewest problems...
Fully-enclosed IRIS eTrike is an electric assist velomobile with a 50-mile range
What looks like a cross between a bike helmet and a high-heeled shoe could help usher in another wave of personal electric...
Why should self-driving cars look like cars?
Writing in this month’s Economist 1843 Magazine, Simon Willis looks at the design of self-driving cars. Volvo’s chief designer Robin Page tells...
Retailer promises 430 jobs
CaptionCloseFloridaDiscount retailer Dollar General said Wednesday it has chosen a site in Montgomery County for its new distribution center that will employ 430 people...
Gildan will continue manufacturing some American Apparel lines in the U.S. | Toronto...
MONTREAL—The head of Gildan Activewear says he plans to continue making some lines of American Apparel in the United States, but will also use...
Newly built GTA home passes $1 million average price | Toronto Star
The cost of a newly constructed home was up 25 per cent in January over the same month last year and has now surpassed...
Report: Tampa Bay has nation's third fastest growing housing market
Tampa Bay has the third fastest appreciating housing market in the country, part of a Southern real estate resurgence, according to home market tracker...
US factory CEOs to Trump: Jobs exist; skills don’t
CaptionCloseWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought two dozen manufacturing CEOs to the White House on Thursday and declared their collective commitment to restoring...