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Canada lost 41,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate held steady at 6.9%
Statistics Canada says the economy shed 41,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cent.
Canadian Tire preparing revival of Hudson’s Bay trademarks for later this year: CEO
Shoppers will get their first peek at what the Hudson’s Bay brand looks like under Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. ownership later ...
Argentina’s copper dreams need infrastructure - but who will build it?
Argentina holds rich copper deposits in the mountainous north along the Chilean border, but, unlike its mining powerhouse ...
World food prices at 2-year high on rising meat and edible oils, FAO says
World food commodity prices rose in July to their highest in over two years, as a jump for vegetable oils and record levels ...
U.K. regulator clears Boeing takeover of Spirit AeroSystems
Britain’s competition regulator has cleared Boeing’s planned acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, it said on Friday, after ...
Meta taps PIMCO, Blue Owl for US$29 billion data centre expansion project, source says
Meta has tapped U.S. bond giant PIMCO and alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital to spearhead a US$29 billion financing ...
Under Armour forecasts downbeat quarterly sales, shares drop
The company now expects quarterly revenue to decline between six per cent and seven per cent, compared with analysts’ average ...
Expedia shares soar on upbeat forecast, U.S. travel rebound
Shares of Expedia surged more than 17 per cent in premarket trading on Friday, after the online travel agent raised its ...
Donald Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect, just as economic pain surfaces
U.S. President Donald Trump began imposing higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday just as the economic fallout ...
Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year ...
StatCan to publish July jobs figures, giving first look at the economy in Q3
The new employment figures will mark the first major data release for July, which BMO Capital Markets says will give ...
Asian shares are mostly lower, while Tokyo’s Nikkei jumps nearly 2%
Asian shares were mostly lower Friday while Tokyo’s benchmark spiked by more than 2% after Japanese officials said they had resolved questions over the tariff that will apply to exports to the U.S.