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Treasury ramps up auctions as borrowing, virus surges
WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department will ramp up the size of the bonds and other securities it auctions across-the-board in the face of the unprecedented borrowing needs of the the U.S. government as...
Aug 05, 2020
US trade deficit drops in June on record rise in exports
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...
Aug 05, 2020
EU regulators investigating Google's plan to buy Fitbit
LONDON - European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation Tuesday into Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit. The EU's executive commission said it was concerned the deal...
Aug 04, 2020
Charities worry about loss of trust, donations in wake of WE deal controversy
OTTAWA - The pandemic has not been easy on a key source of revenue for Habit for Humanity - its social enterprise known as the ReStore. The brick-and-mortar operations, like others in the country, clo...
Aug 03, 2020
U.S. border communities feel loss of Canadian tourists, shoppers and friends
FREDERICTON - The COVID-19 pandemic has put cross-border shopping trips and vacations on hold since March, and many American businesses along the border say they miss both the revenue and the familiar...
Aug 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Canadians can now download new COVID-19 exposure-alert smartphone app
OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he downloaded ...
Jul 31, 2020
GTH posts $2.2 million deficit, NDP calls for inquiry
The Global Transportation Hub (GTH) in Regina had no land sales last year, a fact that has the provincial opposition calling for an economic inquiry. A new report shows the project is now $46 million ...
Jul 31, 2020
Wages and benefits grow at slowest pace in 3 years
WASHINGTON - Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose at the slowest pace in three years in the April-June quarter, a sign that businesses are holding back on pay as well as cutting jobs in the corona...
Jul 31, 2020
US consumer spending up 5.6%, but virus could stall gains
WASHINGTON - American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and paralyzed the econom...
Jul 31, 2020
Trudeau says feds will create EI-like benefit for gig, contract workers
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to move as many out-of-work Canadians into the employment insurance system when a key emergency benefit runs out in the fall, and provide an EI-like support ...
Jul 31, 2020
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