Monthly Archive: April 2018

Growth is seen being led by gains in ores and metals, aerospace, and forestry, according to Export Development Canada

The biggest casualty of Trump’s trade attacks on the world may be the global system of trade itself

A handful of top business stories we’re watching at Financial Post

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to South America today for a major foreign tour that will see him attend two international summits over a stretch of 10 days. The trip is seen as an opportunity for Trudeau to turn the page on his widely criticized recent trips to China and India — […]

PARIS — Train workers, hospitals staff, students, retirees, lawyers and magistrates: they are all protesting the way President Emmanuel Macron’s government is changing France. Macron is appearing on national TF1 television Thursday to respond to the daily concerns of the French and defend his economic policies and tax changes. The government’s strategy is to go […]

TOKYO — Hino Motors, Toyota Motor Corp.’s group truck manufacturer, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus of Germany say they have agreed to work together in a partnership on technologies like hybrids, electric cars, autonomous driving and connectivity. Under the deal signed Thursday, each company will maintain independence, but executive teams will work together to map […]

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — Beachfront, five-star hotels? Skyscrapers just blocks from Kim Il Sung Square? North Korea is racing forward with major development projects some experts believe are aimed at expanding a market for rented or privately owned real estate to help fortify the finances of Kim Jong Un’s regime against the […]

In moving from Greek mythology to Norse, Sony Santa Monica has also given its raging, tattooed man-god a fresh chance to be a father

NEW YORK — The company that publishes the National Enquirer paid a former doorman at one of Donald Trump’s New York skyscrapers $30,000 during the presidential campaign for a tip about Trump it never ran. Dino Sajudin (saw-JOO-dihn) signed a contract with American Media Inc. that barred him from discussing his tip with anyone. The […]

NEWARK, N.J. — Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is opening a high-rise apartment complex in New Jersey’s largest city. O’Neal was joined by city and state officials on Tuesday in Newark for a news conference to discuss the project. The Newark native partnered with New Brunswick-based Boraie Development and Goldman Sachs to build the $79 […]