Most Canadians think governments should take action to combat climate change, but about 75 per cent say any plan shouldn’t “drive up the cost of living too much,” according to the Ecofiscal survey
BERLIN — Authorities in Switzerland and Italy were searching Wednesday for a German billionaire who has been missing in the Alps since the weekend, when he failed to return from a ski excursion on the Matterhorn. Karl-Erivan Haub, heir to the Tengelmann retail empire, was training for a ski race when he disappeared on Switzerland’s […]
As time passes and rhetoric cools, some of the toughest negotiating positions may be weakening. The longer the talks run on, perhaps the better the trade outcome
‘The fact that Canada has a good financial sector and a lot of universities all in one concentrated area, this is very rare,’ says Harinder Takhar, who runs Paytm’s Canadian unit
The Asian grocery chain has been a pioneer in retail from setting up its stores in the North American style to being one of the earliest ready-to-eat adopters
A handful of top business stories we’re following at Financial Post
MOSCOW — The Russian ruble has again fallen sharply as last week’s U.S. sanctions continue to bite. The dollar traded above 64 rubles on the Moscow exchange Wednesday morning for the first time since 2016, a 2 per cent drop, though the ruble later recovered slightly to 63.8 by midday. The euro neared the 80-ruble […]
Amid low supply and soaring demand, the average price of a resale condo in the city hit $558,000 in the first quarter of 2018
LONDON — European Union investigators raided the London offices of a 21st Century Fox unit amid concerns that some companies have colluded in bidding for the right to broadcast sporting events. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, said in a statement Tuesday that it carried out “unannounced inspections” at offices in several European countries, but […]
Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, trading in a narrow range after overnight gains following conciliatory comments on trade by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi’s pledge to cut tariffs on imported cars and improve intellectual property protection was seen as a step toward easing trade tensions. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index lost […]