Monthly Archive: April 2018

The potential market overreaction gives further reason for money managers to buy into weakness

VANCOUVER — Plastic straws are among the items in the crosshairs as the City of Vancouver develops a strategy to cut down on plastic and Styrofoam waste by placing restrictions on single-use disposable cups, bags, takeout containers and utensils. The city says it costs about $2.5 million per year to collect single-use items from public […]

NEW YORK — Small business hiring slowed in March, a sign that company owners are holding on to their cautious approach to expanding their staffs. That’s the finding of payroll provider ADP, which counted 47,000 new jobs at its small business customers. The companies had added 66,000 customers in February and 64,000 in January. Small […]

The U.S. legal cannabis industry is expected to reach US$75 billion in sales by 2030, according to research firm Cowen & Co

Investors wager there is about a 20 per cent chance of a rate increase at the central bank’s policy meeting on April 18

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Latest on charges filed in the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy at a Kansas water park (all times local): 11:25 a.m. A water park co-owner charged in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy on a 17-story Kansas waterslide has been freed on bond. Records show Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff […]

NEW YORK — Supply shortages can be the bane of a small company’s existence. Businesses must find solutions when factories close or manufacturers stop making the products they need. Often, it’s not easy — it took one pottery maker years to find new parts for his ceramic picture frames For many owners, finding substitutes or […]

NEW YORK — Facebook’s new privacy policy aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly — but doesn’t actually change what it collects and shares. The company unveiled the revisions Wednesday as it faces one of its worst privacy scandals in history. Although Facebook says the changes aren’t prompted by recent events […]

NEW YORK — The Latest on Facebook’s privacy scandal (all times local): Noon Facebook’s new privacy policy aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly — but doesn’t actually change what it collects and shares. The company unveiled the revisions Wednesday as it faces one of its worst privacy scandals in history. […]

Fear that the tensions will escalate further hit specific sectors after China said it would levy 25 per cent tariffs on some U.S. imports