Six Canadians have been stricken by a strain of E. coli that has a similar genetic fingerprint to romaine lettuce from the U.S. southwest that has already sickened 149 people, federal health officials s…
Alexander Mann Solutions says OMERS will help it grow and drive consolidation in what remains a large but fragmented market
Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSX.V: SLL) is one of this year’s Venture 50 companies — the company has a different approach to lithium exploration, with the use of modern processing technologies on brownfield projects in jurisdictions with existing production, with an aim to find the fastest way to get into production. Standard Lithium is a mineral […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is raising its quarterly dividend by 15.5 per cent. The railway says it will now make a regular payment to shareholders of 65 cents per share, up from 56.25 cents per share. Based on the company’s closing share price of $238.76 on Wednesday it will have an annual yield […]
William Robson: For every dollar of new investment enjoyed by the average U.S. worker in 2017, a Canadian worker enjoyed a mere 59 cents
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 per cent in April, lifted by higher gas costs, a sign that inflation pressures remain muted. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index increased 2.5 per cent in April from a year earlier, the biggest annual gain in 14 months. Yet excluding the […]
WASHINGTON — Already under investigation for a payment to a porn star, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney is facing intensifying legal and ethical scrutiny for selling his Trump World experience and views at a hefty price to companies that sought “insight” into the new president. One company, pharmaceutical giant Novartis, acknowledged Wednesday it paid […]
The deal will turn the Bank of Nova Scotia into the second-largest issuer of credit cards in Peru
VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit slipped lower compared with a year ago. The company says it will now make a quarterly payment to shareholders of 52.5 cents per share, up from 49.25 cents per share. The increase came as Telus says it earned a profit attributable to […]
LONDON — The Latest on the Bank of England’s interest rate decision and new economic forecasts (all times local): 12:40 p.m. The pound has slipped after the Bank of England held interest rates and investors priced in a lower likelihood that there would be an increase any time soon. In early afternoon London trading, the […]