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Orders for big ticket manufactured goods ticks up just 0.4 per cent
WASHINGTON — Orders to US factories for big-ticket manufactured goods increased just 0.4 per cent in August following a much…
Ford Canada, Unifor reach tentative deal
TORONTO — Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. has agreed to spend nearly $2 billion on its Canadian plants as part of tentative…
Federal, provincial battle over carbon tax goes before Supreme Court this week
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax is going on trial.
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear appeals in…
Manufacturing sales up seven per cent in July
OTTAWA — Canadian manufacturing sales climbed for a third consecutive month in July, but still remained short of pre-pandemic…
US halts imports from China’s Uighur region for forced labour
WASHINGTON — Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to…
China auto sales up 6 per cent in August
BEIJING — China's car sales rose 6 per cent in August over a year earlier as the industry's biggest market recovered from the…
US wholesale prices rise 0.3 per cent in August
WASHINGTON — US wholesale prices rose 0.3 per cent in August, just half the July gain, as food and energy prices decline.
The…
Boeing finds new problem with 787 that will delay deliveries
Boeing has recorded its first orders of the year for the grounded 737 Max, but a new flaw has surfaced in another of its planes,…
Canadian auto workers pick Ford as potential strike target
DETROIT — The union that represents Canadian auto workers has picked Ford as a potential strike target in contract talks this…
SIAL Canada conference goes virtual for 2020
SIAL Canada is launching its first virtual trade show September 28 to October 2.
The virtual platform has many innovative…
Canada adds 246,000 jobs in August
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy added 246,000 in August as the pace of job gains slowed compared with July, when…
Unifor to announce Detroit 3 pattern agreement target
TORONTO — Unifor says it will announce on Tuesday the Detroit Three automaker it will target to establish the pattern agreement in…