Why a bookstore owner decided to pay her staff more
Patricia Massy, the owner of Massy Books in Vancouver, says she feels a responsibility to her workers.
Patricia Massy, the owner of Massy Books in Vancouver, says she feels a responsibility to her workers.
Watch as Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he delivered campaign remarks to steelworkers on Wednesday, 17 April. The US president met staff at the United Steelworkers Headquarters, where he called for higher tariffs on Chinese metals in the “Steel City.” Mr Biden’s proposed tariffs are part of a package of policies aimed at pleasing the swing state, but risk angering Beijing.
Canada's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as mining stocks rallied and investors looked ahead to quarterly earnings reports, but gains for the index were held in check after the federal budget proposed raising a tax on investment profits. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 13.18 points, or 0.1%, at 21,656.05, after five straight days of declines. "There is some dip buying going on at the margins," said Elvis Picardo, a portfolio manager at Luft Financial, iA Private Wealth.
A stock market correlation index hit a near four-month high on Wednesday, signaling that investors expect stock market gyrations to tick up in coming days. With the S&P 500 slipping 0.58% on Wednesday, down nearly 5% from the record high touched in late March, the Cboe 1-Month Implied Correlation Index rose as high as 21.79, its highest since late December. The Cboe index, which measures the market's expectations of correlation between S&P 500 index components, was languishing below 10 as recently as the start of April, lows rarely touched in the index's near two-decade history, according to LSEG data.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's watchdog is looking into the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of Boeing's manufacturing of 737s and 787s, Semafor reported on Wednesday. "It's very healthy for the (Office of Inspector General) to be constantly auditing everything that happens across the DoT," the report quoted U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as having said at the Semafor World Economy Summit. "Obviously, when something is in the news, they're going to take a closer look the same way we're taking a closer look at Boeing."
The chief of Lennox Island First Nation is thrilled that this week's federal budget confirms money will be coming to turn a string of islands off Prince Edward Island's North Shore into Canada's next national park reserve."We're moving forward in protecting something that's so sacred to us and so dear to us and that will have massive, massive, wonderful benefits as we move forward with it," Darlene Bernard told CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin on Wednesday."We're going to be creating employm
Shares of Autodesk (ADSK) are sliding as the company announced further delays of its annual report on Wednesday. The delay is due to an ongoing internal investigation into its accounting. Yahoo Finance Anchors Josh Lipton and Julie Hyman break down the latest announcement for the company, details on the investigation, and how it could impact the stock moving forward. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
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Nonprofit women's chorus prepares for annual spring show in Anderson Twp.
HALIFAX — The federal government is planning to sell off the historic, century-old armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for new housing, but the town's mayor says that could be a bad idea. "I'm sure there will be negative reaction," Mayor David Kogon said in an interview Wednesday. "Who would buy this structure to tear it down and build houses? It's unaffordable. It would be millions of dollars to demolish that building." In the federal budget released Tuesday, the Liberal government said it wi
Airlines followed UAL stock higher Wednesday. United Airlines reported a better-than-expected loss despite Boeing issues.
TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was flat on Wednesday, helped by strength in battery metal and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 13.18 points at 21,656.05. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 45.66 points at 37,753.31. The S&P 500 index was down 29.20 points at 5,022.21, while the Nasdaq composite was down 181.88 points at 15,683.37. The Canadian dollar traded for 72.50 cents US compared with 72.35 cents US on Tuesd
DETROIT (AP) — Josh Smith’s pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth drove home the winning run and the Texas Rangers beat the error-prone Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Wednesday. With one out, Ezequiel Duran singled, went to second on an error first baseman Spencer Torkelson and scored on Smith’s clutch hit to right-center field. Kirby Yates (2-0) got the final four outs, striking out the side in the ninth, to get the win. Detroit’s Shelby Miller (3-1) took the loss as the Tigers committed three errors
Voices across the province are being heard. In a move that surprised opposition leaders, the provincial government expressed its support for Bill 173 – the Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act – at Queen’s Park on April 10. Premier Doug Ford spoke to reporters after the bill was tabled and confirmed the provincial government is fully supportive of the motion, while noting the bill itself is still under review. “We put it to the justice committee. It’s one thing to pass the bill, it’s another t
Jake McCulloch, from Essex, said he had to wade through knee-deep water to get to his car on Tuesday
Japan and the United States agreed to closely communicate on currency markets, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday after a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "I explained Japan's view, which is that it's desirable for exchange rates to move stably, reflecting fundamentals, and that Japan will respond to excessive currency moves," Suzuki told reporters on what was discussed during the bilateral talks. "I think our view was well understood," said Suzuki, who is visiting Washington to attend this week's International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G20 finance leaders' gatherings.
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PARIS (AP) — As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,500 athletes through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route in the opening ceremony at sunset on July 26. But French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the exceptional open-air event in