Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it's agreed to sign onto a long-planned code of conduct for grocery retailers, as long as other industry players do, too. The code is intended to level the playing field for suppliers and smaller retailers.
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company George Weston Ltd. say they have agreed to pay $500 million to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits regarding their involvement in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme.
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DETROIT (AP) — Investors are punishing automakers' stocks this week after second-quarter earnings reports exposed industrywide issues of slowing sales and high prices, just as the companies are having to spend huge sums to make new electric and gas vehicles.
Scotiabank says a “technical issue” has left some customers’ payments, including direct deposits, not being put into their accounts. “We are currently experiencing a technical issue where some of our clients’ inbound payments, including direct deposits and cheque deposits, are not being applied to their accounts,” the bank said in a social media post shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern.
MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares pledged action to tackle problems in North America and elsewhere Thursday after reporting a plunge in first-half earnings.
(Bloomberg) -- China’s electric carmakers are expanding in Europe to blunt the impact of tariffs meant to weaken their price advantage over the region’s ailing legacy manufacturers.Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing Voters He Needs With Loaded Attacks on HarrisParis Sticks to Olympics Opening Event Plans After Rail SabotageFed’s Favored Price Gauge Rises at Mild Pace, Spending Holds UpHarris Just Showed Why Trump Is So Afraid of HerGreat Rotation Trade Sees Investors Dump AI Giants for L
Apple has fallen out of the top 5 ranking of smartphone vendors in China, according to data trackers, marking the first time in years the iPhone maker has fallen so low in one of its most important markets. iPhone shipments in China in the three months ended June declined 2 per cent year on year, bumping Apple down to No 6 on Canalys' list of top vendors by shipments, putting it behind Vivo, Oppo, Honor, Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi, according to a report from the market research firm on Thurs
The profit-reporting season for oil and gas companies started out in a downbeat mood, but things could be starting to shift.
BEIJING (Reuters) -Apple's smartphone shipments in China fell by 6.7% in the second quarter of 2024, as the tech giant faced intensifying competition from rivals like Huawei, according to data from market research firm Canalys. Apple's total shipments for the quarter ending in June stood at 9.7 million units, down from 10.4 million units in the same quarter last year, Canalys data shows. In contrast, Huawei's smartphone shipments surged 41% year-on-year to 10.6 milion in the quarter, bolstered by the launch of its new Pura 70 series in April.
The Nova Scotia government is seeking more than $900,000 from the directors of a defunct fuel and heating oil company for taxes that were collected from customers in the years before it went bankrupt but which were never turned over to the province.The provincial fuel tax issue is adding to the catalogue of financial woes faced by Maritime Fuels that have trickled out since it abruptly closed down last fall, owing more than $51 million to creditors, including $2.5 million to customers who prepai
(Bloomberg) -- Signs that equity investors are getting cold feet over the rapid advances in artificial intelligence leaders have put a spotlight on some less obvious beneficiaries of the technology boom.Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing Voters He Needs With Loaded Attacks on HarrisParis Sticks to Olympics Opening Event Plans After Rail SabotageFed’s Favored Price Gauge Rises at Mild Pace, Spending Holds UpHarris Just Showed Why Trump Is So Afraid of HerThe Private Equity Staffer With a
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Friday, with major markets apart from Shanghai and Taiwan logging modest gains.
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(Bloomberg) -- Russia plans to make extra crude production cuts to compensate for pumping above its OPEC+ quota in October and November this year, then between March and September of 2025. Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing Voters He Needs With Loaded Attacks on HarrisParis Sticks to Olympics Opening Event Plans After Rail SabotageFed’s Favored Price Gauge Rises at Mild Pace, Spending Holds UpHarris Just Showed Why Trump Is So Afraid of HerGreat Rotation Trade Sees Investors Dump AI Gian
A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information has found Ontario now has the lowest ratio of registered nurses in the country. Data shows the province's shortage continues to worsen, dropping to only 651 registered nurses per 100-thousand people. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for July 26, 2024.
The world's largest air show fizzled out on Thursday with a solid new Saudi jetliner order unable to dispel the gloom over recent problems in producing planes fast enough to meet demand. Britain's Farnborough Airshow opened earlier this week amid alarm signals from airlines over falling yields or average fares. Airbus and Boeing posted about 40 firm orders - a fraction of recent years - and were roughly level depending on whether Qatar Airways' decision to come forward as the previously unnamed buyer for an existing Boeing order was counted.
The Canadian market has shown robust performance, with a 10% increase over the past year and earnings expected to grow by 15% annually. In this thriving environment, dividend stocks like Canadian Natural Resources stand out as appealing options for investors looking for steady income and potential growth.
American Airlines (AAL) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) shares were initially under pressure in Thursday's pre-market hours after reporting earnings, both seeing a bump higher at the start of regular trading hours. American and Southwest signaled margin headwinds tied to airfare prices and capacity pressures. Boyd Group International President Mike Boyd and Bloomberg Intelligence senior aerospace, defense, and airlines industry analyst George Ferguson come onto The Morning Brief to talk about the state of the airline industry and how these travel conditions could shape the landscape in the latter half of 2024. "Prepare for a bloodbath the rest of the year," Boyd tells Yahoo Finance, his sentiments affirmed by Ferguson's belief that capacity numbers could make it "rough to turn 3Q around, 4Q is always a weak quarter. It's going to be a rough year for the airlines, rougher than I thought." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Toyota Motor plans to build a battery plant for electric vehicles in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka and supply its batteries to a factory that makes luxury Lexus brand cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. The world's top-selling automaker would seek to make the island of Kyushu where Fukuoka is located a central part of its supply chain for battery-powered vehicles and an export base for Asia, the newspaper said. A Toyota spokesperson said the company was aware of the report, but that it was not something it had announced.
California Supreme Court upholds Prop. 22, which allows Uber, Lyft and other gig economy companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors.
