Meta’s Threads will soon include ads in the U.S. and Japan
Meta Platforms Inc. will show advertising on social network Threads for the first time, opening up a new revenue stream for the company and increasing competition for Elon Musk’s X.
Who is Stephen Miran, the economist who has Trump's ear on trade and defence?
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to “overhaul” the U.S. approach to trade over the next four years in an effort to usher in a “golden era” for America, with threatened tariffs on Canada, ...
Potato farmers warn Americans that tariffs will raise food prices
Jennifer Harris, owner of Island Growers Co., says Americans must be informed that the food supply chain can’t be replaced overnight, and that the short-term impact of tariffs would lead to price ...
'We only have one card to play': Calling Trump's bluff on Canadian oil
The Canadian oilpatch would like to call Donald Trump’s bluff that the United States doesn’t need Canada’s oil and gas, but ...
Canada, Mexico steelmakers refuse new U.S. orders
Canada’s Stelco Holdings Inc. has been telling U.S.-based consumers it is pausing sales quotes, according to a person ...
Former trade negotiator says Alberta undermining Canada in tariff talks
Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the United ...
JPMorgan sees 'massive' demand for loonie hedges amid tariff risks
The demand for protection against a weaker loonie has pushed risk reversals — a measure of the cost to hedge in the options market via calls versus put structures — to levels last seen more than two ...
FTC has bipartisan support to continue antitrust cases
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is likely to have bipartisan support to keep filing cases to block anticompetitive mergers under the Trump administration, said Henry Liu, the outgoing ...
Conference Board of Canada sees 1.5% growth this year amid tariff uncertainty
OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada is forecasting the domestic economy will grow 1.5 per cent in 2025 as the potential for U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports and a pullback in immigration weigh on ...
U.S. stocks at most expensive relative to bonds since dotcom era
Some analysts now employ an equity risk premium that compares stocks’ earning yield to inflation-adjusted U.S. bond yields. On this reading, the equity risk premium is also “at its lowest level since ...
What Amazon's Quebec exit means for shoppers, workers, landlords and government
Amazon leased its sorting, fulfilment and delivery centres in Quebec from an array of property development management and construction firms.
How can I cut my kids out of my will and leave it all to an animal shelter?
Failing to make a will means the government gives you an intestate will and then decides for you who inherits your stuff. Their rules likely will divide your stuff among your next of kin and you can’t ...