Category Archives: Business
Oregon Legislature approves overtime pay for farmworkers
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay under a bill that the Legislature approved on Thursday, after more than 1,000 people submitted testimony, including farmworkers who felt they have been taken advantage of for too long
Magna joins other Canadian companies in idling Russian operations over Ukraine war
TORONTO — Magna International Inc. is joining other Canadian companies in standing up against aggression in Ukraine by idling its Russian operations. "Like most in the international community, we remain deeply concerned with the very unfortunate situat...
Ottawa to block the ‘wholesale transfer’ of wireless licences in Shaw-Rogers deal
Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday it still expects its $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close in the first half of this year, even after Ottawa stated its intention to block the wholesale transfer of Shaw's wireless licences. ...
NJ fines DraftKings $150,000 for allowing proxy betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man to make online sports bets from his home by having a friend who was present in New Jersey place the bets for
Major hurdle cleared in plan to demolish 4 California dams
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon, s...
EXPLAINER: What does Ukraine invasion mean for energy bills?
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as gunfire sounded in Ukraine's capital, natural gas kept flowing normally Friday through the major pipelines from Russia to Europe. But the invasion and accompanying sanctions are casting a shadow over longstanding energ...
Federal government posts $70.1B deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $70.1 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2021-22 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $248.2 bill...
Ukrainians flee war, seeking safety across western borders
PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed into neighboring countries to the west in search of safety as Russia pounded their capital and other cities with airstrikes for a second day.
With big tax incentives, Virginia aims to lure Commanders
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are advancing a measure intended to lure the Washington Commanders to the state by allowing the NFL team to forgo what could be $1 billion or more in future tax payments to help finance
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state a...
