Category Archives: Economy
Biden, GOP senator to meet as infrastructure deadline looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline looming, President Joe Biden is set to meet Wednesday with the top Senate Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House's big
FBI agent charged in off-duty shooting of man on subway
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An FBI agent has been charged with attempted murder in the off-duty shooting of another man on a Metro subway train last year in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., according to court records unsealed Tuesday.
Gov’t use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban
More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it's starting to look like they won't be flying again any time soon —
NDP joins calls for Liberals to overturn CRTC internet price decision
TORONTO — The federal New Democratic Party is backing calls from independent telecom companies for the government to overrule a recent decision on wholesale internet rates by Canada's telecommunications regulator. NDP telecom critic Brian Masse said Tu...
Nevada lawmakers wrap legislative session just in time
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers ran down the clock on the 2021 legislative session on Monday, passing dozens of high-profile bills moments before the clock struck midnight and forced them to adjourn.
N.S. hotels fear tourists will vacation elsewhere without clear COVID reopening plan
HALIFAX — The Hotel Association of Nova Scotia is asking Premier Iain Rankin for more clarity about his government's COVID-19 reopening plan. Association president Megan Delaney says hotels need clear reopening targets so tourists and business travelle...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will travel elsewhere without clear COVID-19 reopening plan
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia begins emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown, a group of hotels in the Halifax area is appealing to the government for more clarity about when they can expect guests to return. In a letter sent to Premier
OPEC to boost oil output as economies recover, prices rise
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries plan to restore 2.1 million barrels per day of crude production, balancing fears that COVID-19 outbreaks in some countries will sap demand against surging energy needs in reco...
Justices reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2B talc verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products.
Stronger growth expected in rest of 2021 after economy grows 5.6% in first quarter
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew at an annual rate of 5.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year before falling back in April, leaving experts looking forward to summer and hopes for household spending to ignite a
