Kategori: Finance
Content moderation | Republican elected officials demand documents from tech bosses
(Washington) Silicon Valley bosses were subpoenaed on Wednesday to produce documents about their content moderation by Republican lawmakers seeking to determine whether they acted in concert with the government to…
An accident feeds the debate on the third Quebec-Lévis link
The repetition of collisions at an exit of the Dufferin-Montmorency highway, in Quebec, indirectly revives the debate on the third link. Québec solidaire attributes the government’s refusal to close this…
Suncor | The identity of the new boss known “very soon”
(Calgary) Suncor Energy did not announce the identity of its new chief executive during its fourth-quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, but its interim chief executive, Kris Smith, said a…
American actress Raquel Welch dies aged 82
American actress Raquel Welch, star of the 1960s and 70s who is widely remembered in Hollywood for her role as a cave naiad in an animal skin bikini in One…
Pierre Fitzgibbon is busy finding a new CEO of Hydro-Québec to replace Sophie Brochu
The Minister of Economy and Energy Pierre Fitzgibbon has widely solicited the opinions of his entourage to find a candidate to succeed the president and CEO of Hydro-Québec, Sophie Brochu.…
Oil resists the influx of barrels by ending slightly lower
(New York) Oil prices ended only slightly lower on Wednesday, despite the announcement of another massive increase in US crude inventories, which indicates the firmness of a market ready to…
an amnesty law authorized for more than 40 years the illegal construction of housing
Arrests of unscrupulous promoters continue. A hundred investigations have been launched and arrest warrants issued. But a law in Turkey is now controversial. It has made it possible to regularize…
European Central Bank | Rates will continue to rise, confirms Lagarde
(Frankfurt) European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday reaffirmed the monetary institution’s intention to raise rates by 0.5 percentage points in March, as the economic horizon brightens. in…
London Stock Exchange | The FTSE 100 index passes 8000 points for the first time
(London) The FTSE 100, the main index of the London Stock Exchange, rose above the 8,000 point mark for the first time on Wednesday, as inflation slowed in the United…
The Grocery Cart | Would you eat half-price GMO salmon?
Labeling transgenic salmon would provide consumers with an informed choice. However, the real reason why the industry resists such a policy remains purely economic. With mandatory labeling, the price of…
United States | Inflation drops slightly
Inflation edged down ever so slightly on an annual basis for the seventh consecutive month in January, narrowly continuing a deceleration that occurred as supply chains recovered and prices rose…
[Chronique de François William Croteau] Who can save the water tower?
At the corner of Van Horne Avenue, the Rosemont Viaduct and the Canadian Pacific (CP) railway line is an emblematic industrial building built in 1924-1925, still equipped with its “water…
Conversion from Provigo to Maxi | “Merchants are stressed”
The upcoming conversion of nearly 20 Provigo stores to Maxi is worrying some franchisees who fear they will be next on the list of stores transformed into blue and yellow…
Commerce: Carrefour surfs on inflation
It is thanks to the rise in the cost of living, especially in food, that the French have returned to hypermarkets, whereas in recent years they have tended to move…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Régie des rentes: beat a retreat
On the occasion of the statutory public consultation on the future of the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), an exercise which must take place every six years in parliamentary committee, the…
Prevu3D ready to “go to market”
Five years after its founding and after patiently refining its 3D modeling technology in hundreds of factories, the Montreal firm Prevu3D is ready to attack the market. Posted yesterday at…
[Opinion] Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Mental Health and Medical Assistance in Dying
Bill C-39, which was tabled on February 3 in Ottawa, defers by another year the eligibility for medical assistance in dying (MAID) for people whose only mental health disorder (MSD)…
Oil thwarted by the influx of barrels drawn from American reserves
(New York) Oil prices fell on Tuesday after the announcement of a new mandatory drain on US strategic crude reserves, which will pour millions of barrels into the market in…
[Le Devoir au Kenya] Extreme climate, “unprecedented” drought in Kenya
People struggle to survive in the arid lands of Kenya. And the forecast for the next rainy season does not bode well. Beginning of a series of reports from Duty.…
Airbnb ended 2022 with a record holiday season
(San Francisco) Airbnb had its best holiday season and first profitable year in 2022, according to an earnings release on Tuesday. Posted at 5:31 p.m. The accommodation reservation platform achieved…