Amazon halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs
Amazon.com Inc. is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs, a move that coincides with activist pressure on American companies to abandon efforts to build a more diverse workforce.
Dollar Jumps as Unexpected Hiring Surge Sends Yields Higher
The US dollar surged after a hotter-than-expected jobs report reinforced speculation that the Federal Reserve will hold off ...
Melanie Joly off to Washington next week for tariff talks
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government’s efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.
P.E.I. oyster industry calls for help as fears grow over MSX parasite
Peter Warris, executive director of the P.E.I. Aquaculture Alliance, says the oyster industry in the United States is successfully managing the spread of MSX, adding there is no reason the province ...
U.S. Supreme Court likely to uphold TikTok ban
The United States Supreme Court justices signalled they are likely to uphold a law that would ban the popular social media platform TikTok in the U.S. if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company by ...
Meta rolls back diversity and inclusion efforts in bid to appease Trump
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been working to appeal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who he recently met in person at Mar-a-Lago, after years of tension with the politician. Earlier this ...
Howard Levitt: Trudeau's exit a reminder of the perils of wrongful resignation
Trudeau’s departure reminds us of the perils of resigning at the wrong time or in the wrong way. In the employment context, a ...
How far could Trump go using 'economic force' to try and annex Canada?
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump suggested he would use “economic force” to annex Canada at a press conference this week, ...
JPMorgan tells staff to return to office full-time
More than half of the bank’s roughly 300,000 employees already come into the office five days a week. For those affected by the new policy, JPMorgan said it will give at least 30 day’s notice prior to ...
Unemployment rates climb in most Canadian cities, despite national drop
Canada’s national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 per cent in December to 6.7 per cent, but in many cities across the country, ...
William Watson: Make the states provinces, Donald, and be PM for life
So the deal is: we do a leveraged buyout of you. We take on your national debt, which we refloat, without limit, and you ...
A cut in January, then a pause: What jobs data mean for Bank of Canada and interest rates
“Given the still-elevated unemployment rate and the cooler wage readings, the latest labour market data still leaves the Bank of Canada in a position to cut rates,” Mendes said. He expects the Bank of ...