With grocery bills soaring and petrol prices hitting, drivers letting their policies lapse. Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. is looking to introduce more hybrid electric vehicles in the country following the government’s… The country has found an effective marketing person in one of the President’s latest Cabinet hires. Last month, the Canadian Medical Association warned that Canada’s health-care facilities are among the oldest public infrastructure in use. Half were built more than 50 years ago, making them especially vulnerable to extreme climate events. Powerful storms killed at least 15 people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.
- Apple delayed its return to office “to a date yet to be determined.” The company told employees on Wednesday of the change in plans after already pushing back its return date three times.
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- A global chip shortage has hurt a wide range of industries, including consumer electronics and cars.
- The property giant will incur costs of up to $1.475 billion as it shifts away from the overseas construction markets and focuses on its Australian businesses.
Ford stock was down 1.8 percent Monday, but was still up about 120 percent for the year. The spread of the new variant has also prompted companies to go fully remote, to bar nonessential staff from the office and to cancel mass gatherings. CNN and JPMorgan Chase are among the companies that have set renewed work-from-home models. The World Economic Forum announced Monday that it was postponing its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. But the biggest decliner in Britain’s FTSE 100 was Informa, which organizes large in-person events.
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Ethiopian runners Tesfaye Anbesa and Maregu Hayelom are the winners of the Tartan Ottawa International Marathon on Sunday. The challenges facing home buyers mean it’s all the more important to do research and negotiate on rates, mortgage experts say, though they also caution that there’s more to focus on than just what looks like the cheapest upfront option. The majority of Canadians aspiring to buy a home say they will push their plans to next year or later to wait for interest rates to drop, a new survey shows. In his column for CTVNews.ca, financial advice expert Christopher Liew explains the benefits of adopting a debt-free lifestyle, as well as the change in financial mindset and sacrifices it takes. Metro Vancouver renters are spending nearly two thirds of their monthly income on rent – more than double the recommended rent-to-income ratio – a new report suggests.
- When the pandemic took hold almost two years ago, policymakers in Washington decided to err on the side of delivering too much aid rather than too little — and some analysts say the trade-offs of that decision are becoming evident.
- ATB Capital, which is a division of provincial-government-owned ATB Financial, will receive a commission of $350,000, of which half will be paid once the court approves the mandate.
- The transaction is a rare sign of life in a commercial real estate market that’s been ground to a near-halt by interest rates stuck at multi-decade highs.
- The five investment firms, which hold about 25 per cent of Gildan’s shares according to data compiled by Bloomberg, did not immediately respond to inquiries about Jobin’s comments.
SoftBank, which has a market capitalization of around $71 billion, is facing a drooping stock price. Its shares have fallen roughly 50 percent over the past year as tech stocks have been hit and after a regulatory crackdown in China that has weighed on Chinese stocks. Alibaba, the Chinese online retailing behemoth, is SoftBank’s largest holding. Mr. Claure later helped recruit Sandeep Mathrani, a veteran of the real estate business, to be the chief executive of WeWork, which ultimately went public through a special purpose acquisition company.
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The US housing market has changed dramatically since the pandemic – an issue looming over the election. A new survey has revealed a sad new reality about the Australian workplace – including one key feature stopping employees from searching for better pay. The pact could be worth more than $250 million over five years, according to a report about the deal in the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Like Shopify, Intellia didn’t soar after beating expectations on both ends of the income statement two weeks ago. The good news is that it didn’t move lower on the news, even though the shares are still down 16% year to date. Wood has stakes in a few gene-editing stocks, figuring that owning a basket of its most promising players will pay off even if just one of them makes a major breakthrough.
- The ASX200 has dropped 0.5 per cent after US Federal Reserve minutes showed some officials were willing to raise interest rates.
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- The cost of building a large-scale nuclear power plant in Australia would be at least $8.5 billion, according to the CSIRO and the energy market operator.
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