Business
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Canada Joins Global Argument on Infrastructure Investment: Jennifer Wells
What to do with $100 trillion (U.S.) in AUM? That’s the global assets-under-management figure deployed by economist Joseph Stiglitz and others earlier this year ... -
CraveTV Boosts Bell’s Bottom Line as Shomi Pulls the Plug
Weeks before TV streaming service Shomi is set to shut down, BCE Inc. said Thursday its CraveTV streaming service recently hit one million subscribers. ... -
Mark Zuckerberg Promotes ‘Video First’ Vision to Investors
SAN FRANCISCO—When Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to talk video first, he means first. At the top of the third-quarter earnings call with analysts ... -
Prince Catalogue Inches Closer to Streaming with License Deal
For months, the most closely watched contest in the music industry has been for the songs of Prince, who died in April. Now, the ... -
Hackers Could Tap Into Smart Light Bulbs, Research Shows
SAN FRANCISCO—The so-called Internet of Things, its proponents argue, offers many benefits: energy efficiency, technology so convenient it can anticipate what you want, even ... -
Toronto Home Prices Jump in October Despite New Mortgage Rules
Toronto’s real estate sales climbed more than 11 per cent in October compared with a year earlier, despite the introduction of new federal mortgage ... -
SEC Advises OSC to Protect Whistleblowers From Retaliation
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says its Ontario counterpart should focus on protecting corporate whistleblowers from retaliation if it wants ... -
New Reese’s cups, Kit Kats sweeten Hershey’s results
HERSHEY, PA.—New Reese’s peanut butter cups and Kit Kat bars helped boost Hershey’s sales, the chocolate company said Friday as it reported that quarterly ... -
Trudeau to travel to Brussels Saturday to sign Canada-EU trade deal
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will finally travel to Brussels on Saturday to sign the Canada-EU free trade deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and ... -
Canadian Trucking firm TransForce expands to U.S. in $558M Deal with XPO
MONTREAL—TransForce Inc. is expanding its reach in the United States after Canada’s largest trucking firm acquired the North American truckload operations of XPO Logistics ...