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Air Canada’s cheapest ticket will no longer include carry-on baggage
Months after WestJet added a controversial ultrabasic ticket that didn't allow travellers to bring a carry-on bag, Air Canada is following suit by stripping carry-on baggage from its cheapest ticket. Passengers who purchase the…
French bond yields rise as traders await no-confidence vote on government
The price Paris must pay to sell its debt rose early Wednesday ahead of a no-confidence vote on the government expected Wednesday
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Cargill plans to slash roughly 8,000 jobs globally
Multinational food corporation Cargill said on Tuesday it plans to cut roughly five per cent of its staff, or about 8,000 jobs.In a statement provided to CBC News, Cargill said the company set a long-term strategy earlier this year to…
Job openings rise and more workers quit in sign of improving U.S. labor
U.S. job openings rose slightly in October and the number of workers quitting one job for another rose to the highest level in five months, suggesting the labor market has improved after a soft spell last summer.
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Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster resigns after 7 years on the job
Phil Verster is out as CEO and president of Metrolinx, the province says. The province announced Verster's resignation Monday.A memo sent to Metrolinx employees says Verster will be leaving the organization as soon as Dec. 16 to start a…
What Trump’s plan to end IRS ‘overstepping’ could mean for audits of rich
The incoming Trump team wants to change the IRS mentality from “we’re the tax police,” one expert said.
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Is Trump really planning to revive Keystone XL? And is there even life left
There's lately been a lot of talk in Washington about resurrecting the Keystone XL pipeline, the 1,897-kilometre pipeline that was designed to take oil from northern Alberta to the U.S. Midwest.The project was first proposed by…
Trump-obsessed stock-market investors are about to get a reality check from
This week’s labor-market data carry big-time implications for the Federal Reserve’s rate-cut plans. And that, in turn, will matter very much to stock-market investors
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More women are the breadwinners in Canadian families — but less so if they
More and more Canadian women are the breadwinners in their families — but there's a catch.Women's contributions to family income have increased over the last 30 years, coinciding with their growth in the labour market, notes a recent …
Warren Buffett’s 5 estate-planning tips are just as valuable as his
If you think he’s smart about money, wait until you hear what he has to say about wills
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