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Think flood insurance is pricey now? Premium hikes were coming long before
Hurricane Helene inundated parts of Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas, and now the estimated billions in damage are bringing Americans’ receding flood-insurance coverage into focus.
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Dockworkers on U.S. East Coast strike, halting half the nation’s ocean
Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour…
Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger to retire after leading financial firm since 2008
Schwab names insider Rick Wurster to be chief executive after working as president of the firm since 2021.
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U.S. safety agency says 40 foreign operators may be flying Boeing 737s with
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using aircraft with rudder components that may pose safety risks.The NTSB last week issued urgent safety…
Apple’s stock closes in on record high after upbeat call on iPhone
Apple Inc.’s stock surged Monday after J.P. Morgan made an upbeat call on iPhone availability, with improvement led by the iPhone 16 base models.
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Why workers plan to strike at ports across U.S. East — and how it could
Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct. 1, cutting off vital trade arteries just weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.A JPMorgan analysis projected that a strike…
‘I’m overwhelmed’: I inherited $185,000. With the Fed lowering rates,
“My brother got a better interest rate because he acted fast, and here I am twiddling my thumbs, overwhelmed with banks.”
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With market prices for coffee jumping, could that cup of java be a jolt to
The price of coffee has been skyrocketing on international commodities markets, and while consumers in Canada haven't felt the grind yet, the pressure of climate change on the world's coffee farms is setting the industry on edge, …
What Trump and Harris say they’ll do to fix the high cost of housing — and
The high cost of housing is a top economic issue that both U.S. presidential candidates have vowed to address.
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B.C. beauty brand battles music giant over social media copyright
Suva Beauty founder Shaina Azad announced the end of her company's wild ride to international acclaim six months ago in a YouTube video that was met with a mixture of sadness and Reddit threads lamenting the loss of dazzling eyeshadow…