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Wall Street is worried about jobs — raising the political stakes for
Thursday’s employment report could result in a Trump tantrum about interest rates if it comes in weak.
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Non-profit run by 23andMe co-founder gets court approval to buy the genetic
Anne Wojcicki's bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she co-founded nearly 20 years ago, has received the court green light.That means Wojcicki's non-profit TTAM Research Institute will purchase "substantially all" of San…
Constellation Brands says ‘socioeconomic headwinds’ are hurting beer sales,
Shares of Constellation Brands fell after hours on Tuesday after the beer and wine maker forecast better-than-expected profits but said “socioeconomic headwinds” had hit beer demand.
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Lululemon sues Costco over sale of alleged knock-offs
Lululemon is accusing Costco of infringing on its intellectual property by selling knock-offs of some of its most popular products.A lawsuit filed in a California court recently alleges Costco sells "dupes" of Lululemon's Scuba hoodies…
This fund returned 21% in May alone buying ‘left-for-dead’ stocks — and it
An average holding period of three years meant some of the bets made in the 2022 sell-off started to come good for Whetstone Capital this spring.
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Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Not yet, says expert
Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada.But anyone expecting all of them to be gone by tomorrow should read the fine…
Why more people are going into pet debt — even when it causes ‘a great deal
Pet owners share the financial hoops they’ve jumped through for their cats and dogs — from taking out loans and eating ramen noodles for a month, to shelling out $500 for a dog fart.
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Demand for ‘elbows up’ merchandise dips ahead of Canada Day, businesses say
When Rachael Coe decided to launch an "elbows up" merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller.Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop had already made 400 sales. By the…
A 2-month rally pushed the stock market to record highs — but watch for the
July is historically a strong month for stocks, but macroeconomic updates loom.
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Canada’s stubby beer bottle finds new meaning in an age of American bluster
Forty years after its retirement as the industry standard bottle for beer in Canada, the stubby is being reinterpreted in an age marred by tariffs and American grievance — not as a cultural icon, but as a discreet way of protecting a…