In a digital-first world where automation rules and inboxes are jammed with pitches, one company has quietly taken the opposite route — and succeeded. OLN Inc, founded by Elijah Medge in 2007, runs on something older than the internet: face-to-face interaction. With its roots in Nashville and its reach now across 30 U.S. cities, OLN […]
British manufacturers have urged the government to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are major beneficiaries of the UK’s rising defence spending by embedding legally binding offset agreements in future military procurement contracts. Ahead of the release of the government’s revised Defence Industrial Strategy, MakeUK Defence — the trade body representing more than 600 UK […]
Two of Britain’s largest bioethanol producers have issued stark warnings that a recent UK-US trade deal could trigger site closures and significant job losses across the sector, unless the government intervenes with targeted support. The concerns centre on the removal of a 19 per cent tariff on US ethanol imports as part of the transatlantic […]
More than two thirds (68 per cent) of leaders of small and medium-sized businesses believe that their company is resilient after weathering the recent storms brought on by external events. The annual American Express Business Barometer found that this sense of resilience was matched by growing optimism. Almost three quarters (73 per cent) of SME […]
All of that is restoring some of gold’s haven appeal, which has ebbed somewhat since it hit a record high above $3,500 an ounce in April. The precious metal is still up more than a quarter so far this year though, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. saying last week it would remain a hedge against […]
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the request in a statement Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, final and binding arbitration process to resolve negotiations that have dragged on for months without producing a new collective agreement.
“This group of inspiring Torontonians are the people shaping what we think, what we buy, how we eat, play and even what we believe,” says Laura De Carufel, Director of Lifestyle and Culture Content for the Toronto Star. “They’re part of a new class of entrepreneurs powering the city and pushing it forward.”
The latest OPEC+ policy shift began on April 3, when Saudi Arabia and seven other OPEC+ nations stunned oil markets with the announcement of a supply hike for May of 411,000 barrels a day — triple the scheduled amount. The decision came even as global markets buckled amid faltering Chinese demand and Trump’s trade war, […]
Brent crude for August rose as much as 2.1% to $64.09 a barrel, after losing 2.2% last week, while West Texas Intermediate was below $62. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies agreed on Saturday to add 411,000 barrels a day of supply in July, according to a statement.