Category: PMN Business

Apr 20

This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere

The impact of the cuts by Trump appointees and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency can be found everywhere in the Kansas City metropolitan area, which has long been a major hub for federal agencies about 1,000 miles away from Washington, D.C. Money once promised to the region for public health, environmental, diversity, food aid […]
Apr 20

Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

“When you have hills, snow or ice … if you’re a good (human) driver, you can adapt to that,” said Sidney Givigi, a professor of robotics and machine learning at Queen’s University’s School of Computing. A self-driving car can also register weather information and react accordingly, “but it may not determine the best way to […]
Apr 19

Carney Vows Deeper Deficits to Fund Infrastructure, Tax Cut

The largest spending promises include an income tax cut, defense spending, housing investments and a trade diversification fund to increase Canada’s ability to export to markets other than the US. The plan estimates C$20 billion in revenues from Canada’s retaliatory tariffs this fiscal year, which the Liberals say they would redistribute entirely to workers and […]