Category: PMN Business

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 […]
Apr 15

Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violence

The 26-year-old was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with two felony firearms counts and two felony counts of threating violence. He already had a felony conviction for threats of violence, and was therefore prohibited from possessing a gun and ammunition, as well as two separate pending cases for violating restraining orders.
Apr 13

Coup Leader Wins Gabon Election With Pledge to End Oil Reliance

Brice Oligui Nguema, who campaigned on a pledge to end youth unemployment by diversifying the oil-dependent OPEC nation, garnered 90.4% of ballots in the April 12 vote, according to preliminary results announced by the Minister of Interior and Security Hermann Immongault on Sunday. Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, a former prime minister and Nguema’s main challenger, got […]