Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Stranded migrants and a foreign-aid freeze are squeezing Mexican cities that are also anticipating the arrival of deportees Author of the article: Bloomberg News Maya Averbuch Published Feb 08, 2025 • 7 minute read A playroom for children at the migrant shelter, where teachers sent by UNICEF used to come […]
Article content VANCOUVER — Transit workers in British Columbia’s Cowichan Valley have launched strike action, shutting down services in the area after talks with their employer broke down. Article content In a statement, Unifor — whose local chapters 114 and 333 combine to represent 52 transit staff and HandyDART operators in the Cowichan Valley — […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Didi Tang And Haleluya Hadero Published Feb 07, 2025 • 3 minute read Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paused imposing tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China, apparently to give federal agencies time to sort out how to […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Audrey Mcavoy Published Feb 07, 2025 • 5 minute read Article content HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — When Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a group of executives that President Donald Trump wasn’t kidding about annexing Canada, he offered one reason: critical minerals. Article content Canada is rich in nearly three dozen critical minerals essential to modern technology and produces more than 60 minerals and metals including nickel, […]
Article content BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with a U.S.-owned company that was expected to produce around 90,000 barrels of oil per day, citing environmental concerns. Article content In a nationally televised speech, Petro said he opposed the recent […]
Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS’ Direct File program. This led to some confusion about whether Direct File is still available to taxpayers, but the free filing […]
Article content QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s conservative president said Monday that he is raising tariffs on Mexican imports in a move that echoes the trade barriers that U.S. President Donald Trump announced _ but then paused — against Mexico. Article content Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said Monday that the 27% tariff to be applied […]
Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Hockey League Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association are affiliating with the AFL-CIO and joining the labor organization’s sports council, they announced Monday. Article content Their membership brings the number of unions involved in the AFL-CIO, the biggest labor federation in the U.S., to 63, representing more […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — Factories across Asia expanded at a lackluster pace in January as demand cooled, ahead of a trade war that President Donald Trump kicked off on the weekend. Article content The PMI gauge for manufacturing-heavy countries showed tepid activity, according to the S&P Global purchasing managers index that provides a snapshot of […]