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Discarded plastic containers litter sone brush in north-end Dartmouth Wednesday April 24,2024.

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Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...

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Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel

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Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

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Pallet shelters are being set up outside Beacon House in Lower Sackville on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

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CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

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S&P 500 Q1 earnings estimated growth improves; stocks up for week

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TikTok general counsel to step down, will focus on fighting US law

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, said on Friday he will step down from the role in June, according to a company statement. Andersen will become special counsel to the company ...

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024.

US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board

David Shepardson |Updated 39 minutes ago |2 min read

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday announced a blue-ribbon board that includes the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and Nvidia that will advise the government on the ...

Google files motion for summary judgment in U.S. ad tech case

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday asked a federal court in Virginia to reject a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the advertising and search company of anticompetitive practices in the online advertising marketplace. The ...

Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak to invest in JV to fund Intel's Ireland facility, Bloomberg reports

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Apollo Global Management, KKR & Co and Stonepeak may invest billions in a joint venture to help fund Intel's semiconductor fabrication facility in Ireland, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. (Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in ...

A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017.

Fitch downgrades Boeing's outlook to 'negative' on production, cashflow challenges

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Fitch Ratings downgraded outlook on Boeing to "negative" from "stable" on Friday, amid a fallout from safety crisis impacting the U.S. planemaker's production and cashflow. The ratings agency, which reaffirmed its "BBB-" long-term issuer default ...

Boeing, GKN Aerospace close deal for St. Louis site

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Boeing said on Friday that it has closed a deal with aero supplier GKN Aerospace and its parent company Melrose Industries for a plant in St. Louis. The deal immediately transitions GKN's St. Louis site's operations in support of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announces Jerome Powell as his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017.

Explainer-How Trump could influence the makeup of the Fed

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |4 min read

(Reuters) - Donald Trump's allies are reported to be drafting proposals to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if the presumptive Republican presidential nominee regains the White House, with installing loyalists at the central bank as a key ...

A Canadian Loonie, otherwise known as a one dollar coin, is displayed on top of an American one dollar bill in this posed photograph in Toronto.

C$ trims weekly gain as U.S. inflation remains sticky

Fergal Smith |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as U.S. inflation data suggested the Federal Reserve could turn more hawkish compared to the Bank of Canada and some other major peers, but ...

Exclusive-General Mills explores sale of $2 billion-plus yogurt business in North America, sources say

Abigail Summerville |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Mills, the maker of Cocoa Puffs and Cheerios breakfast cereals, is exploring a sale of its North America yogurt business including its popular Yoplait brand in a deal that could be worth more ...

The Treasury Department is pictured in Washington, U.S., April 25, 2021.

U.S. Treasury refunding set to offer relief from supply rises

Karen Brettell |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is expected to offer markets some relief next week when it details refunding plans for the coming quarter, by keeping the size of most of its auctions steady after three quarters ...