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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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Earnings for Big Oil backpaddle as natgas prices tumble

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Warren Buffett's real estate brokerage reaches $250 million antitrust settlement

Jonathan Stempel |Updated 28 minutes ago |2 min read

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A real estate brokerage owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it reached a $250 million settlement of nationwide antitrust litigation that is expected to change how real estate agents are ...

People visit the booth of battery manufacturer CATL, at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024.

Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show

Daniel Leussink, Sarah Wu |Updated 38 minutes ago |4 min read

By Daniel Leussink and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that are dominating the world's largest auto market. The ...

Televisa to merge Sky, cable 'as soon as possible'

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa plans to merge its satellite TV unit Sky with its cable TV and internet service Izzi as soon as possible, the head of the new unit, Francisco Valim, said on Friday. Televisa is aiming to trim ...

Members of the Starbucks Workers Union and other labor organization picket and hold a rally outside a company owned Starbucks store, during the coffee chain's Red Cup Day event in New York City, U.S., November 16, 2023.

Starbucks and US workers' union meet for contract negotiations

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Starbucks held contract negotiations with the Workers United union over a two-day session in Atlanta, both the parties said on Friday, with plans to meet again in late May. The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents ...

General Motors to shut manufacturing operations in Colombia, Ecuador -statement

Reuters |Updated 4 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Car maker General Motors will close its manufacturing operations in Colombia and Ecuador, the company said in a statement on Friday, as part of its shift towards producing next-generation vehicles. Manufacturing will cease at ...

Porsche AG posts Q1 profit drop on ramp-up costs

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Porsche on Friday reported a 30% drop in first-quarter operating profit, citing higher investments in what the German luxury carmaker has called its biggest year of product launches in history. Operating profit in the first ...

IGNITE Atlantic has partnered with Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network to facilitate cross-cultural collaboration and innovation. ANGELA CAPOBIANCO

IGNITE Atlantic signs MOU with Indian grassroots innovation organization

Angela Capobianco · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

IGNITE Atlantic had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN) on April 24. The MOU represents a strategic alliance facilitating knowledge and technology transfers and innovation ...

Column-US bond price slide puts buyers to the test: McGeever

Jamie McGeever |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The latest figures showing the surprising - some would say alarming - durability of U.S. inflation are also re-focusing the spotlight on the source and strength of demand for U.S. Treasuries. Bonds ...

European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager attends a press conference presenting plans to boost the European Union's arms industry in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2024.

EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns

Sudip Kar-Gupta |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech's partnerships with AI start-ups, met on Friday fast-growing French start-up company Mistral AI and said the sector ...

Mexico's FEMSA revenues climb 11% on Oxxo, Coca-Cola growth

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's FEMSA, which controls one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers and a string of convenience store chains, posted an 11% increase in revenue in the first quarter, boosted by growth across nearly all its business ...