by Jim Heath | Oct 16, 2018 | Business, Canada, Headlines
Canada has become the second and largest country with a legal, nationwide marijuana marketplace. At least 111 legal pot shops are planning to open across the nation of 37 million people Wednesday, making Canada the second country to have a federal marijuana market,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 15, 2018 | Business, Headlines
Sears has filed for bankruptcy protection and announced 142 Sears and Kmart stores will soon close for good. Thirty years ago Americans couldn’t wait to get their copy of the Sears catalog in the mail. Today, outfoxed by Walmart, the once giant leader of...
by Jim Heath | Oct 10, 2018 | Business, Economy, Headlines
What goes up, must come down. Politicians who take credit for a growing Wall Street quickly learn they also get blamed when things go south. Stocks sank today as a steep decline in tech shares and worries of rapidly rising rates sent Wall Street through its worst day...
by Jim Heath | Oct 3, 2018 | Business, Headlines
First it was CEO Les Moonves, then 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager, and CBS Morning News anchor Charlie Rose, and now CBS Studios executive Vinnie Favale has been placed on administrative leave after several current and former employees alleged he regularly...
by Jim Heath | Oct 2, 2018 | Business, Headlines
Former US Vice President Al Gore could be a good fit to replace Elon Musk as chairman, according to one longtime tech analyst. Gene Munster, venture capitalist at Loup Ventures, said Gore would be able to use the role to get Musk, who is still CEO of Tesla, in line....
by Jim Heath | Oct 1, 2018 | Business, Canada, Economy, Headlines
President Trump is set to sign a successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement that will make modest revisions to a deal he once called a “disaster,” easing uncertainty for companies reliant on tariff-free commerce. U.S. and Canadian negotiators worked around...
