- Status of Women Canada pushing for procurement to support female entrepreneurs
Sun Aug 20, 2017 @ 3:26pm
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is thinking about using its massive purchasing power to support women in business. ...
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- Housing a top priority for California lawmakers after recess
Sun Aug 20, 2017 @ 12:40pm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders have promised to tackle California's affordable housing crisis in their final weeks of work this year by pushing a package that includes regulatory reforms and money for low-income housing. ...
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- Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Sun Aug 20, 2017 @ 11:41am
TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: ...
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- Incentives offered for new agents at remote border crossings
Sun Aug 20, 2017 @ 10:41am
NORTON, Vt. — It can be slow at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing between Norton, Vermont, and Stanhope, Quebec, where agents have watched moose amble through while waiting for people and cargo. ...
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- Mastermind of lottery fraud faces 25-year prison sentence
Sun Aug 20, 2017 @ 10:41am
DES MOINES, Iowa — For a decade, computer programmer Eddie Tipton reliably showed up for work at the central Iowa office of the Multi-State Lottery Association and earned the confidence of his co-workers, a team of technicians entrusted to build computers used to randomly pick numbers for some of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. ...
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- American Girl's first Native Hawaiian doll set to go on sale
Sat Aug 19, 2017 @ 6:40pm
HONOLULU — American Girl has made its first Native Hawaiian doll. ...
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- Trump adviser resigned ahead of negative magazine story
Sat Aug 19, 2017 @ 4:16pm
WASHINGTON — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who resigned Friday from an unpaid post as President Donald Trump's adviser on deregulation efforts, stepped down as The New Yorker was preparing to publish a lengthy article detailing Icahn's potential conflicts of interest and questioning the legality of his actions. ...
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- U.S. signals Trump's Buy American agenda non-negotiable in NAFTA talks
Sat Aug 19, 2017 @ 3:42pm
OTTAWA — The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump's vow to aggressively promote a "buy American, hire American" agenda is not open to discussion during negotiations on a new North American Free Trade Agreement. ...
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- Report of Ukraine witness to DNC hacking stirs confusion
Sat Aug 19, 2017 @ 12:42pm
PARIS — A report that a co-operating witness has emerged out of Ukraine to help the FBI's inquiry into the 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee is drawing confusion and denials in Ukraine. ...
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- Broadway ticket-buying now easier for fans, not re-sellers
Sat Aug 19, 2017 @ 12:42pm
NEW YORK — For longtime Bruce Springsteen fan Debbie Elster, there's never been any doubt the competition to get tickets for his upcoming Broadway shows is going to be fierce. ...
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