S&P/TSX composite rises almost one per cent, U.S. markets also post gains

[ad_1] TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose almost one per cent Wednesday amid broad-based strength while U.S. markets also posted strong gains. “It’s a rather benign day,” said Craig…

Home battery sales in Germany may surge 59% in 2023 as residents seek cheaper, more reliable supply – The Globe and Mail

[ad_1] German sales of batteries to store solar energy at home may jump 59 per cent this year as more residents seek a cheaper, renewable and more reliable power supply,…

Opinion: Canada isn’t ‘broken,’ but it will be if we don’t make the right decisions

[ad_1] Illustration by Photo illustration by the globe and Mail Argentina used to be Canada. In the years before the First World War, as steel-hulled ocean liners made it possible…

Statistics Canada says retail sales up 1.4 per cent in January

[ad_1] Published March 24, 2023 9:09 a.m. ET Updated March 24, 2023 12:14 p.m. ET Shoppers in Montreal, on Dec. 26, 2022. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS) OTTAWA —…

Job cuts confirmed as profits tumble at The Warehouse Group

[ad_1] The rising cost of living in the return of inflation is hitting Kiwi’s hard. Inflation currently sits at a 32 year high of 7.2%. Video / NZ Herald The…

John Lewis looks to alter structure of business from 100 per cent staff ownership

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Inside the never-ending softwood lumber trade war between Canada and the U.S.

[ad_1] The Stine lumber store in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Nov. 3, 2022.Brent Jang/The Globe and Mail Canadian lumber companies have gained a foothold in the United States during a…

S&P/TSX composite rises Thursday, U.S. markets gain with Nasdaq up 2.5 per cent

[ad_1] TORONTO — Markets in Canada and the U.S. climbed steadily Thursday in yet another reversal during a volatile week, with tech helping drive strength as well as some signs…

Kitchener-based robotics company sheds 14 per cent of global workforce

[ad_1] Published March 14, 2023 9:02 p.m. ET The outside of Avidbots Corp. in Kitchener as seen on Google maps. (Screenshot/Google Maps) A Kitchener-based robotics company has laid off 14…

Opinion: Layoffs like Meta’s show corporate social responsibility is just flowery words and big talk

[ad_1] In this file photo taken on Feb. 2, members of the Alphabet Workers Union (CWA) hold a rally outside the Google office in response to recent layoffs, in New…