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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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Global economy set to stay on a roll for the rest of the year - Reuters poll

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Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during the presidency press conference at the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, at Toki Messe in Niigata, Japan, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Shuji Kajiyama/Pool via

Japan is concerned about weak yen's negative effects, Finance Minister says

Reuters |Updated 2 minutes ago |1 min read

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday he is concerned about negative effects of the weak yen as the currency has continued to slide this year. The dollar hovered around 155.58 yen on Friday morning after ...

BHP shares fall 3.6% after making $39 billion bid for rival Anglo American

Reuters |Updated 12 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - BHP Group shares fell 3.6% on Friday in the first day of trading since revealing a $38.8 billion bid for smaller rival Anglo American in a deal that would forge the world's largest copper miner. (Reporting by Scott Murdoch in Sydney; ...

People are seen at a market street in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken on January 23, 2017.

Inflation in Japan's capital falls below BOJ target, slows for 2nd month

Leika Kihara |Updated 1 minutes ago |2 min read

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed for a second month in April to fall below the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, complicating its decision on how soon to raise interest rates. The reading ...

Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2024.

Bank of Japan may signal near-term rate hike with new price forecasts

Leika Kihara |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Friday is set to project inflation will stay near its 2% target in coming years and signal its readiness to raise interest rates from near-zero, in hope of keeping yen bears from pushing the ...

FICO posts higher profit on scores business strength

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Credit scoring giant Fair Isaac Corp posted a rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by robust demand for its scores and software businesses. The seven-decade-old company is best known for its FICO Score, the standard ...

A crow sits on wood framing at a commercial construction project in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 30, 2020.

Weyerhaeuser beats quarterly profit estimates on high real estate demand

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - U.S. forest product firm Weyerhaeuser on Thursday beat estimates for first-quarter profit on increased demand for housing construction. Tight supply of existing homes in the United States pushed buyers to opt for newly made houses, ...

Signage is seen outside a Capital One Bank in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 12, 2021.

Capital One's first-quarter profit jumps on interest income boost

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Capital One Financial's first-quarter profit rose 35% as customers paid more on the company's credit-card loans amid higher interest rates. Net interest income (NII) - the difference between what it makes on loans and pays out on ...

Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2023. Reuters/Arathy Somasekhar/File Photo

As demand for US LNG booms, one plant struggles to stay online

Curtis Williams |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) - The second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility has been running below 80% of its capacity due to technical problems, data from financial firm LSEG showed, denting U.S. exports. Since ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference after a policy meeting at BOJ headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan March 19, 2024.

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan center stage, US tech supports

Jamie McGeever |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia's market spotlight on Friday falls on the Bank of Japan's policy announcement, as the cat-and-mouse game of when or if Tokyo intervenes in the currency market continues, ...

Verisign's Q1 revenue rises on demand for internet services

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Internet services firm VeriSign reported a 5.5% rise in its first-quarter revenue on Thursday, helped by steady demand for domain name registrations as businesses beef up their online presence. More and more enterprises are nowadays ...