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A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Entrepreneur Evan Price hopes to build a Bible Hill community hub. Announced on April 1, Price's company, Five Corners Properties, applied to develop a 69-hectare plot between Brookside and Pictou Roads in Bible Hill. It was approved by Colchester ...

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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024.

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New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

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Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

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Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

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Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

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Walmart in Mexico posts 14% rise in Q1 net profit

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart's Mexico and Central America unit on Wednesday posted a 14.4% year-on-year rise in its first-quarter net profit, reaching 13.18 billion pesos. The retailer's revenues landed at 226.19 billion pesos. (Reporting by ...

Tyler Technologies beats Q1 revenue estimates on strong demand for IT services

Reuters |Updated 19 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Tyler Technologies beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for its information technology services as enterprise clients are moving towards digital solutions. The increase in ...

Lam Research forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on AI chip boom

Reuters |Updated 27 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Lam Research reported quarterly revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, as chipmakers ordered more of its equipment used to manufacture semiconductors for artificial intelligence applications. Lam Research supplies ...

A Southwest Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022.

Southwest Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract

Reuters |Updated 29 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines' flight attendants on Wednesday voted in favor of a new contract with an immediate 22% pay raise, the union representing the employees and the carrier said on Wednesday. Nearly 20,000 flight attendants at the ...

Align Tech lifts annual sales forecast as teeth aligners power quarterly beat

Reuters |Updated 39 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Align Technology on Wednesday raised its annual revenue growth forecast after topping Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit, banking on resilient demand for its clear teeth aligners among teenagers and younger patients. ...

FDIC is looking for potential buyers for Republic First, Bloomberg News reports

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(Reuters) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) is looking for potential buyers of Republic First Bancorp, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. (Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)

The administrative entrance at the Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio, U.S. October 3, 2017.

Whirlpool cuts 1,000 jobs, WSJ reports

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Home appliance maker Whirlpool Corp is cutting 1,000 jobs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

A person walks by a Chipotle outlet in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022.

Chipotle Mexican Grill raises full-year sales forecast on resilient burrito demand

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill raised its full-year sales forecast on Wednesday, betting on resilient demand for its burritos and rice bowls from its relatively wealthier clientele despite higher menu prices. The company expects comparable ...

IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion deal to expand cloud software

Arsheeya Bajwa |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) - International Business Machines will buy HashiCorp in a deal valued at $6.4 billion, the company said on Wednesday, expanding its cloud-based software products to tap into an AI-powered boom in demand. Software has ...

ServiceNow profit more than doubles on boost from AI-enabled software

Akash Sriram |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - ServiceNow said on Wednesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled, as the software firm attracted more clients for its generative artificial intelligence-infused tools. The cloud software provider has been ...