Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will probably cut interest rates again next month as insurance against a global slowdown, even with data rolling in that support his forecast for solid U.S. growth and higher inflation. Retail sales in July rose by the …
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(Reuters) – Canadian property and casualty insurer Intact Financial Corp (IFC.TO) said on Thursday it agreed to buy The Guarantee Co of North America and Frank Cowan Co for C$1 billion ($750.6 million) in cash from Princeton Holdings Ltd. The deal …
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Walmart’s relationship with Instacart deepened today with an expansion of their partnership across Canada for grocery delivery. Walmart Canada had previously run a 17-store pilot program with Instacart, starting last September, in both the Greater Toronto …
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Certain financial statement preparers would receive the benefit of effective date delays in FASB's accounting standards for leases, hedging, and credit
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Facebook Inc. this week confirmed that it ran a program to allow contractors to listen to and transcribe some users' audio clips. The social network said
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