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Whitecap strikes deal to add TORC Oil & Gas to grow production to 100,000 boe/d
Calgary-based Whitecap Resources Inc. is cementing its position as a consolidator of conventional oil and gas producers in Western Canada with a friendly $550-million all-stock deal to buy rival TORC Oil & Gas Ltd.
Dec 9, 2020 12:52 PM
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Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes
RIO DE JANEIRO — Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago.
Dec 9, 2020 9:33 AM
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US Oct. job openings blip up to 6.7 million but hiring slows
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October, but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens the economic recovery. And the number of Americans fired or laid off rose for the first time since June.
Dec 9, 2020 8:40 AM
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Hydro-Quebec launches new subsidiary specialized in energy storage business
MONTREAL — Hydro-Quebec has launched a new energy storage business aimed at power producers, transmission providers and distributors, as well as commercial and industrial markets. The utility says EVLO Energy Storage Inc.
Dec 9, 2020 6:38 AM
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Clothing retailer Roots reports third-quarter profit up from year ago, sales down
TORONTO — Clothing retailer Roots reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as the company cut costs. Roots says it earned $10.3 million or 24 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Oct.
Dec 9, 2020 6:37 AM
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Explosion damages Polish store near Amsterdam, 3rd in 2 days
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An explosion damaged a Polish supermarket in a Dutch town near Amsterdam early Wednesday morning, the third such blast in two days.
Dec 9, 2020 2:13 AM
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Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen.
Dec 8, 2020 7:04 PM
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Competitive CNN shows post-election surge in viewership
NEW YORK — Since the presidential election, CNN has been on one of its best competitive rolls in almost two decades, enough that it is taking out newspaper ads touting its success. Between Nov. 4 and Sunday, CNN has averaged 1.
Dec 8, 2020 5:11 PM
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Consumer rights advocates call for airline refunds in Parliament hearing
Representatives from consumer advocacy groups blasted the federal government on Tuesday, accusing it of putting the interests of airlines above those of consumers by allowing carriers to issue vouchers for cancelled flights rather than full refunds.
Dec 8, 2020 4:04 PM
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Pandemic highlights need for internet equality, First Nations chief says
TORONTO — The pandemic's widespread impact on Canadian business has made it easier to illustrate how important it is for Indigenous communities to have access to good high-speed communications, a First Nations chief from British Columbia's Interior r
Dec 8, 2020 4:02 PM
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