Explainer: From pig power to cleaner stoves, the world of carbon offsets
Carbon offsetting, already a multi-billion dollar industry, will get a major boost from the launch of an international scheme to offset aviation emissions, called CORSIA, in...
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Shares, dollar dip as limp results, impeachment inquiry offset trade hopes
Shares in Europe dipped, Wall Street backed off record highs and the U.S. dollar was poised to extend a three-day losing streak as underwhelming earnings and...
Lower mortgage rates boost U.S. housing starts, building permits
U.S. homebuilding rebounded in October and permits for future home construction jumped to a more than 12-year high, pointing to strength in the housing market amid...
RBC leads $20 million Highline Beta fund that helps start-ups sell to large corporations
Highline Beta Nov 19 ,2019 With RBC as the lead private investor, Highline Beta’s inaugural fund forms part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst...
Oil falls 2% on oversupply fears, trade talk concerns
Oil fell about 2% on Tuesday on concerns about excess global crude supply and limited progress toward resolving a U.S.-China trade dispute that has clouded the...
Oil slips below $62 as trade talks drag on
Oil fell for a second day on Tuesday, dropping below $62 a barrel on limited progress toward resolving the U.S.-China trade dispute, higher than expected Norwegian...
Emirates wants new Boeing jet put through 'hell on Earth' in testing
Emirates, the largest customer of Boeing's upcoming 777x aircraft, wants the plane to be put through "hell on Earth" in testing to ensure it is safe...
OSC makes doing business easier for market participants
OSC Release Nov 19, 2019 TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is moving forward with more than 100 specific actions to...
Got the travel bug? Here are the world's top 6 'jumping off' points for adventure travel in 2020
Got the travel bug? Here's a look at the world's top 6 'jumping off' points for adventure travel in 2020, according to the Travel Channel's new...
AFL-CIO's Trumka not ready to back U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal
A major U.S. labor leader on Monday said there was more work to do on a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, pushing back against comments from House...
Method, Olly, now Welly. Eric Ryan reveals the secret behind his billion-dollar success story
Eric Ryan, co-founder of Method and gummy vitamin and supplement brand Olly, is on a mission to reinvent the first-aid category with his newest company, Welly....
Strike-hit South African Airways says state will not come to the rescue
South African Airways (SAA) resumed some regional flights on Tuesday but warned that only a deal with striking unions can resolve its current crisis, with no...
ConocoPhillips targets $50 billion free cash flow over next decade
ConocoPhillips unveiled a long-term plan on Tuesday to boost oil and gas production by about 3% per year, restrain annual spending to about $7 billion and...
S&P 500, Dow retreat from record levels as Home Depot, Kohl's weigh
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated after touching record highs on Tuesday, hit by dour forecasts from retailers Home Depot and Kohl's.
'Dean of Valuation' says Saudis got the Aramco valuation right, but he's still not buying
NYU Stern professor Aswath Damodaran said that his Aramco valuations are within "shouting distance" of the $1.7 trillion valuation.