by WTCD | Oct 22, 2014 | News
Fast-growing Irish retailer Penneys has signed a deal to lease retail space in the US from department store chain Sears in its biggest push yet into the American market. Penneys, which trades as Primark outside Ireland, will set up in seven Sears stores in the...
by WTCD | Oct 22, 2014 | News
Hurt by costly delays at the Canada-U.S. border, the Canadain business community has urged the U.S. and Canadian governments to seek technology solutions that will involve tapping the talent of private-sector whiz kids. Hackathon At the frontline of this demand is the...
by WTCD | Oct 22, 2014 | News
Increasing the minimum wage does not drive up unemployment levels, according to a three-decade study published Tuesday. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a left-leaning think tank, says it found no consistent connection between raising wages for...
by WTCD | Oct 21, 2014 | News
hina’s economy grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis, causing speculation the government may introduce more stimulus measures. Gross domestic product rose by 7.3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, compared to 7.5% in the previous...
by WTCD | Oct 21, 2014 | News
Total SA’s Christophe de Margerie died when his airplane struck a snowplow on a Moscow runway, ending a career in which he oversaw the biggest expansion of oil reserves at the French energy giant in at least 15 years. The 63-year-old chief executive officer died at...