Article content OTTAWA — Job vacancies reached a record quarterly high of nearly one million in the first three months of 2022, continuing a trend started in the first quarter of 2016. Article content Statistics Canada data shows the number of job vacancies increased 2.7 per cent from the previous peak in the fourth quarter as the pool of unemployed …
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business UK energy prices are set to rise more than 50% from current levels, as natural gas supplies continue to face disruption following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Author of the article: Bloomberg News William Mathis Electricity transmission pylons in Brighton, U.K. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photo by Chris Ratcliffe /Bloomberg Article content (Bloomberg) — UK energy prices …
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Economy PMN Business Author of the article: Article content MOSCOW — The Russian rouble jumped to a seven-year high against the dollar and euro on Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, supported by capital controls and the prospect of favorable month-end tax payments. By 1423 GMT, the rouble was 2.1% stronger against the dollar at 54.44. It earlier …
Article content Canada’s main stock index opened higher on Tuesday, as energy shares rose tracking crude prices, although concerns over a global recession limited gains. At 9:47 a.m. ET (1347 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 100.77 points, or 0.53%, at 19,284.4. The energy sector climbed 2.2% as oil prices rose almost $2 on high summer …
Article content TORONTO — Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX: CHE.UN) today announced that it has declared a cash distribution of $0.05 per unit for the month of June 2022 payable on July 26, 2022 to unitholders of record at the close of business on June 30, 2022. Holders of units who are non-residents of Canada will be required to pay …
Article content New research finds that America is securing a dominant position in many new robot categories, outpacing Asia and Europe Mobile robots predicted to fuel demand VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A research study released today by Strategic Exits Partners, a boutique investment bank specializing in the sale of technology companies, found that although America has lagged behind Asia in …
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Sylvie Corbet () Article content PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron was holding talks Tuesday with France’s main party leaders after his centrist alliance failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The meetings at the Elysee presidential palace come after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne formally offered …
Article content TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. says chief executive Mark Poweska is stepping down. The Toronto-based company says he is leaving to take a leadership position at a utility closer to his family in Western Canada later this year. Hydro One says William Sheffield has been appointed interim president and CEO. Sheffield has been a member of the company’s …
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Article content KYIV — Russia summoned the European Union’s ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over what it calls an illegal rail blockade of a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea, the latest stand-off over sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. On the ground in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s separatist proxies …
Article content KYIV — Ukraine’s parliament has restored import taxes that had been lifted to ensure enough food and goods reached local consumers despite disruptions to logistics chains since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, lawmakers said on Tuesday. Danylo Hetmantsev, head of parliament’s committee on finance, tax and customs policy, said on the Telegram app that 234 lawmakers in the 450-seat …
