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Discarded plastic containers litter sone brush in north-end Dartmouth Wednesday April 24,2024.

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Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...

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Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel

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Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

Updated a day ago |3 min read

Pallet shelters are being set up outside Beacon House in Lower Sackville on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

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CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

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Vietnam delays launch of new stock trading system

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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference after a policy meeting at BOJ headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan March 19, 2024.

Morning Bid: Reading BOJ's tea leaves

Reuters |Updated 11 minutes ago |2 min read

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision to keep interest rates around zero didn't come as a surprise, and focus now turns to Governor Kazuo Ueda's press conference late on Friday for ...

Visitors check a Tesla Model 3 car next to a Model Y displayed at a showroom of the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker in Beijing, China February 4, 2023.

Former exec Baglino sells Tesla shares worth $181.5 million, SEC filing shows

Reuters |Updated 41 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has sold shares worth around $181.5 million in the world's top EV maker, according to a SEC filing on Thursday. Baglino, a Tesla veteran who began his career as an engineer in 2006 and was one of ...

Analysis-Tesla's plan for affordable cars takes page from Detroit rivals

Abhirup Roy, Norihiko Shirouzu and Hyunjoo Jin |Updated 41 minutes ago |3 min read

By Abhirup Roy, Norihiko Shirouzu and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Elon Musk's new plan to use current product lines as the basis for new affordable vehicles — rather than springing for all-new models — follows the playbook ...

A boy runs past the residential apartments in Hong Kong, China, January 10, 2020.

Hong Kong March home prices up 1.1%, first rise in nearly a year

Reuters |Updated 51 minutes ago |2 min read

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's private home prices reversed a 10-month falling streak in March, climbing 1.1% from February, after the financial city lifted curbs to boost the ailing property market. The increase in home prices in one of the ...

Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2024.

Instant View: Bank of Japan keeps rates steady, tweaks JGB buying plan

Reuters |Updated 51 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept its short-term rates steady on Friday while removing a reference to the amount of government bonds it has roughly committed to buying each month. As widely expected, the BOJ maintained its short-term ...

The Japanese national flag waves at the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2024.

BOJ keeps rates steady, projects inflation staying near 2% in coming years

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Friday and issued fresh estimates projecting inflation to stay near its 2% target in the next three years, signalling its readiness to hike borrowing costs later this year. As ...

Police investigate at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church after a knife attack took place during a service the night before, in Wakeley in Sydney, Australia, April 16, 2024.

Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence

ron Kaye |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as "part of public discussion", rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on ...

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024.

Beijing city to subsidise domestic AI chips, targets self-reliance by 2027

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing city authorities have announced subsidies for firms that purchase domestically produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as China seeks to develop its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on foreign ...

Passersby walk in front of an electric screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 21, 2024.

Asia stocks, yen tentative with eyes on BOJ decision

Rae Wee |Updated just now |4 min read

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares rose cautiously on Friday as markets sobered up to the idea that U.S. rate cuts were most likely some time away, while the yen and Japanese government bonds struggled ahead of a closely watched policy ...

Pakistan central bank expected to hold rates on Monday ahead of IMF deal, Reuters poll finds

Ariba Shahid |Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank is widely expected to hold its key interest rate at a record 22% for the seventh straight policy meeting on Monday as Pakistan gears up for an International Monetary Fund board approval ...