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Delivery scams on the rise amid Canada Post strike, holiday shopping season

Delivery scams on the rise amid Canada Post strike, holiday shopping season

MONTREAL — Canadians face a fresh wave of scams as fraudsters seize on the Canada Post strike to try to trick victims out of their cash.
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Cyber Monday delivering sales but some are expecting them to be down from last year

Cyber Monday delivering sales but some are expecting them to be down from last year

Canadians have flocked to malls and online stores for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and their surrounding sales period, but at least one tech firm found shopping activity is less fervent than last year.
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Lightspeed Commerce cutting 200 jobs as it eyes profitable growth

Lightspeed Commerce cutting 200 jobs as it eyes profitable growth

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is slashing jobs for the second time in a year as it continues a strategic review. The latest cut announced Monday culls about 200 jobs from the Montreal-based company known for selling point-of-sale software.
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Memorial planned on Dec. 11 for homeless man who died in Windsor, N.S.

Memorial planned on Dec. 11 for homeless man who died in Windsor, N.S.

WINDSOR, N.S., Ont. — A Nova Scotia support agency for homeless people is holding a memorial service on Dec. 11 for a man found dead last week at the site of an ice fishing tent where he lived in Windsor, N.S.
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S&P/TSX composite down Monday, U.S. stock markets mixed

S&P/TSX composite down Monday, U.S. stock markets mixed

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower Monday, weighed down by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed on the first trading day of December.
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Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights

Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights

MADISON, Wis.
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Intel CEO Gelsinger retires; Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus named interim co-CEOs

Intel CEO Gelsinger retires; Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus named interim co-CEOs

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement.
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A top Fed official leans toward December rate cut but says it depends on economic data

A top Fed official leans toward December rate cut but says it depends on economic data

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view.
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Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights

Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights

MADISON, Wis.
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A top Fed official leans toward December rate cut but says it depends on economic data

A top Fed official leans toward December rate cut but says it depends on economic data

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view.
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