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September 13, 2018
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Uber to open engineering hub in Toronto and expand self driving centre

The expansion and construction of the Toronto engineering hub will be complete by early 2019


U.S. ‘likely’ has taken over as the world’s top oil producer

The jump ahead is in part owed to fracking, which is driving a drilling boom in the Permian Basin under Texas and New Mexico


Freeland not returning immediately to Washington after briefing PM on NAFTA

Lead negotiator Steve Verheul and David MacNaughton, Canada's ambassador to the United States, will be returning to Washington immediately to resume negotiations on Thursday


China says Washington asks to resume talks on tariff fight

Two-thirds of American companies have suffered lost sales or lower profits due to a tariff increase, according to a survey
 
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Accessing China’s e-commerce bonanza

China is the largest online and retail market on Earth, and Alibaba, its largest player, wants more Canadian companies to get in the game » read more

Ontario Manufacturers: Are you a winning exporter?

...Then you are a candidate for the Ontario Export Awards » read more

Fortune favours the bold: smartly investing in high-risk export markets

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Know your tolerance for a market downturn and stay calm when it hits: experts

The current U.S. bull market is now the longest on record. Experts offer a word of caution: predictions about what's to come aren't helpful » read more

Organigram invests in firm that can produce cannabis’ active ingredients in lab

The Montreal-based biotech's game-changing technology can be used to produce phytocannabinoids using genetically engineered strains of yeast » read more
 
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EMC’s next generation: A new president looks to the future

Al Diggins has retired, passing the Post-it notes to Shawn Casemore. » read more

Ontario promises public cap and trade consultations after facing legal action

Greenpeace says the government flouted the province's Environmental Bill of Rights by failing to hold public consultations. » read more

NS introduces bill implementing Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Includes provisions for binding dispute resolution and labour mobility enforcement. » read more

Couillard will go to court if NAFTA deal is unsatisfactory to Quebec farmers

Won't accept an agreement that doesn't meet the approval of dairy producers. » read more