Canada Wildfires Prompt New Evacuations

Uncontrolled forest fires forced the evacuation of some 8,000 oil-sands workers on Monday, nearly two weeks after the blazes began.

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4 CFOs Who Are Doing it Right

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China Fires Back After US Trade Remarks

Beijing accused the U.S. of "coercive diplomacy" after a dialogue between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Australian counterpart.

A Canadian National locomotive goes through the Canadian National Taschereau yard in Montreal, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Canadian National sweetened its offer to buy Kansas City Southern railroad Thursday, May 13, 2021, and derailed rival Canadian Pacific’s bid for the railroad that handles traffic in the United States and Mexico.

Canadian National Ups Offer for Kansas City Southern

Kansas City Southern has been holding talks with two Canadian suitors since last month.

An Amazon truck drives in in Philadelphia on April 30.

Amazon to Make 75K Supply Chain Hires; Offers Vaccine Bonus

The jobs are for delivery and warehouse workers, who pack and ship online orders.

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during a press briefing at the White House, April 22, 2021.

US Weighs Sanctions on China Solar Over Forced Labor

Much of the world’s polysilicon comes through China’s Xinjiang province.

In this July 9, 2018, file photo, an advertisement for Xiaomi is displayed at a subway station in Hong Kong. China’s commerce ministry said Thursday that the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist was beneficial, a day after the U.S. reversed a ban on U.S. investments in the smartphone maker imposed by former President Donald Trump.

US Reverses Ban on Chinese Smartphone Maker

Xiaomi sued the U.S. government after the Trump administration blacklisted the company in January.

39th session of the General Conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Nov. 4, 2017.

Beyond Vaccines, UNESCO Wants More Science Shared

Experts say the pandemic has shown that sharing sensitive research is possible.

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Amazon Wins $300M EU Court Tax Ruling

The EU has taken aim at deals between individual countries and companies that ultimately lead EU states to compete against each other.

This satellite image from Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS, shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt on March 25.

Part of Suez Canal to Be Expanded in Wake of Debacle

Egypt plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the canal, where a stuck vessel closed off the crucial waterway in March.

In this file photo, workers discharge gas from a truck to supply a gas station with fuel in the Iztapalapa area of Mexico City.

Mexican Judge Rules Against President's Gas Law

The law allowed Mexico's government to seize private gas stations in case of "imminent danger to national security" — and give them to the state-owed Pemex.

A woman walks by an H&M clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing on March 26, 2021. An American business group warned Tuesday, May 11, 2021 that government-instigated consumer boycotts of foreign shoe, clothing and other brands in China are making companies less willing to invest. Brands including Swedish retailer H&M, Adidas and Nike have been targeted by demands online for consumer boycotts. That came after state media criticized them for expressing concern about reports of possible forced labor by ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region of China's northwest.

China's Boycotts Are Spooking Investors

Retailers like H&M, Adidas and Nike have been targeted for boycotts after they voiced concerns over Chinese labor issues.

Delegates talk near an ElectraMeccanica single-user electric vehicle during the inaugural B.C. Tech Summit in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

3-Wheeled Car Factory Coming to US

It will produce 20,000 EVs each year.