China reports 982 new COVID cases for July 23 vs 817 a day earlier
Author of the article: BEIJING — Mainland China reported 982 new coronavirus cases for July 23, of which 129 were symptomatic and 853 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. That compares with 817 new cases a day earlier – 164 symptomatic and 653 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. The bulk of
Rogers pursuing deal with competitors to juggle 911 calls in case of outage
Author of the article: Tony Staffieri speaks at the Rogers annual general meeting in Toronto on Monday, April 23, 2013. Photo by Matthew Sherwood /The Canadian Press TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it’s working to ensure emergency calls always go through and no future outage will take down both cellular and internet services, as
A Weekly Recap of All Things Resources to Friday, July 22nd
‘That’s a Wrap’ By Rod Blake When the investors, brokers, traders and portfolio managers turned on their trading terminals early Monday morning they were encouraged to see the futures markets up and the U.S. dollar down. They knew that since the markets tend to look out about 8-months – this turn in futures and the
Lavrov offers reassurance over Russian grain supplies in Cairo visit
Author of the article: CAIRO — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea. Egypt is one of the world’s top wheat importers and last year bought about 80% of
How to Implement an Internal Coaching Program
In the spring of 2019, Kim Forseille, assistant vice-president of learning and development at Edmonton-based bank CWB Financial Group, learned from internal surveys and exit interviews that many workers were feeling stuck in their jobs. “People came to CWB because they wanted to progress in their careers, but one of the main reasons employees were
Japan’s Nikkei tracks Wall Street rally to edge higher
Author of the article: TOKYO — Japan’s Nikkei share average edged higher on Friday, getting some support from Wall Street rally overnight, although the index failed to scale the psychological 28,000 level. The Nikkei was up 0.46% at 27,944.55 as of midday break, after briefly rising as high as 28,001.80. It breached 28,015.68 on Thursday
Lytx adds asset tracking capabilities to fleet management software in North America
Lytx Inc. has launched the Lytx Asset Tracking Service to its fleet management software. The service is available in the U.S. and Canada and can be used by fleet managers looking for a streamlined approach to locating and managing their powered equipment. The company also released new maintenance enhancements for its Fleet Tracking Service, which
Hashtag Trending August 10 – Ferrari recall; Google outage; Meta’s new chatbot and its...
Ferrari is recalling almost every car it has sold since 2005, Google suffered an outage, and Meta’s new chatbot is already spewing false statements. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Wednesday, August 10, and I’m your host, Tom Li. Ferrari is currently recalling almost every car it
Reckitt, Lloyds drive gains in Britain’s FTSE 100
Author of the article: UK’s blue-chip index held near one-month highs on Wednesday, as strong forecasts from heavyweights Reckitt Benckiser and Lloyds Banking Group overshadowed concerns over a slowing economy and soaring inflation. The FTSE 100 index gained 0.4% and the domestically focussed midcap 250 edged 0.3% higher. Both the indexes looked set to end
Royal Helium acquires Imperial Helium
Royal Helium Ltd. [RHC-TSXV; RHCCF-OTCQB] and Imperial Helium Corp. [IHC-TSXV; IMPHF-OTCQB] closed the previously announced acquisition of Imperial by Royal pursuant to a plan of arrangement. Under the arrangement, Royal acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Imperial in exchange for common shares in the capital of Royal on