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US productivity up 1.7% in 2019, best gain in 9 years
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity rebounded in the final three months of last year, helping to boost productivity growth for the year to the best showing in nearly a decade. The Labor Department's Bureau...
Feb 06, 2020
Olerud, Morneau headline 2020 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame class
When Justin Morneau was a young kid working on his swing in his British Columbia backyard, there were three players he wanted to emulate. The first, Ken Griffey Jr., was a first-ballot Hall of Famer i...
Feb 06, 2020
Tokyo tries to quell fear of Olympic-Paralympic cancellation
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizers again tried on Thursday to allay fears that the 2020 Games could be postponed or cancelled by the fast-spreading virus from China. Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Mut...
Feb 06, 2020
Impeachment, shmimpeachment: Trump plans to run, and win, on economic record
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared his scorched-earth political style an unmitigated success Tuesday in a fiercely partisan, made-for-TV state of the union speech that made it...
Feb 06, 2020
Tokyo tries to quell fear of Olympic-Paralympic cancellation
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizers again tried on Thursday to allay fears that the 2020 Games could be postponed or cancelled by the fast-spreading virus from China. Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Mut...
Feb 06, 2020
Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour
LOS ANGELES - The Rolling Stones are returning to some North American cities where they haven't played in years. The band announced Thursday that it will kick off a 15-city leg of its No Filter tour i...
Feb 06, 2020
Most Canadian households will get more than they pay from carbon tax: PBO
OTTAWA - A new analysis by Parliament's budget watchdog has found that most households in provinces where the federal carbon tax applies will receive more money back in rebates than they will pay thro...
Feb 06, 2020
Canada's Bianca Andreescu not scheduled to play singles at Fed Cup
BIEL, Switzerland - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is not scheduled to play singles against Switzerland at a Fed Cup qualifier as she continues to recover from a left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open ch...
Feb 06, 2020
Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals
BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its...
Feb 06, 2020
Avalanche of issues takes out Iowa plan for high-tech caucus
IOWA CITY, Iowa - What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party's high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much everything. A little-known startup company was picked b...
Feb 06, 2020
